My Top 10 Boardgames of All-Time

Stone Chess board

Having collected and played hundreds of different board games, I have accumulated a top 10 list for overall best games I’ve ever played. This list is made of my own personal best games, and I make no claim to have played all games out there (not even close).  I also have a bias for short, […]

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Quantum by FunForge

Let me start by saying, “I love this game.” It is easily in my top 10.  I love games that have a hint of luck to introduce variability, but also rely heavily on strategy.  Tiles for the “map” introduce a level of variability in each scenario too.  This game introduces a small amount of randomness […]

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More Bolster Playtesting

After some really great feedback from Eric Jome, at a monthly playtesting meetup, I updated some of the rules on the website and subsequent plays.  Originally, the goal was to eliminate the highest ranking piece with a strength of 4.  The 4 rank piece has been eliminated, and the object is now to eliminate all […]

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Dead of Winter Board Game

What a great zombie killing game. There is so much going on in this game that is great and fun. This is a co-op, deduction, decision-making, story-telling, planning, potentially-sabotaging, zombie-killing, game for a mature group looking for a good time. This is not a family game. This is not a light game. Setup is time […]

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Odin’s Ravens (Second Edition)

Odin’s Ravens is a great 2-player, turn-based strategy game with a little bit of luck. It’s a racing strategy game — cool! Odin’s Ravens, Huginn and Muninn, race every day over the world to return with news, but they head out in opposite directions — eventually travelling the same path as their counterpart, but in […]

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TZAAR Abstract Strategy Boardgame

One of my all time favorite games is TZAAR. I love 2 player games. I love turn-based strategy games. This is the best 2-player, turn-based strategy game I’ve ever played. This game is so simple and elegant that I think it might be THE single favorite game I own. I don’t think I would ever […]

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Dixit Family Boardgame

We played Dixit as a family of 4 last night. We’ve played before, but this is the first time I’ll write about it. I give Dixit a solid 6.5 out of 10. It’s a fun game, but it’s slow with kids — and that means they lose interest. My son (10) wanted to quit by […]

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