Go Fish has become the namesake of a game that adults really despise, but one that is tremendously popular amongst the younger set. As a child, I never found...
I first heard of Sneeze (Cambridge Games Factory, 2005 - Ed Carter and Carl Chudyk) from a review by Shannon Appelcline. He mentioned that it was a kids game...
Jim Doherty's game themes always make me laugh, and I'm always impressed at how he manages to mix clever mechanics with the most inane themes that one could...
It's hard to make a good racing game, yet that hasn't stopped dozens of designers and as many companies from attempting to do so. Most of the really fun...
10 Days in Europe (Out of the Box Publishing, 2005 - Alan Moon and Aaron Weissblum) is the third in a series - Europe coming after USA and Africa. The game...
In this episode, we review Marvin Marvel's Marvelous Marble Machine, and listen to the real voice of Grodnads! We have board game news both from Rick...
Every once in a while, I'll play a game that is so simple, yet works so well, that I think to myself, "Why didn't I think of that?" And the answer, of course,...
http://www.thedicetower.com/interviews/int086.htm In this session of Interviews by an Optimist, I interview Mark Johnson, asking him about his podcasting and...
Conquest of the Fallen Lands (self-published, 2005 – Andrei Burago) is a bit deceiving at first glance. With a lot of hexagons depicting battle scenes, and...
For my latest interview, I interviewed John Kovalic, of Dork Tower fame, and illustrator of Out of the Box and Steve Jackson games, as well as part owner of...
I'm a big fan of Carcassonne and always smile when people on the internet get a kick out of saying negative things about it, because it's one of the best games...
There are some games that I can introduce to people and see an immediate curiosity. For example, when I explain that Ticket to Ride is about connecting routes...
Every once in a while, I receive a game in the mail that immediately causes me to start salivating - either because of a cool mechanic, or a cool component....
Lately, I've become more enamored with abstract strategy games. Despite my love of themes, there's just something that's satisfying about playing a game that...
I was slightly apprehensive when I received Griddle (Josdan Games, 2005 - George Williams), because it looked like a football game. I had already played one...
The thing that first attracted me to Ca$h Trap (New Century Games, 2005 - Debbie Keigan) was how attractive it looked - bright and colorful, the way I like...
When playing the game Jenga, there is one thing about it that drives me utterly mad. It's watching "Greg" play. He'll begin to take his turn by walking...
For # 90 in my series, Interviews by an Optimist, I talked with Ken Koury, a Monopoly champion and coach. He had a lot of insights - and shows what it is like...
The tagline for Babble (Cactus Game Design, 2005 - no designer credited) says, "A fast paced, Bible based, outrageously fun game!" Since Cactus Games has put...
There are children's books that are good, and then there are children's books that are classics. I Spy books are keepers, ones that will be gazed upon in...
(I'm assuming that the readers already know how to play Return of the Heroes.) Return of the Heroes is one of the best board role-playing games I have ever...
This campaign is about Human beings, Democracy, UNHCR, Refugees, The Iraqis, Islam, Kurds, Human rights, Respect, Money, Donations, Angelina Jolie, Pavarotti,...
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