Posts By Adam Roffel

It’s not often that Walt Disney Studios – including Pixar Studios – doesn’t win the Oscar for the best animated feature, but that is exactly what happened at the 2025 Academy Awards. Instead, a unique film about animals escaping rising water won the award, and understandably it has spun off a number of new toys and games. One of those games is, understandably, called Flow and will be launching later this year. In Flow, players work cooperatively to ...

Each night of Canada Plays 2025, a trade show put on by Asmodee Canada that a few media members were invited to, featured an open games night. A ton of already released, and pre-release, games were available for attendees to try out with friends and colleagues. The room was always full of folks having a great time, trying out some of the greatest games coming from Asmodee Canada, their partners, and others in the board game space! Let’s look at…

Over the past few days I had the privilege of attending Canada Plays 2025 in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. The event, while primarily aimed at retailers and distributors, was attended by a few media members as well. Over the two days that I was in attendance, I had the chance to see upcoming games, walk the show floor, play in a tournament, and so much more. Over the next week or two, we will be publishing articles around our time at the…

Settlers of Catan is a classic in the board game space at this point, and while you might not lump it into the likes of Monopoly, The Game of Life, and CLUE, it’s almost in that spot for me. It’s a game that almost everyone in the industry has played, and the game people share with their “non-board game friends.” Over the years, the Catan experience has stayed relatively the same, with new expansions bringing about new ideas and concepts.…

A few weeks ago, we wrote about the components of Shelfie Stacker and praised Arkus games for a splendid package. Like with Dreadful Meadows that we just reviewed, there isn’t a ton of rules to think about when playing Shelfie Stacker. Despite the simplicity of play, the game felt a bit too random for a few folks, and wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea. That being said, what I love about doing board game reviews is that I’ll almost never say…

While I would have preferred to email this game in a few months when it was time for Halloween, I didn’t think I could sit on this package from Arkus for so long. So we got into the Halloween mood and got this table. With all the candy we are growing, do we even need to Trick or Treat? Let’s take a look! In Dreadful Meadows, players are building a patch in front of them and will grow candies to…

Chip Theory games are well known for their games that use, well, chips! And while I’ve always been impressed with the production of their titles, I’m not sure I would say I ever longed to play things like Too Many Bones. It seemed interesting to me, but what was the hook to keep some of the friend group playing when we had so many other campaign games to finish. Enter the Elder Scrolls, a theme so good it made me…

I’ll begin this article by stating one thing that will become apparent if you a) purchase your own Magic Band+ or b) watch videos of others using their Magic Band+. It doesn’t always work, and that can be super frustrating. However, when it is working flawlessly (which is usually what happens) there is a lot of joy to be had. Now I would say that perhaps there is more fun here for kids than adults, but there is fun none…

Nintendo officially confirmed what we already knew – the Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con controllers had a mouse capability which would allow you to play some mouse-based games. What Nintendo did show off in the direct wasn’t as appealing to me – although Drag X Drive is intriguing, as was that mini-golf minigame – the potential for the mouse compatibility in games is exciting. Throughout today’s Nintendo Direct, a number of really great titles ...

I’m not going to lie, my excitement for Mario Kart World is incredibly higher and likely will only be driven higher when the game gets its own Nintendo Direct on April 17. An open world-ish Mario Kart experience was probably the last thing I would have expected from the franchise, but it could be a positive change. Trying to build on Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is going to be one hell of a task. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the…