Our Reviews
Cut! Print! That’s a Wrap: A Review of Flat Acting
Game Name: Flat Acting Publisher: Eye-Level Entertainment Designer: Mark Anticole, Matthew Anticole Year: 2009 Players: 2 – 5 Ages: 8+ Playing Time: 30 – 45 Minutes Retail Price: $29.95 Category: Family Game Compon...
Unlock the Secrets: Locke & Key Reviewed
Game Name: Locke & Key Publisher: Cryptozoic Entertainment Designer: Matt Hyra Year: 2012 Players: 3 – 6 Ages: 15+ Playing Time: 30 Minutes Retail Price: $30.00 Category: Card Game Components: 150 Strength cards 19 C...
A New Day (of the Dead): The Walking Dead Video Game Chapter One Reviewed
Game Name: The Walking Dead Video Game: Chapter One Publisher and Developer: Telltale Games Platform: PC, Mac, PS3, Xbox 360 (iOS in Summer) Year: 2012 Players: Solo Rating: M (for Mature) Retail Price: $24.99 Category: License...
We’re Off to See the Wizard: A Review of Oz Fluxx
Game Name: Oz Fluxx Publisher: Looney Labs Designer: Andrew Looney Year: 2012 Players: 2 – 6 Ages: 8+ Playing Time: 10 – 40 Minutes Retail Price: $16.00 Category: Card Game Components: 100 Cards Instructions From L...
The Times That Try Men’s Souls: Washington’s Crossing Reviewed
Game Name: Washington’s Crossing Publisher: Revolution Games Designer: Roger Miller Year: 2012 Players: 2 Ages: 15+ Playing Time: 6-10 Hours – No Joke! Genre: American Revolution Wargame Retail Price: $55.00 ($45.00...
Enhanced Might be a Slight Understatement – The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (Enhanced Edition) Review
Game Name: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (Enhanced Edition) Publisher: Warner Brothers Games Developer: CD Projekt Red Platform: Xbox 360 Year: 2012 Players: Solo Rating: M (for Mature) Retail Price: $59.99 Category: Reali...
“Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall!” – 1989: Dawn of Freedom Reviewed
Game Name: 1989: Dawn of Freedom Publisher: GMT Designer: Jason Matthews and Ted Torgerson Year: 2012 Players: 2 Ages: 15+ Playing Time: Two Hours Genre: Card driven game of geopolitics Retail Price: $67.00 Components On...
Terror in the Night: Bomber Command Reviewed
Game Name: Bomber Command Publisher: GMT Designer: Lee Brimmicombe-Wood Year: 2012 Players: 2 Ages: 15+ Playing Time: Two Hours Genre: WWII Aerial Bombing Wargame Retail Price: $67.00 Components One 8.5″ x 11″...
Yeah We’re Going to Rook City Gonna Have Some Fun: Rook City Reviewed
Game Name: Rook City Expansion to Sentinels of the Multiverse Publisher: Greater then Games Designer: Christopher Badell, Paul Bender, Adam Rebottaro Year: 2012 Players: 2 – 5 Ages: 12+ Playing Time: 30 Minutes Retail Pr...
One Edition to Rule them All: War of the Ring 2nd Edition Reviewed
Game Name: War of the Ring Publisher: Ares Games Designer: Roberto Di Meglio, Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello Year: 2011 Players: 2 – 4 Ages: 14+ Playing Time: 2-4 Hours Retail Price: $89.99 Category: Fantasy War Game C...
It’s Clobberin’ Time! Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Reviewed
Game Name: Marvel Heroic Roleplaying: Basic Game Publisher: Margaret Weis Productions Designers: Cam Banks with Rob Donoghue, Jack Norris, Jesse Scoble, Aaron Sullivan, and Chad Underkoffler Year: 2012 Players: 2 or more Ages:...
The Hunger Games Movie Review
Title: The Hunger Games Studio: Lionsgate Released: 2012 Rated: PG-13 Genre: Sci-Fi, Action Starring: Jennifer Lawrence – Katniss Everdeen Josh Hutcherson – Peeta Mellark Liam Hemsworth – Gale Hawthorne Woody Harrelson ...
Just How Abstract Can a Wargame Get? Hibernia Reviewed
Game Name: Hibernia Publisher: Closet Nerd Games Designer: Eric B. Vogel Year: 2011 Players: 3-4 Ages: 8+ Playing Time: 20-25 Minutes Retail Price: $19.99 Components 56 Wooden warrior markers One custom wooden die One wooden st...
Dungeons and Dragons and Meeples, Oh My! Lords of Waterdeep Reviewed
Game Name: Lords of Waterdeep Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Designer: Rodney Thompson, Peter Lee Year: 2012 Players: 2 – 5 Ages: 12+ Playing Time: 60 Minutes Retail Price: $49.99 Category: Fantasy Euro Game Components:...
