Board Games News

Today, the LEGO Group and Asmodee announced their first jointly-crafted board game, Monkey Palace. The game will be officially unveiled to retailers and industry partners at the Nuremberg Toy Fair and will be available for purchase from October 3 at Spiel Essen, the world’s largest board game convention, and from select leading retailers around the world.

Mythwind is doing something brand new in board gaming – many folks have asked me to recommend a game like Mythwind so they can get an idea of what to expect. Honestly, I’m not sure I can, because in the board game space, Mythwind stands on its own! The best comparison I can give you is that this is something like a Harvest Moon / Story of Seasons, or perhaps a Stardew Valley. It’s relaxing. It’s cozy. There is no…

In about 50 days, one of the more unique game I’ve ever seen is going to hit GameFound, and this title is Meeple Inc. In Meeple Inc., players will be creating their own board games, hiring help, and attempting to win prestigious awards in order to be the best board game developer at the table. To be fair, it’s a bit more complicated than that (in a good, board game kind of way), so why not check out this summary…

Asmodee Canada and Fantasy Flight Games sent over a copy of The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game prior to the holiday break, and my father-in-law and I quickly played through all the scenarios in the box using the pre-established decks suggested in the Learn to Play guide.

If you are like us and have wanted an affordable board game table for years, some lucky folks who put their faith in the team behind Project Ironside will be getting just that shortly. Ships are landing and product is in warehouses waiting to be shipped out to anticipating backers! Here is a quick update from the team around shipping, and we also have information on how you can get into the fun by preordering your own table! That’s right,…

Party games are wildly popular in the board game space. In fact, even if you aren't a huge board game fan, I'm sure you've heard of games like Apples to Apples or Cards Against Humanity. So many cooperative games utilize easy to understand mechanics with fun and (often) a take-that sort of mechanic. You are all competing for points, and the most points wins. Cooperative party games are a bit less common, but a new one is about to hit the scene soon titled World Traveler.

I’ve been playing Wingspan for a few years now and have always enjoyed the games I’ve played. Recently, a brand new game with a similar feel arrived at the office for review, and my ultimate decision was that in my opinion, the Robots of the new game trumped the birds of Wingspan. So Raising Robot sits near the top of my favorite games list. But now we have something new from Stonemaier Games, Wyrmspan, a Wingspan-esque game but this time…

Need a board game suggestion for those who love things like The Godfather, Sopranos and other Mafioso inspired entertainment? Well look no further than Omertà: The Five Families! Vesuvius Media’s new mafia-themed board game, Omertà: The Five Families, funded within hours of its launch on Kickstarter! In Omertà: The Five Families, players step into the gritty underworld of 20th-century New York City. In this high-stakes game of power, players navigate the treacherous landscape as the head of a crime family,…

Raising Robots just recently fulfilled from Nauvoo Games and players are excitedly unboxing their copies and checking out all the great components inside. In this review, we are unboxing the deluxe version of the game which includes wooden tokens instead of cardboard, the Animals expansion and card sleeves. Is the production worth the price? Let’s take a look! GamesReviews paid the production cost of the game plus shipping the game to Canada to do this review? Big thanks to Nauvoo…

Big Boss is a classic strategy board game that has been translated into English for the first time ever! This game has a very unique concept and caught my interest from the start. Let’s open it up and look at what is included in the box!