Fantastic Factories, published by Deep Water Games is a dice placement, engine building tabletop game where your objective is to best utilize your factory and workers to build the best buildings and monuments. Here is what I thought of the game.
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The Game Devs of Color Expo is dedicated to amplifying the creative power held by people of color in games, which they do so by showcasing and uplifting diverse voices in the gaming industry in a multi-day event. The 6th Expo was this past weekend and I was granted the opportunity to attend and share my experience.
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Game Devs of Color Expo was this weekend and so many great creators got to share their work and insight. They had an Indie Showcase Direct that shared a bunch of games and here are my quick takes on them based on the showcase.
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The classic Disney attraction is now a board game! You’ll be a skipper on the world famous Jungle Cruise striving to get cargo and passengers through the perils of the river to win points.
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A Little Wordy is a two-person tile game where you must use your tiles to create a secret word and then use different clue questions to guess your opponent’s secret word. But be careful, because you need to have the most points to win. This game is from the creators of Exploding Kittens, and I wanted to share my review with you.
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Day 2 of my March Madness is here and today’s bracket has my favorite board games going head to head!
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March is Women’s History Month so I decided to share some great board games designed by women!
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Aroma – A Game of Essence is a board game that utilizes essential oils in its gameplay to create a new experience for gamers. With four different game modes at varying player counts, there are numerous ways to put your sense of smell to the test.
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Taking in nature has been a bit scarce lately, but thanks to board games we can experience a small taste of the great outdoors in new and engaging ways.
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MonsDRAWsity is a drawing-based game where a witness will have to memorize as much about the monster they see in a short amount of time. The witness then has to describe what they saw without a reference to the sketch artists. The artist whose drawing is closest to the mysterious creature is the winner. I got to play this game over the holidays with my family and want to share my experience with you!
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DIG! is a two-player quick play game about uncovering items at a dig site to get more valuable items than your opponent. But watch out as there are bombs hidden about as well that can low you, and all your items, to pieces.
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One tradition my family has is Thanksgaming, where we play board games throughout Thanksgiving day. And here are some board games that are perfect for the occasion.
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Villainous is a board game all about the villains of Disney. You get to play one of these villains and are competing to finish your objective before the other villains, but heroes can block your way. I have had this game for a long time and finally played it so here is my review.
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I am very, very much a cat person to the point where if I was an animal it would most definitely be a cat. And I have found that board games are also cat people as there are so many with cat themes out there. So here is a collection of them if you love both cats and board games.
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Disney and Funko have released a new board game all about the Haunted Mansion! Since I love this attraction I knew I wanted to play this and share my thoughts.
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For all the horror fans, you can take the scares to your table with these horror games!
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Cindr is a new board game all about the wonderful world of dating dragons. You’ll swipe to find your match and take them on a date to see if you are compatible. Can you take the heat or will you be left burned?
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Video games are a fun way to spend your free time, but did you know that you can also learn something while gaming? Here are some great games that can teach you a new skill during your play time.
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The Tabletop Writer’s Guild is hosting a diversity initiative with different weekly prompts for all the board game writers out there. The first challenge is the talk about the game(s) that brought you into the hobby.
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Fall sports have arrived and it got me thinking about sports in board games. So I’ve found some great board games all about various sports for the athletics fans out there.
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Here To Slay is a strategic fantasy card game from the makers of Unstable Unicorns. I was a backer of the Kickstarter and wanted to share my thoughts on their latest game.
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There is a board game for everyone out there, so I am looking for them. This time I’m focusing on artists and some games I think they’d enjoy.
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With Black Lives Matter on everyone’s minds, I want to highlight and share various things from Black creators to amplify them and their work. While I found many lists for things like books and video games, I couldn’t find one for board games. So I have curated one myself.
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Have you ever wanted to become a superhero? Now you can with the help of these board games that are perfect for superhero fans of all kinds and IPs.
Are you a lover of all things Disney and enjoy playing board games? Well, I have some great game suggestions for you!
