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Delightful City Building with a Touch of Vegas – Machi Koro – Turn Order

It’s generally a good sign when a boardgame gets a reprint, and an even better one when it gets a nicer, higher quality reprint and revised edition. Machi Koro’s anniversary edition gives it this accolade, and overall it’s well...

Games for Young Kids: Rhino Hero Super Battle Review

I've written before about the challenges of introducing a small child to board games, specifically in my review of Dragon's Breath, another HABA game designed for young players. In the short time since that was written my four year-old son...

In the Shadow of Protest – Bloc by Bloc: The Insurrection Game – Turn Order

In March 2020 as New York City entered lockdown I temporarily lost my sense of taste due to Covid-19. Three months later as protesters marched nightly through New York City’s blocks and boroughs, I temporarily lost my passion for...

It’s the End of the Old World As We Know It – Chaos in the Old World

Regular readers of our site are probably well aware by now that most of us here really like Warhammer. And I mean really like Warhammer. Hell, it's half the name of this website. And we're not just talking about the...

Fast and Fresh. Top the Charts in Rap Godz! – Turn Order

It's natural to sit down and play a game and start comparing it to familiar games. A certain mechanism might remind you of one game, the way scoring works reminds you of another. This can be handy when it...

His Butt Goes Where?! – The Artistic Hilarity of MonsDRAWsity

A couple months ago I reviewed Tattoo Stories and said it was my favorite party game of the year. Eric Slauson knocked it out of the park with a fresh twist on the familiar Apples to Apples formula. Well folks, I'm...

The Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms

At the start of The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, the player arrives in the game in shackles, as a slow cart meanders its way through mountainous terrain. NPCs with dubious voice acting bicker as you ride forward, and the game...

Into the Funkoverse! A Skirmish Delight Fueled by the Universe Mixups of your Wildest Dreams

If there are only two things you need to know about Greg, Goonhammer's site admin, it's that the only thing he loves more than the Dark Angels are Funko Pops. He's got an impressive collection; just shelves chock full...

Turn Order: Trick Shot Review

As with many of the authors here on Goonhammer, I enjoy gathering around the table to play a board game with friends. However, there are few things in this world that can get me more excited than NHL hockey....

King’s Dilemma Is Incredible Until the Ending, but Whose Fault is That? – Turn Order

Back in September, my 5-person board game group and I escaped our quarantines (after isolation and COVID tests) to hunker down for a 3-day micro "convention". While we played a few different things, the crown jewel of the event...