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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...

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,...

Disney Villainous: It’s good to be bad – Turn Order

A two or more player competitive game by Ravensburger, probably more famous for their puzzles than games, Disney Villainous flips the traditional script. You play not as the dashing hero or brave heroine striking down the evil fiend, but...

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...

Fireteam: Fastest Skirmish Game in the Galaxy – Turn Order

The deep bass of bolter explosions. The warp-phase resonance of gauss weaponry. The clatter of dice bouncing across your table. At its best wargaming delivers an evocative narrative of forces clashing on your kitchen table. At its worst it...