Dear Magic Players, We will have our Time Spiral prerelease on 30 September 2006 at the Yongsan bus station on the main post of Yongsan Army Garrison, which is...
I've enjoyed the first three expansions to Memoir '44, as it is a tremendous game system and one that I enjoy on many occasions. I have enjoyed the first...
Well, the number one topic when talking about Emira (Mayfair and Phalanx Games, 2006 - Liesbeth Vanzeir and Paul Van Hove) is going to be its theme. "Which...
If you've read my reviews with any regularity, you'll know that I do enjoy quite a few light games - games that can be pulled out and played quickly and...
There was quite possibly more hype about Tempus (Café Games, 2006 - Martin Wallace) than any other game in the last couple years. Several people told me how...
Episode 0 of the Dice Tower has been posted! http://www.boardgamenews.com/index.php/boardgamenews/comments/the_dice_tower_episode_0_introductions/ This is a...
One of my favorite internet browsing stops is Board 2 Pieces, one of the very few online comics that has to do with board games. The author, Ted Alspach, is...
Poison (Playroom Entertainment, 2005 - Reiner Knizia) is possibly one of the more overproduced games that I own. Really, the game only needs a small deck of...
Colors colliding in an absolute dizzying array are what greet your eyes during a game of Collide-O (Playroom Entertainment, 2006 - Maureen Hiron). It's a...
Arkham Horror is definitely one of my "kangaroos" - a game that I like considerably more than when I first played it. I still try to win the cooperative game...
Well, all good things must come to an end, and my series "Interviews by an Optimist" closes with the interview of Stephen Glenn. That doesn't mean that I'll be...
I'm a big person for theme in my games, even if I know that it's merely placed on top of the game to better accentuate the mechanics. Games like Through the...
One of the more enjoyable features of a good party game is that you tend to get to know the people who you're playing with. In fact, many party games seem to...
When Thurn and Taxis won the Spiel des Jahres in 2006, I have to admit that I was a bit surprised. While I thought that the game was simple enough to have won...
Oooo, skyscrapers - tall buildings that are fun to work in games, especially when the three dimensional aspect is a feature of the game, such as in Manhattan...
I just recently did a bit of research on Reiner Knizia -one of the most prolific designers of our times, if not the most - for the Dice Tower. When going...
Big Sunday Football (Randolph Rose Group, 2006 - Randolph Rose) looks exactly like what I thought would make a great football board game ten years ago. It's...
Luck of the Draw (Gamewright Games, 2006 - Precinct 13 Development) had me at the tagline - "A Game for the Artistically Challenged". With pictures of simple...
You know, when I step away from Wayfinder (Funagain Games, 2006 - Benjamin Corlis), I see a game that on paper I probably shouldn't like. It's a game in which...
Killer Bunnies: and the Quest of the Magic Carrot is a game that people either seem to love or dislike. Fortunately, I really enjoy the game and have a group...
Killer Bunnies: and the Quest of the Magic Carrot is a game that people either seem to love or dislike. Fortunately, I really enjoy the game and have a group...
The Battle of Troy, or at least the version produced by Homer, has captured many folk's imagination, and I'm surprised that it's not the subject of more games....
