Hooray for Three of a Crime! (Gamewright, 2007 – Heinz Meister) -- I can tell you straight up that most adults will be bored silly by this game, even though...
Duck Duck Bruce (Gamewright, 2007 – Peter Neugebauer) sounds like the name of a bad Monty Python skit. But it's really a card game featuring ducks and a dog...
Episode # 104 has been posted! http://www.funagain.com/control/viewblogpost?contentBlogPostId=14793&contentBlogId=TDT In this episode, Mary gives us the news,...
I rarely play prototypes, mostly because there are so many finished games to try! But I was intrigued when I got the chance to try out the prototype of Age of...
Episode # 105 has been posted! http://www.funagain.com/control/viewblogpost?contentBlogPostId=14813&contentBlogId=TDT In this episode, Greg talks about the...
(This is a review of two of the armies for Battlegrounds. I've already reviewed the game elsewhere – this is just a discussion of those armies.) Dwarves: ...
Show # 2 has been reposted and fixed up... http://www.funagain.com/control/viewblogpost?contentBlogPostId=14763&contentBlogId=TDT In this show, originally...
The idea of forming cliques in high school is foolish and idiotic – once you get out of school, anyway. Yet that's the theme in this oddly compelling game,...
I first saw Duel in the Dark (Z-man Games, 2007 - Friedemann de Pedro) directly after playing the excellent airplane duel game Wings of War. Therefore, I...
StackMarket (Z-man Games, 2007 – Susumu Kawasaki) has some rather ingenious mechanics, as it uses dice and dexterity to simulate the stock market (hence –...
I'm a big fan of fantasy games and quite enjoy those that tend to recreate the fantasy role-playing experience in a board game. In discussions of this genre,...
TableStar continues to put out games that are compatible with their HeroCard system. I like the combat system that forms the core of each of these games and...
Episode # 3 has been remixed and posted. http://www.funagain.com/control/viewblogpost?contentBlogPostId=14803&contentBlogId=TDT In this episode, originally...
My first reaction to Patrician (Mayfair, 2007 – Michael Schacht) was one of annoyance. The boring cover, drab woman included, screamed that this was yet...
WrestAngel (Angello Porazzi Games, 2006 – Angello Porazzi) is a game that's easy to overlook – most likely because it's one of the smallest games you'll...
I love expansions, yes I do! And any expansion for Dungeon Twister has me excited; although of all the upcoming expansions, the Forces of Darkness (Asmodee,...
Imagination is one of the main reasons to play games. When I first got Omniana (Self-published, 2006 - Aaron Delamatre), I was anything but impressed. The...
Wicked Witches Way (Asmodee, 2007 - Bruno Cathala and Serge Laget) is one of the coolest produced games I've come across. The box is shaped like a book and...
Episode # 107 has been posted! http://www.thedicetower.com/thedicetower/index.php?page=top_ten_good_games_bad_themes In this episode, Moritz talks about more...
Battlestations is a tremendous game, mixing space combat with a role-playing element, to become one of the best games I've ever played. I've remained...
It's almost as if the name of the game Before the Wind (Mayfair Games, 2007 - Torsten Landsvogt) was made for jokes ("Break the Wind", etc.) Normally I roll...
Episode # 106 has been posted http://www.funagain.com/control/viewblogpost?contentBlogPostId=14853&contentBlogId=TDT In this episode, Sam and Tom review It's...
I've always enjoyed reading Yehuda Berlinger's blog on the internet. Mostly about board games, it's been interesting following the ups and downs of his...
Abstract games suffer from a lack of theme (well, that's a matter of opinion, of course). Often this means a ridiculous theme is slapped on one just to give...
Kory Heath is certainly a versatile designer. From deduction to logic to party games, he seems to be intent on creating games of several genres. And with...
In an email from Gordon Lamont, he mentioned to me that "we certainly cannot be accused of unoriginal themes!" And certainly that is the truth, made evident...
Gangster (Mayfair Games, 2007 – Thorsten Gimmler) is a game that I thought would be a pretty good marriage of tried-and-true mechanics (area control) with a...
I love to wear hats, whether they be the typical baseball cap or something odd, much to my wife's chagrin. Cowboy hats, bowlers, a fez – whatever I can get...
I have to be honest and say that I wasn't really interested in Geominos (Hilaria and Lundi, 2007 - Tod Teeple) when I first heard of it, if only because of the...
