When I first received The Great Space Race (Kenzer and Co., 2006 - Craig Zipse), I received the caution that it was an "American-style" game, rather than the...
Any game that uses a large amount of dice interests me, because piles of dice are good things. Sure, some might consider the die to be one of the most...
Greetings, Just thought I'll pass this along. There's a guy who reviews board games via vlog (video-log) on YouTube.com. So far, he has 14 reviews plus this...
After a LONG period of work, our website has had a major overhaul! www.thedicetower.com, and www.tomvasel.com are both new and improved - you can leave...
I had perhaps heard of the Mental Floss magazine in previous years, but I had never read it until I picked up a copy of Mental Floss: the Trivia Game (Pressman...
Episode # 56 of the Dice Tower has been posted! http://www.boardgamenews.com/index.php/boardgamenews/comments/the_dice_tower_episode_56_animal_games/ In this...
Hey Son, if you are not doing anything major in the next two weeks and want to get together we will be in New Jersey let me know. In Christ, Ryan Johnson ...
Dear Gamers, Here's the skinny on what's happening this Saturday at the bus station in Yongsan this Saturday: MAGIC (FIRST TOURNAMENT): COLDSNAP PRERELEASE!...
For some reason, I can't get the poem "Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear…" out of my head everytime I look at the game Fuddy Duddy (Let's Play Games! LLC, 2005 - Joe...
If I asked you to name the company that produced Say What! (Twilight Creations, 2003 - Kerry Breitenstein), you'd probably be surprised to see that it's the...
I recently went to visit my parents in America, and while there, determined to buy them a new party game. I knew that they already had Apples to Apples, and...
My latest interview, with Marcel-Andre Casasola, has been posted at my website. http://www.thedicetower.com/thedicetower/index.php?page=Marcel-Andre_Casasola ...
I'm always on the lookout for games that help teach the intricacies of the stock market for my Consumer Math class at school. Stock Rush! A Week on Wall...
The name Pillage and Plunder: the Viking Longship Game (Acorn Games Studios, 2005 - Christopher Villeneuve) really conjures up the wrong images - it's not a...
One of the biggest events for me in high school was taking the SAT exam. I didn't really study much for it, but the test scores directly affected my entry...
Of the three boys in the Vasel family, I was the only one who wasn't that interested in sports. Of course I was interested in them to a slight degree - and...
"Go Fish!" - the words linger in gaming lore; and most of us know how to play that atrocious game, having been subjected to it at some point in our childhood....
I rarely write a review for anything outside a board game, and although Lonpos Pyramid may be considered a game - it's really a puzzle. It's not listed at...
One of the best games ever designed (especially for three is Colossal Arena (also known as Titan: the Arena), a game in which players bet on one of several...
Episode # 57 of the Dice Tower has been posted! http://www.boardgamenews.com/index.php/boardgamenews/comments/the_dice_tower_episode_57_origins_2006_review/ In...
Viktory II (Morrison Games, 2006 - Peter Morrison) was first brought to my attention when I saw the history of how the game went from concept to reality at...
I'm always glad to see a new publisher of board games to burst on the scene, especially when they look exciting and interesting, as the games of Immortal Eyes...
About once a month, I see someone bemoaning the massive amount of Carcassonne spin-offs and expansions on the internet. Why someone would complain about more...
It seems that Playroom Entertainment can do no wrong with their Bright Idea Games line. If you have young children under the age of ten, you can find no finer...
I don't know why the game Spy Alley eluded me for so long, but I'm very glad to have played that fun, underrated game. Simply Suspects (Spy Alley Partners...
