Recent Posts - page 13

  • Review of The 5th Land

    Written by Scott Bogen of The Board Game Show podcast FIND THIS NEW GAME ON KICKSTARTER! What board gamer hasn’t had a conversation with a non-board gamer that goes something like this: “So what do you like to do in… Read More ›

  • Let Your Negativity Shine in Stipulations

    Dustin Bluhm of Black Light Games is convinced that there’s nothing funnier than ruining your friends’ dreams. To share that vision and the hilarity that follows, he created Stipulations, the party game where players stifle superpowers, crush careers, limit lifetime supplies,… Read More ›

  • A Review of Scoville

    Written by Scott Bogen of The Board Game Show podcast Imagine you’re a resident of Scoville where everyone is crazy about hot peppers, so much so that the city hosts an annual chili pepper festival in honor of Wilbur Scoville,… Read More ›

  • A Review of Eight-Minute Empire

    Written by Scott Bogen of The Board Game Show podcast Who could resist a game with the title, Eight-Minute Empire? It’s intriguing to me on a number of levels. First, who would dare put — what appears to be  —… Read More ›

  • Agent of Chaos

    Written by Ed Gibbs of The Failing Forward Blog, where this feature was originally published. It has been posted here with permission. For my birthday, my dad very graciously got me a copy of Imperial Assault. For those of you… Read More ›

  • When you receive Scoville…

    Originally posted on Boards and Barley:
    Awesomeness coming soon to a table near you! Hello Ladies and Gentlemen. With people posting pictures of their copies of Scoville on Twitter and Facebook I figured I should post something about Scoville. This…

  • D-Day at Omaha Beach

    I received D-Day at Omaha Beach over the holidays this year. I’ve played through the introductory scenario “Easy Fox” twice now, with fairly good success the second time around. As this is a solitaire game, I didn’t quite know what… Read More ›