Capital Lux 2: An Absurdly Awesome Tactical Game
I love games that require constant reconfiguring of strategy due to changing conditions. I can’t think of many other games that force this upon you more than Capital Lux.
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SNAP Review – Off to Bed!
It’s time for bed, and we’re going to use a game. But Andrew’s too old to help with this review – so we get Elliot instead!
» Read moreUbongo! 3D
I love puzzle games, and for some reason I like them even more when they’re abstract – fitting colors and numbers and shapes together just right.
» Read moreEXIT: The Cursed Labyrinth – A-Maze-ingly Difficult
As you can tell from the title, you and your friends are stuck in a mysterious labyrinth. You must find your way out through a puzzling series of twists & turns. But is this EXIT a worthy puzzle, or just an impenetrable maze?
» Read moreSNAP Review – Inspector Mouse: The Great Escape
An unusual memory game for 1-4 players, ages 5+. Turn the Inspector and listen for criminals sounding the alarm as they try to escape! Can you figure out which criminal was last in the cell where the escape tunnel was dug?
» Read moreCamp Pinetop
Explore and collect outdoorsy merit badges to increase your scout troop’s rank in this game for 1-5 players.
» Read moreSea Change – Aquatic Trick Taking
Traditional trick taking games are fine in their own way, but they don’t draw me in. Enter Sea Change, a new evolution of trick taking card games.
» Read moreTumble Town – Dice Stacking on Main Street
There’s gold in the hills! In Tumble Town by Kevin Russ, you’re building a brand new town in the American West from the ground up. Can you impress the townspeople with your planning skills and be the best in the West?
» Read moreSNAP Review – Mass Transit
It’s rush hour! Can you build a network of busses, trains, and ferries to get every commuter home to the suburbs?
» Read moreTidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef
“It has been fifteen years since the Great Battle. Fifteen years since our esteemed Engineers from the Citadel of Time made their wrenching decision and created The Fold; fifteen years since the last assemblage – and ultimate sacrifice – of the Tidal Blades.”
» Read moreSNAP Review – Lucky Numbers
Place numbered clovers into a 4×4 grid. Can you make 4 rows and 4 columns where all numbers ascend?
» Read moreFruit Passion: Work Your Melon
Play fruit-themed cards one at a time into columns. But don’t peek at what you’ve played before! Test your memory with this simple but challenging card game.
» Read moreThe Key: Sabotage at Lucky Llama Land
The Key feels a lot like a logic grid puzzle. As you work to gather your clues, you’ll feel that you’re getting closer and closer until you find the key piece of information that makes everything else snap into place. More complex than games like Outfoxed and Concluzio, this might be the next step if your family wants a more challenging deduction game.
» Read moreStop Thief! – A Game Night Steal
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 – 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 moreSNAP Review – Dungeon Drop
Dungeon Drop is an innovative, abstract dungeon crawl created by Scott R. Smith, published by Gamewright and Phase Shift Games. 1-4 players take turns dropping cubes that represent treasure, monsters, and rooms – then loot the dungeon!
» Read moreSNAP Review – Christmas Lights
Deduce the bulbs in your hand and get them out in the right order in Christmas Lights, a light family game for the holiday.
» Read moreSNAP Review – Shifting Stones
Shifting Stones is a tile-moving puzzle game for 1-5 players. With no reading required, it’s perfect for the whole family, but also plays well solo.
» Read moreSneaky Cards 2: Bridge the Social Distance
In this time when we’re being urged to stay socially distant, it may seem odd that I would review a game designed to bring you together with strangers. But more than ever, we need ways to connect with the people around us, even as we wash our hands, cover our faces, and try not to touch each other.
» Read moreSNAP Review – Marvel Battleworld: Fend off Thanos in Style!
In Marvel Battleworld you play as some really unique heroes, trying to uncover the mystery of the Thanostones and free your friends, through die-rolling combats.
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