board games

Remote Boardgaming: We Are All Multiplayer Solitaire – Turn Order

Twenty months into the pandemic timeline it hits me: I suffer from remote board gaming fatigue. I’ve caught my limit. I’m out of spoons. Recently I’ve lost my taste for remote, online board gaming. Online gaming wasn't a new concept...

Games for Little Kids: Pick Me Up, Piggy! and Stone Soup

Playing competitive games with little kids is always a tricky affair. On the one hand, you want to teach them about losing and being a good sport, and to find fun even when they aren't successful. You want them...

ROVE – Space Logic – Turn Order

ROVE (designed by Dustin Dobson & Milan Zivkovic for Button Shy Games) is an 18-card, abstract, solo, spatial puzzle game. Based on my tastes and strengths, almost every descriptive word in that previous sentence is makes me itchy and...

32 Years Later, is HeroQuest More Than Just a Nostalgia Play?

Here's something you need to know before I start this article, Dear Reader: I am a complete mark for something like this. My hobby and nerdgames journey basically began with HeroQuest back in 1990, when I first played over...

Goonhammer’s Favorite Horror Games

We love Halloween. From the general sense of dread to the costumes and the fun of horror games and entertainment, we’re big fans of the spooky season. So with Halloween fast approaching, we at the Goonhammer offices figured we’d...

Can’t Stop Won’t Stop – Turn Order

Abstract games are regarded as either sacred tomes or four-letter words depending on one's tastes. Or you can go full galaxy brain and say "in a way, if you think about it, isn't every board game abstract?" But that's...

Hitting the Not So Dusty Trails: A Turn Order Review

I find my board game collection shrinking, and my board game time shrinking with it. I recently went through a fairly massive gaming clean out, and the biggest conclusion I reached over time was this: I don’t have time for...

Games for Young Kids: Snail Sprint!

It's been a while since I wrote about buying and playing a new board game with my (now) five year-old son; we've been playing a lot of Rhino Hero Super Battle and getting into scavenger hunts - but that's...

Fantasy Realms: A Touch of Magic (the Gathering) – Turn Order

Ask me if I like Magic the Gathering (MtG) and I'll say, "of course." But ask me if I like playing Magic the Gathering and I'll say: "absolutely not." I like the idea of MtG. I appreciate the game's design,...

Doomsday: Space Marine’s Day Out – Turn Order

Launching alongside Fire Team is another Space Marine themed board game aimed at a more casual crowd. While Fire Team is a competitive game aimed at streamlining the feel of Kill Team for the non-wargaming crowd, Doomsday feels like...