No…A Little More to the Left: A Review of Giza – The Great Pyramid
Game Name: Giza The Great Pyramid Publisher: Mayfair Games Designer: David Heberer Year: 2012 Players: 3 – 4 Ages: 12+ Playing Time: 90 Minutes Retail Price: $35.00 Category: Euro Game Components: 140 Cards 1 Plastic Pyr...
Lovecraft Horror on the Go – Elder Sign: Omens Reviewed
I have to say, as an Android phone and tablet owner, many times I feel as if I’m a redheaded stepchild in terms of available mobile games (or any good meaty games in general) when it comes to the operating system; iOS has loa...
NO, That’s MY Pointy Hat! A Review of Wiz-War
Game Name: Wiz-War Eighth Edition Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Designer: Tom Jolly, Kevin Wilson Year: 2012 Players: 2 – 4 Ages: 14+ Playing Time: 60 Minutes Retail Price: $49.95 Category: Fantasy Board/Card Game Comp...
Make Your Fortune in the New World: Mundus Novus Reviewed
Game Name: Mundus Novus Publisher: Asmodee Editions Designers: Bruno Cathala and Serge Laget Year: 2011 Players: 2 – 6 Ages: 14+ Playing Time: 45 Minutes Retail Price: $29.99 Category: Euro trading card game Components On...
Mars Needs Heroes! John Carter Movie Review
Movie: John Carter Released: 2012 Rated: PG-13 Genre: Sci-Fi, Action/Adventure Director: Andrew Stanton Starring: Taylor Kitsch – John Carter Lynn Collins – Dejah Thoris Thomas Haden Church – Tal Hajus Willem Dafoe – Ta...
You Need More Iron in Your Diet: A Review of the Mistborn Adventure Game RPG
Game Name: Mistborn Adventure Game Publisher: Crafty Games Authors: Brandon Sanderson, Alex Flagg, Patrick Kapera, and John Snead Year: 2012 Players: 2+ Ages: 12+ Playing Time: It’s an RPG Baby! Retail Price: $49.99 Hardc...
Klingons? Here? Star Trek: Fleet Captains Reviewed
I received my copy of Star Trek: Fleet Captains on my birthday. I’ll admit my eyes were shining with excitement as I tore open the package to see the U.S.S Enterprise blasting away at a Klingon Bird of Prey on the cover of t...
Get Your Hands Off My Rubium!: Nexus Ops Reviewed
Game Name: Nexus Ops Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Designer: Charlie Catino Year: 2012 Edition Players: 2 – 4 Ages: 12+ Playing Time: 90 Minutes Retail Price: $59.95 Category: Light Science Fiction Wargame Compo...
Mass Defect? Mass Effect 3 Reviewed
Game Name: Mass Effect 3 Publisher: Electronic Arts Developer: Bioware Year: 2012 Players: Solo (with multiplayer) Rating: M (for Mature) Retail Price: $59.99 Category: Science fiction RPG *** Warning! Spoilers Ahead! *** For T...
The Squirrels are Watching Me! Nature of the Beast Reviewed
Nature of the Beast is a card game. It currently comes in two different flavors: The City vs. Suburbs box and the Farm vs. Forest box.
Every Day is Black: Black Friday Reviewed
Game Name: Black Friday Publisher: Rio Grande Games Designer: Friedemann Friese Year: 2010 Players: 2-5 Ages: 12+ Playing Time: 55 Minutes (Yes, it really states 55 minutes) Retail Price: $44.95 Category: Eurostyle stock market...
Let’s Agree to Disagree: Consensus Movie Edition Reviewed
Consensus Movie Edition is a party game for those who love movies. The nice thing about it is that you don’t need to have seen all of the movies to play the game as it is not a trivia game.
The Ties that Bind: A Review of Mob Ties
Mob Ties is your chance to run your own “Family”. You are in charge of a group of mobsters that travel around town collecting racket money and killing off the competition. In Mob Ties you have but one goal: Have the most ca...
New Improved Thunderstone with Retsyn! A Review of Thunderstone Advance
Welcome to Thunderstone 2.0. Allow me to preface by saying that if you have not played Thunderstone at all, and you have been thinking about it, this is the version that you should pick up. Thunderstone is an enjoyable deck bui...
Oh Canada! 1812: The Invasion of Canada Reviewed
Game Name: 1812: The Invasion of Canada Publisher: Academy Games Designers: Beau Beckett and Jeph Stahl Year: 2012 Players: 2-5 Ages: 10+ Playing Time: 60-90 minutes Retail Price: $65.00 Category: Five player semi-abstract hist...
On to Messina: A Review of Fast Action Battles Sicily
Game Name: Fast Action Battles Sicily Publisher: GMT Designer: Rick Young Year: 2011 Players: 2 Ages: 13+ Playing Time: One to three and a half hours Retail Price: $60.00 Category: Two player fog of war block based wargame Comp...
