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My City – Marvelous Municipal Creation
8.5/10
A legacy game with rules that gently ramp up over time – and NO conflict! We think it’s perfect for families.
» Read moreJurassic Parts – Excavation Excitement!
8.5/10
Once I started placing chisels, I was sucked in. If I could just get one more chisel over there, I’d split off a big enough chunk and get the fossils I wanted! Maybe I could add just a single chisel to someone else’s line – a tiny investment for a big payoff. What’s underneath that face-down tile, anyway?
» Read moreSNAP Review – Bluffaneer Dice Game
Roll the bones and bluff your way to riches in this wonderfully piratey filler game best at 5-6 players. Izzy & Nick tell all in 6 minutes.
» Read moreOrbital Velocity – Sending Satellites to the Skies
7.5/10
In Orbital Velocity, two teams compete to get their satellites into orbit. For the purposes of the game, each orbit can only hold a single satellite, so the first team to each orbit wins the round.
» Read moreSNAP Review – Deckscape: The Mystery of El Dorado
After years of research and seraching, you have concluded that the legend of El Dorado is in fact, just a myth. But wait! The Amazon holds one last clue to: The Mystery of El Dorado!
» Read moreStop Thief! – A Game Night Steal
9.5/10
This game is just elegantly smooth in how it plays. Simple mechanics, easy to learn, and so much fun to deduce where the thief is.
» Read moreSNAP Review – Cat Tower
What do you say about a game when the entire box is covered with super adorable cat art, and even unfolds to become a cat?
» Read moreVia Magica – Powering Patterned Portals
9/10
Incantatum! Open magical portals through the power of crystallized Animus spirits. A bingo-powered game for up to 6 players, perfect for families of all ages.
» Read moreSNAP Review – Decktective: Bloody Red Roses
Decktective is a mystery presented as a deck of cards with a full case for 1-6 detectives to solve.
» Read moreBoomerang – Draft Your Way Through Australia
8/10
Nick reviews the first edition of Boomerang, a phenomenal small box game. Draft cards to collect photos and souvenirs all around Australia, but be careful that your “throw” card is less than the final card you “catch”!
» Read moreSNAP Review – Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
Roll dice and grab chickens from the coop to put in your bag. Cook the chickens for more points while stealing chickens from your fellow crafty foxes. Can you win the best chicken dinner?
» Read moreUnmatched: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
8.5/10
Darkness falls in Sunnydale. Vampires and demons rise from the shadows, but they’re not the only ones. When Buffy is pitted against her allies, who will win?
» Read moreDream Runners – Savoring Serene Sopor
8/10
In Dream Runners, your goal is to banish nightmares and maintain your serenity so you can acquire dream points and get out of the dream world as fast as you can!
» Read moreSNAP Review – Cloud Control: Composing Cumulus Creations
Look, up in the sky – is that a dog? Or a bear? Create cloud pictures for your friends to guess in this party game for 3 or more players.
» Read moreDale Of Merchants Collection
9/10
Dale of Merchants is my favorite deck-building game. Play cards to gain effects, or group them in sets to create your “merchant stalls” to win the game!
» Read moreSNAP Review – Cloaked Cats
Be sneaky and hide your identity while guessing about your fellow cats in this deduction game for 2-4 players.
» Read moreMeduris: Mystical Magical Mountain
7.5/10
“Meduris isn’t complicated, but it definitely requires planning at a level I haven’t seen in HABA games before. It also punishes players for failing to plan correctly, another distinctly un-HABA like trait. Nonetheless, it’s still a great game with many layers of strategy that we’re still unlocking multiple plays in.”
» Read moreSNAP Review – StarLink: Sketch New Constellations
Create your own constellations in StarLink, a drawing-and-guessing game that manages to be puzzley while avoiding the frantic shout-fest common to other drawing games.
» Read moreYarrr Har Hunt: X Marks the Co-op Spot
7/10
Friendly pirates cooperate, following clues to get the treasure. Collect as many treasures as there are pirates before the boat comes to the shore and pick them all up!
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