Game Salute and Orion's Bell have launched The Card Game of Oz on Kickstarter as players will look to craft their own story lines based upon the classic L. Frank Baum fantasy novels. The first release focuses on Dorothy's adventures in the wonderful world of Oz, as just about anyone with a pulse is …
If you're looking for a nice introductory game for friends and family who may not be familiar with Eurostyle games, Stratamax Games may just have the perfect title. Carrying some of the biggest meeples you may ever find, Sheepdogs of Pendleton Hill puts the players into the roles of sheepdogs aiming…
With Disney's Oz: The Great and Powerful on the horizon L. Frank Baum's universe (Baum did author fifteen Oz novels as well as numerous short stories you know...) is going to be on a lot of minds and Game Salute is launching a new card game based on the author's magical creations. As part of what Ga…
As Luke Warren discussed with Elliott at last year's Gen Con (The Gaming Gang Extra 70: Gen Con 2012 – NorthStar Games) a new family game is arriving from Northstar Games and it will be unveiled at the upcoming New York Toy Fair taking place February 10th through the 13th. For two to six players age…
The latest edition of Nature of the Beast is now available from Eye-Level Entertainment and I take a look to see what you'll find when you open the box. Nature of the Beast is a series of two player (expandable to four players) deck building games in which each player represents a group of animals f…
I'd heard about this about a couple weeks back but couldn't find an official release from Cryptozoic Entertainment, so I sat on the story until I saw official word. Well now we have it so we're happy to say fans of party games should be excited about a new title coming from Dork Tower and Munchkin i…
If you're a fan of word games or family friendly games in general you might just be interested in the award winning Kerflip! from Creative Foundry Gameworks. Can you scramble to create words faster than your opponents? If so you'll be able to crush the other players under your iron heel and grind th…
As a follow up design to the 2010 hit Forbidden Island, game designer Matt Leacock is releasing Forbidden Desert through Gamewright. In the game, two to five players will take on the roles of stranded adventurers looking to retrieve a buried flying machine before they succumb to the unforgiving dese…
Two years ago we got a look at the original Kubit2me. My daughter loved it. It's basically a fuzzy soft cube with a pocket in it. You get a whole bunch of cards with letters or numbers on them that go into the pockets on each side of the cube, and you take turns rolling the cube back and forth. Pull…
Join my family and I as we visit with Goliath Games at the recent Chicago Toy and Game Fair held at Navy Pier in Chicago.You'll get to see their games Sammy the Seal, Doggie Doo, Pop the Pig, and Wordsearch. Where else can you see a seal clapping, a dog pooping, and a pig exploding?Just in t…
Coming this February from Mayfair Games is Zen Garden. Compete to have the most harmonious garden! Zen Garden will have a retail price of just $15.00.Create a beautiful Zen Garden with friends or family. Craft a unique landscape using tiles representing meadows, mountains, forests, and water. Il…
Playing Morphology Junior with its intended audience is a fun way to spend some quality family time together. It's similar to other games of its type, and thus earns an ok rating from me.…
Wizards of the Coast has launched the first expansion for Kaijudo entitled Evo Fury. Not only are new cards making an appearance but a new mechanic enters play: evolution! Kaijudo is available at gaming and many big box stores already so gamers shouldn't have any problems picking up the base cards o…