Many associate board games as a group activity where you need a few friends in order to play. But more and more games are coming out with solo variants or just solo in general! So here are some recommendations for solo board games you can play.
I recently shared suggestions for board games for extroverts and it is only fitting to make some for us introverts too.
With tomorrow being the premiere of the new season of Top Chef and me being a huge nerd for that show, I decided to share some board game suggestions for all of the foodies out there.
If you’ve been around for a while, you will have seen my series of posts that are game recommendations for different personality identifiers, like zodiac sign and Myers-Briggs. One identifier that is certainly one of the most popular is extrovert and introvert. So let’s fix that shall we?
Back in my undergrad days when I would mentor first-year students, we’d cover the different learning styles to better their understanding of how they can learn the best in college. One thing in the geek world that always involves learning is board games. So I am sharing ways to teach people board games based on their learning style.
Continuing my personality based recommendations, I am sharing board games to play based on your Enneagram type!
Gravehold remains the last bastion of The World That Was. As the otherworldly incursions from the creatures known only as The Nameless intensify, a cadre of strange survivors emerges from the void itself. Will they be Gravehold’s salvation or its undoing?
A while ago I did a post recommending video games based on your zodiac sign. So I asked if anyone would be interested in a board game equivalent, and responses were positive. So here is that post!
I’ve been reading and playing board games a lot lately, and have found that there are a bunch of board games that book lovers will love. So I am recommending some!
Think you can solve a mystery worthy of the queen of crime? You can test that in the new card game Agatha Christie’s Death on the Cards!
In Christmas Lights, a card game from 25th Century Games, you are trying to put together the perfect string of lights. The catch, however, is that you can’t see what bulbs you have. Plus there are different events that could help or hurt you on your quest for the best light display.
Dungeons and Dragons has gained so much popularity and is easily one of the most well-known things in gaming. So for those who love D&D, I’m sharing some other tabletop games you’ll enjoy. Continue reading
I recently wrote some suggestions for board games that video gamers should play. And now, I’m going to do the reverse! Here are some video games that I think board gamers will enjoy.
While there are some of us gamers that cross between video and board, others have their sides. So in an effort to get gamers to cross sides a bit, I have decided to do some recommendations. This post focuses on great board games for video gamers to try.
Cards Against Humanity is a widely popular party game that really opened the door for other party games to make it to the table. Since it has opened the door, I decided to share some other party games to play is you enjoy or want to switch from Cards Against Humanity.
Can you think of a person who is famous, flirtatious, and cultured? How about friendly, rich, and tattooed? That is the goal of Hello My Name Is, a party name game from Gamewright. Continue reading
Have you ever wanted to explore a haunted house to see all of its inner secrets and dangers? Well, you can do it in Vast: The Mysterious Manor, but you will have to be on your guard. Continue reading
There are some games that many people at least know about if not played, and Clue is one of those games. I figured it would be a cool idea to recommend some other games you’ll enjoy if you enjoy Clue.
Takeout, from Small Monsters Games, is a set-collecting card game where you are trying to create the most complete Chinese meal before your friends do. But you don’t speak Chinese. Continue reading
Why have one fandom when you can have a crossover! That is the question for today’s 30 Day Geek Out Challenge. Continue reading
We’ve reached double digits for the 30 Day Geek Out Challenge and I’m sharing my favorite movie of all time! Continue reading
One day while wandering the games section of a Barnes and Noble, I spied this on the shelf. As someone who does enjoy RuPaul’s Drag Race and the art of drag in general, I decided to give it a go myself. Will Game of Queens be safe or will I ask it to sashay away?
We’re talking about conventions for today’s post for the 30 Day Geek Out Challenge!
If you’re a fan of board games, you know how hard it can be to get others to play games with you if they don’t also enjoy board games or their extent of games is Cards Against Humanity and Monopoly. However, there are some great games to help you on your quest to play games with your non-gaming friends. Continue reading
I was given an opportunity to play and review a new game, Pumpkin Patch: Bad Seeds, from Brouhaha Games. The aesthetic and theme of this game really caught my eye, but does everything else live up to that first impression? Continue reading
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