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A Review 2 Years in the Making: Turn Order Reviews Clank Legacy: Acquisitions Incorporated

As a quick note, this review contains NO spoilers for the Clank Legacy campaign.  Two years ago my partner and I had started regularly playing games with another couple regularly, which led to a somewhat constant need for new games....

Turn Order’s Guide to Teaching Board Games, Part the First

You’ve got everything ready for your big board game night. Your players have said they’re on the way, food is sorted, all other appointments and duties are taken care of, and you have the ample time and table space...

We Bear Bears – A Turn Order Review of Barenpark

There are a few game terms you’ll encounter when talking to board gamers about the type of games to play on a given evening: filler, entry, heavy, euro, ameritrash, abstract strategy, card-based, etc. Those are the fairly common genres,...

Bullet Heaven – A Turn Order Review of Bullet♥︎

Board games and video games share many things in common, but there are certain things that video games can do that board games can’t. Certain genres and styles of games just don’t translate well to an analog experience, and...

A Gentle Rain – Solo Gaming as Self-Care

Solo board games are often the cult films of the gaming hobby (whether The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Room, or Clue). Solo games aren’t big box office because as tables for one they are niche by default, so...

Fort: Evolutionary in its Familiarity – Turn Order

Grant Rodiek's board game designs are always worth checking out. While he may not be a household designer name (yet!), his designs tend to take familiar games and push their boundaries out of the comfortable and into the exciting...

Rainbow Connection – A Turn Order Review of Red Rising

Red Rising is probably my current favorite board game.  Well, goodnight everybody! Oh, you’re still here? Ok, fine. Let’s talk about Red Rising, and why I think it may, or may not, be worth your time at your table.  Of Pedigrees, Thematics,...

Games for Young Kids: Charlie’s Colorforms Silly Faces and Magna Tiles Treasure Hunt

It's been more than a month and we're overdue for more reviews of games for younger children. Like a good absentee parent I'm making it up to you by bribing you with gifts - today I'll be talking about...

RPGs for Young Kids: Amazing Tales & Amazing Heroes

We've been on a bit of an RPG kick here at Turn Order. We've talked about narrative RPGs with Ilor's introduction to Apocalypse World and Tiffany's review of the Apocalypse Powered Brindlewood Bay. I reviewed the Alien Starter system...

The Brindlewood Bay RPG and the Mystery of Cozy – Turn Order

To be cozy is to enjoy feelings of comfort, warmth, or contentment. Words synonymous with cozy: snug, homey, relaxed, cheerful, welcoming, pleasant, soothing. We may not always know what we need when craving cozy but we know it when...