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I am a Luxury and Therefore a Necessity – Moonstone Review – Boardhammer

Ever since I was a kid, fairytales and fantasy stories were some of my favorites; my parents used to read them to me, and I grew up watching cartoon versions of them, before graduating to reading voraciously as a...

Digital Heart, Analog Brain – Fallout Wasteland Warfare Review

There’s a duo of old Saturday Night Live skits where Tom Hanks plays a pushy Israeli salesman named Uri. He tries to force a call-in customer to buy a VCR player, constantly repeating the line “Is Sony guts!” (Adam...

Remote Gaming and You! – Board Games to Play on Webcam

In last week’s gift guide we mentioned a few games that could be played via webcam. As game nights have shifted, so have the ways we game. While not quite the same as playing together, hopping on Zoom, Meet,...

Goonhammer Holiday Gift Guide: Board Games

With the 2020 holidays nearly upon us, it’s time to talk about gifts. Whether you’re shopping for a loved one or a Secret Santa recipient, trying to keep things lowkey or looking to splurge, or just grabbing something for...

Remain in the Room – Escape the Crate: Escape The Mothman Review

My wife - with interjections here as Muscle Wife - and I got this game from Escape The Crate as a gift from her sister, and didn’t receive or ask for any promotional consideration from the maker. Though I...

4 Games for a Halloween Board Game Night

It's that time of year again, when the leaves have mostly fallen and the daylight hours draw short. When your friends and family can come together to celebrate what really matters in life...PURE EVIL!!! That's right! Halloween is right...

Draw and Laugh Through the Best Party Game of the Year: Tattoo Stories – Boardhammer

Ever since Apples to Apples exploded onto the party game scene, there has been a spat of games that follow a familiar formula. One Lead person plays a Category (broadly speaking) Card and the rest play one or more Word...

Tabletop Rogue – Too Many Bones Review – Boardhammer

When a Game Becomes a Lifestyle: Too Many Bones by Chip Theory Games Drellen Paleface and I have come to something of an understanding: Every so often, when I have a few hours, we will fight one another until one...

Boardhammer – Terror Below

“Earl explained it to me: we plan ahead, that way, we don't do anything right now.” - Valentine McKee (Tremors) From the Publisher: Terror Below is a game of government experiments gone wild in the Nevada desert. The faster you move, the...

Creature Stole My Twinkie! – Horrified Review – Boardhammer

Growing up as a kid in the mid 80s, movies and television were a big part of my downtime. Trips to the local video store—built into an italian deli, because New York—to rent videos with my mom meant that...