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As I noted in our components review and overview of Cretaceous Rails, I honestly wasn’t expecting much when I perused the games Kickstarter page. Once again, this is a strong lesson in not judging something by pictures or overviews. I admitted I was wrong about the production quality in that article – it is top notch! – and I’ll admit I was wrong again as we discuss this game in detail – this is a fantastic experience. Cretaceous Rails is…

I love when my two favorite hobbies – video games and board games – cross over with each other. We’ve had some truly magnificent video game themed board games over the years, and while I won’t rehash those here, another is on the horizon. Maestro Media, in collaboration with Supercell, is launching Clash of Clans on Kickstarter in just a few days, and we could not be more excited! Here is more from Maestro Media: “Maestro Media, in collaboration with…

After taking the Great Western Trail: El Paso for a spin around the block a few times I’ve come to one of two conclusions. If you love the Great Western Trail, you probably aren’t going to enjoy the streamlined nature of this experience, unless of course you enjoy franchises you love that offer faster experiences. If you hate the Great Western Trail, El Paso isn’t going to change that philosophy. If you hate the Great Western Trail because it’s too…

A Gentle Rain has finally landed at GamesReviews.com HQ, and let me be the first to say that I’m so happy to have this game in my personal collection. I’ve played it before and enjoyed the experience, but never owned a copy myself. So how does such a simple experience create such a positive atmosphere? Let’s take a look. In A Gentle Rain, one or more players will lay tiles down on the table connecting similarly colored lily pads in…

A while back we wrote a few articles about an ongoing Kickstarter project called Cretaceous Rails. The game had players creating train lines through a jungle, touring guests and allowing them to see dinosaurs in the wild, capturing dinosaurs, chopping down trees, and more. The game seemed pretty unique in what it was trying to accomplish, but unique doesn’t always mean success. While our review of the game will be a bit yet, let’s run down what you get in…

Big, grandiose games are not something we review often at GamesReviews.com because they take so much effort to get tabled, and require a decent player count to fairly review the product. We get a lot of these types of games into the office, but not all of them make it to the review stage. When one does make it, you know we are working with something that’s a bit better than everything else. Storm Raiders is that game, and although…

About six weeks ago, I attended Canada Plays 2025 hosted by Asmodee Canada. At the event, I had the pleasure of connecting with AJ from Kolossal Games and while this specific game we are reviewing today wasn’t on the table for me to see, AJ opened up the Kolossal Games catalogue to me and I’m so thankful he did. Western Legends is a pretty old game at this point, but still one worth looking into. If you’ve been missing this…

Roll and Write, or Flip and Write games are a huge hit in the Roffel household, and for good reason. They are easy to transport, can be played almost anywhere, and are generally pretty quick while offering a great experience. Trails of Tucana ticks all of these boxes so it’s one that won’t be leaving our collection anytime soon. However, just because it works for us doesn’t mean it will work for you! Let’s take a look at Trails of…

Over the past few months I’ve had the great opportunity to table the Reef Project a number of times. At different player counts, and no matter who I am playing with, the experience has been phenomenal each and every time. Board and Dice is quickly becoming one of my favorite publishers in the board game space, and there is a good reason for it! Let’s take a look at the Reef Project – time to save those reefs! In the…

Tucana Builders builds, pun intended, off the great work put into Trails of Tucana, although it cannot be stated enough that these games are wildly different, aside from the Tucans. That said, Builders do feel like a roll and write experience without the rolling or the writing. This experience feels light enough to be widely accessible, but with some strategy to keep veteran board game players engaged. My issue – how much does luck play into the game? Let’s take…