Lacrimosa – Requiem for a Game
This meaty game by Gerard Ascensi and Ferran Renalias allows up to four players to work to recreate Mozart’s life and finish his Requiem.
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SNAP Review – Wildtails: A Pirate Legacy
Players’ choices really matter in solo or cooperative legacy games – what you do changes aspects of the game permanently!
So how on earth can Button Shy Games make a legacy game with just 18 cards and a few stickers?
SNAP Review – KuZOOka
We’re going to help the animals escape from the zoo, in this cooperative game that feels a cross between Liar’s Dice and a video game rogue-like.
» Read moreSNAP Review – Scribbly Gum
We’re squirming with delight over this all ages game from Phil Walker-Harding. Can your scribbly gum larva collect the most food?
» Read moreFlamecraft – Straight Fire or Drag-on Along?
Flamecraft is an impressive blend of two things: a good game, and a cute game.
We’re fired up and we think you will be too!
» Read moreSNAP Review – Featherlight
Ignore the silly bird. We’d recommend Featherlight for couples or families with older kids who want a game that will engage your brain while staying light and fast.
» Read moreNacho Pile
Nacho Pile is a great snack-like game to play in between courses of a game night. Open the bag and start playing in less than a minute – and it plays faster than hungry teens can gobble a plate of nachos.
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Chronicles of Avel – The Battle of the Beast
Chronicles of Avel doesn’t do anything particularly new and inventive with the mechanics. However, it doesn’t really need to. Everything in the game is so well implemented, logical, and reasonable, it doesn’t really matter.
» Read moreSNAP Review – Kabuto Sumo
Let’s play a game about wrestling beetles! Slide items onto the board and try to push your opponent off.
» Read moreFyfe – A Beachside Getaway
With Fyfe, I can envision myself drawing out a board in the sand and using found objects to play. This game is incredibly open-ended, almost to the point of being overwhelming.
» Read moreSNAP Review – Mada
So the goal of Mada is to have the most prickly pears in your winnings pile at the end of the game. Try your luck to get high values – but if you ever grab a lower value card by mistake, you lose the round!
» Read moreSplitter – Two Halves Make a Whole!
Anyone can play Splitter due to its simplicity. But with no theme, is it a good choice for families?
» Read moreSNAP Review – Head Spin
Two players race to solve four-color puzzles and indicate the answers on a spinner toy. Can you solve the puzzles faster, or will they make your Head Spin?
» Read moreLongboard – Surf’s up!
Living in the Midwest, there are no ocean waves. But surfing is on my bucket list of things to try someday. In the meantime, I’ll try the next best thing; running a surfboard shop right at my kitchen table.
» Read moreGarden Nation – Smurf Skyscraper Strategy
Clans of tiny woodland people join together to build a new Garden Nation – but each clan wants to reign supreme by constructing the best buildings.
» Read moreSNAP Review – Quarto
There’s a reason Quarto has been winning awards for over 30 years. It’s easy to learn, incredibly quick to play, and looks great on a table.
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SNAP Review – The Root Beer Float Challenge
Challenge your friends to hit, flick, throw, balance, and spin their way to victory, collecting all the ingredients needed for a root beer float.
» Read moreOn Tour: On the Road… Again?
You’re living the dream! You are in a band and about to go on tour! It’s your job to schedule the band’s stops over the 100-day tour, visiting as many states/countries as possible. In 2019, Allplay (formerly Board Game Tables) released On Tour, a simultaneous roll-and-write game about going on tour with your band. Up to eight people can play
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