Let me tell you, I am incredibly excited for the upcoming collectible card/dice game from Fantasy Flight Games, Star Wars: Destiny. For those unfamiliar I’ll let FFG’s website give you the 411: “In every game of Star Wars: Destiny, you’ll gather your small team of iconic characters and battle to defeat your foes, using your…
A Game of Thrones: Hand of the King is a small card game from Fantasy Flight Games that I have been looking forward to since its announcement. In HotK 2-4 players take turns moving Varys, the Master of Whispers, and gaining the favor of lords and ladies of the 7 major Houses of Westeros. The…
If you had told me that I would enjoy peaceful, Zen-like games like Tokaido or Lotus 10 years ago I would have said you were crazy. My natural inclination is towards games that feature conflict and deception, but I have come to appreciate the more relaxing games as well. Enter Kanagawa, an upcoming board game…
A while back I wrote several articles about a “small” game on Kickstarter called Small Star Empires by Archona Games. I was contacted by the designer, my friend Milan, and sent a prototype copy of the game. I did a review of the game as requested, but more importantly I fell in love with Small…
I am a big fan of Nevermore and am excited to get my hands on the expansion, Specters of Nevermore. The artwork looks amazing and it doesn’t add so much content so at to change the game, which I appreciate in an expansion. Here’s a snippet from the Smirk & Dagger website: “Specters of NEVERMORE…
I was aware of the upcoming Star Wars dice game by Fantasy Flight Games, but a recent conversation with my friend, Trudi, got me more interested in it. Destiny is a dice game where cards represent characters and equipment from the Star Wars universe, and some of these cards carry with them custom dice. Game…
I heard a lot of buzz about Captain Sonar from Gen Con this year, and I was happy to stumble across this article on the Geek & Sundry website. To quote the linked article: “The game is team based battleship with communication being your chief asset. Each group of four players coordinates in real-time, managing…
Are you a fan of Flick em’ Up! by Pretzel Games? Have you always wanted to try it but were detoured by the steep price tag of the original, wooden version? There’s good news! The Plastic Version of Flick em’ Up is available now! Whereas the wooden version retails for $70.00, the new, Plastic Version will cost…
Are you a fan of the classic board game of galactic conquest, Cosmic Encounter? How about the hit book series/tv show Game of Thrones? Both, you say? Well, Game of Thrones: The Iron Throne might be just what the maester ordered! From the Fantasy Flight Games website: “Using game systems from the legendary board game…
The winners of all three categories have been announced! Last year I made two predictions, for the Kennerspiel and the Spiel, and I was wrong on both. This year I made predictions for all 3 categories. How did I do? Only slightly better as it turns out! Kinderspiel des Jahres Winner Stone Age Junior a.k.a.…
The first expansion for the fantastic 2015 game, Mysterium, became available just a few days ago. It’s called Hidden Signs and it looks just as visually impressive as the base game. The expansion features 78 new cards divided amongst vision, character, location, and object cards. If you’re unfamiliar with Mysterium it might best be described…
Imperial Settlers is one of my favorite games of all time and I am very excited for the second faction expansion, Aztecs! From the Portal Games website: “The Aztecs bring new rules and a new resource to the world of Imperial Settlers! Prayer actions and blessing tokens will bring religion to the world of Settlers.…