Board Games Reviews

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…

Over the past few weeks, the team at GamesReviews.com has been diving into everything The Elder Scrolls. We have had team members looking at the Elder Scrolls V: Oblivion Remaster, team members looking into Elder Scrolls Online content, I have personally written up a review of The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era from Chip Theory Games, and now we are looking at another board game, this time from Modiphius. Let’s explore The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – The…

When I was at Canada Plays 2025, one of the games I got to play was Come Sail Away, a really fun, puzzly game about placing passengers on a cruise ship. I was originally excited about this after Mike Delisio from The Dice Tower talked about it again and again, putting it on Top 10 lists, and more. I had requested a review opportunity for this one a few weeks ago, and was pleasantly surprised when it was waiting for…

Roxley released a brand new expansion for Santorini that we will hopefully be reviewing soon, but with that printing they decided to reprint the original game in a Second Edition and Pantheon Edition. Roxley was nice enough to send us a Second Edition printing of the game, so let’s take a peak at what the Second Edition brings, and whether Santorini is still worth purchasing / upgrading in 2025! In Santorini, players will be moving around with workers, building structure,…

It’s been a while since we tackled a Leder Games title, but today we are playing what I like to refer to as Root-Lite! Ahoy uses unique player objectives and powers as players sail across open seas visiting islands, sinking ships, smuggling treasure, and so much more. If you want an experience that is lighter than Root, but still heavier than your average board game experience, look no further than Ahoy! Ahoy is a game for up to four players,…

Heat is one of the more popular racing games currently available at retail and for good reason – the game is great fun and really simple to play. There is some strategy in how your deck gets built out and when you risk those stress cards, but overall the game is pretty accessible to a wide variety of ages and folks with varying degrees of board game knowledge. We missed out on the Heat: Heavy Rain expansion which added a…

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…