board games

Danger Planet: Vagrantsong Expansion Announcement: The Best Boss Battler in the Business Just Got Even Better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCN8NThOTps Wyrd Games' Vagrantsong - the best train-based hobo-ghost boss battler of 2021 - is getting not one but two expansions: Encore and Off the Rails!  With a Kickstarter launching on September 19, don't miss out on the next chapter of...

CGE at Gen Con: An Interview with Czech Games Edition – Turn Order

I sat down with Nathan Meunier from CGE after working my way through a very long line of hopefuls trying to get a limited early copy of Lost Ruins of Arnak: The Missing Expedition. I wound my way through...

Careen Joyfully into Valhalla in Thunder Road: Vendetta | Turn Order

It was not very long into my first play of Thunder Road: Vendetta before I started regretting my Kickstarter pledge. Like many of Restoration Games’ titles Thunder Road: Vendetta was launched via Kickstarter, and I rarely back games anymore....

Frosthaven: The Newest Chapter in the Gloomhaven Universe

If you're at all plugged into the board gaming world you've probably heard a little bit about a game called Gloomhaven and it's new sequel Frosthaven. These are now huge games, literally and figuratively, but it wasn't always that way. While not...

Arrakis: Dawn of the Fremen Empowers Players to Change the Rules

Arrakis: Dawn of the Fremen is one of a large pile of Dune board games taking advantage of the hype surrounding Villaneuve’s two-part film epic. In a lot of irrelevent ways it’s just like the rest. Players collect spice,...

Goonhammer Historicals: Wargaming Boardgaming with Ottoman Sunset

Earlier this week, our comrade and fellow writer Summer interviewed Mugginns and I for a Meet the Team: Historicals article. Not one to pass up any opportunity for self promotion, I immediately checked the comments - and one suggested...

Games For Young Kids: Zombie Kidz Evolution Introduces Legacy Mechanics

It's been a while since I've written about picking up a new board game for my family and that's not a coincidence - we've entered into a bit of a rough spot with regard to board games for my...

When One Isn’t Enough: A Turn Order Review of Uno Ultimate Marvel

UNO is a game I’ve played almost as long as I’ve been alive. In a lot of cases, it’s probably a universally enjoyed game of spite, malice, fierce combat, hard won victories and crushing defeats. It is also, well,...

Undaunted: North Africa is a Fresh Evolution of a Fantastic System

World War II games are a dime a dozen. So are deck building games. And yet the Undaunted series by David Thompson and Trevor Benjamin breathes new life into both genres. Undaunted: North Africa is the follow up to the original Normandy and...

Let’s Go! To Japan – Best Laid Plans – Turn Order

I knew I’d love Let’s Go! To Japan before I even opened the box. Not only because designer Josh Wood made Cat Lady expressly for me, a cat lady. Not only because he designed Santa Monica expressly for me,...