I bought Im Zeichen des Kreuzes (In the Sign of the Cross) for one reason – the dice tower. The theme – the crusades, was definitely a draw, but I was...
Whenever I travel across the world, and visit big cities, one of the first things I look for are the skyscrapers. I really like to see large, manmade...
I bought My Word! because of three reasons. One, I was an English teacher at the time, and thought it would be helpful in my classes. Also, it was produced by...
I've never been a big fan of Clue, finding that the game was too "easy" and that when played with players of equal skill, the game tended to favor the person...
My friend Sam likes to eat what he calls a "Dagwood". This is a sandwich that is comprised of pretty much everything he can find in the refrigerator and...
"Best New Game at the British International Toy Fair!" shouts the box. I was a little surprised, never having heard of Word Thief (Faby Games, Inc., 1994 –...
The visual appearance of a game, I think, is exceedingly important. Occasionally a good game can get away with plain, ordinary components, but it's always...
When I first heard about the game Time Control, I was excited. The theme of time travel has always excited me, and some of my favorite books and movies have...
The thing that impressed me most about Word Blind (4th Law Ltd., 2003 ?no designer credited) when I picked it up at a clearance sale was how much the game...
Dear Ego, To say you are Koreas best war gamer is like say that I am superman. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah prepare to get you butt kicked in football. ...
I knew nothing about King's Gate when I bought it, other than that it was designed by Reiner Knizia, produced by Fantasy Flight Games, and had a fantasy theme....
As a child, Tiddly-Winks fascinated me. I was always horrible at them, but it was such fun to snap the little plastic discs all over the room, into buckets...
The game of What's It To Ya? (Black & White, 2003 – Mike Petty) is one of those games that makes me scratch my head and think "Why hasn' t anyone made a...
I came to a conclusion a while ago. When Fantasy Flight comes out with one of their small boxed games – buy it! I've enjoyed every one that I've played,...
I like racing games, especially Formula De. However, one problem I have with Formula De is that it takes a good bit of time, especially if the race is more...
I bought Atlanteon (2003) for the same reason I buy all small-boxed Fantasy Flight Games, because the majority of them are excellent games. The fact that it...
.I was searching the internet for board game related news one day, when I came across a small message board. On the message board there was talk of a new...
I was very excited about the release of Fist of Dragonstones, as it looked to be similar to one of my favorite games – Citadels. Reading the rules for Fist...
My Top Ten Games!!!! 1. A House Divided (I'd play it everyday if I could) 2. Star-Farers of Catan (love the theme) 3. Attack! (few plays but great potential) ...
Tom, Joe and Bob gathered together first in Club Playoff at Konkuk University. I joined them later, but this time I made it on time! :) I don't know which...
Fair enough... here's my eclectic list.... 1. Atlantic Storm (wargame with negotiations!) 2. Twilight Imperium (wargame with negotiations!) 3. We The People...
Good report Shin but you messed up one little detail..... I WON Through the Desert, not you! :) HEHEHEHE, I took the last pastel blue camel and prevented Tom...
... Oh, that's right. I was so surprised at my high score that I mistook myself as the winner :) And I also omitted the result of Evo. While Tom maintained his...
This is a very difficult list to make, but here are my current top ten. 1). Duel of Ages: The more I play it, the more I like it. What a fantastic, varied...
I call Queen's Necklace (Days of Wonder, 2003) the "double Bruno" game, because it was co-designed by Bruno Cathala (War and Sheep, Lawless) and Bruno Faidutti...
I have a large collection of games, because I love the variety. One of the things I like best about this variety is the fact that I can almost always find the...
If there's one game that I could pick to be reprinted, it would be Keythedral (R & D Games, 2002 – Richard Breese). One of Mr. Breese's previous games,...
I can pick up ten from all the games, and that was painful, but rank them in order? Hmm... - Age of Steam - Tigres & Euphrates - Serenissima - Puerto Rico -...
I've found that most games that are for two to five players are best with five players. There are exceptions to this rule, and Emerald (Abacus Spiele- Rio...