Ever since the introduction of jump pads in shooters, an FPS that offered greater freedom of flight was inevitable. Lawbreakers feels like one such result. There’s a moderate learning curve to maneuvering and surviving in-air and within the myriad anti-gravity spheres of the game’s arenas. When you do manage to adapt to sniping on the […]
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Forgotten Waters Review
Ever since publisher Plaid Hat Games released Dead of Winter in 2014, I’ve been curious to see where they could take their Crossroads system. It was a clever mechanic that helped bring players into the narrative of the game with events tailored to things happening during the game. Their second iteration of it, Gen7, turned […]
Pizza Party Throwdown Review
Pizza is the perfect food (tacos also an acceptable substitute). The BGQ discord is regularly full of debates on Chicago style versus New York, topping preferences—I’m pro pineapple—and the amazingness of wood-fired pizza ovens. But today’s pizza is unfortunately not very tasty. It is, however, a board game. Pizza Party Throwdown in fact. Which makes […]
Kickstarters of the Week: 10/26
Essen Digital has come and went, did you attend? There were a few interesting announcements, but for the most part, there didn’t seem to be a ton of buzz around the convention. Maybe we’ve all had our fill of online conventions already. This week we had a hard time narrowing down the campaigns for you […]
Descent: Legends of the Dark Releasing in 2021 from Fantasy Flight Games
Yesterday during Essen Digital, Fantasy Flight Games finally announced the long-rumored new Descent board game. This is the same one that was teased at the very end of their In-Flight Report during Gen Con Online this summer. Descent: Legends of the Dark is not the third edition of Descent: Journeys in the Dark, or even […]
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My City Review
We love polyominoes. We love legacy games. We love city building games. My City is all of these, so of course, we needed to play it. What else are we going to do during a pandemic other than play board games? This is a spoiler-free review, so feel free to read on if you have […]
Meltwater Review
Themes can carry a good amount of weight, while also being abstracted at the same time. War games are perfect examples of this. In many cases, the tensions and obstacles of war are abstracted, such as terrain affecting value or equation in determining if a shot lands. The game I am reviewing today, Meltwater: A […]
Photosynthesis: Under the Moonlight Expansion Review
If you hop into the way back machine and set the dial for 2017, one of the hot games to be released was Photosynthesis. This abstract strategy game not only looked great on our tabletops but was pretty fun to play too. It involved planting trees, growing them, and then harvesting them for victory points. […]
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Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace coming from Asmodee Digital in 2021
Veteran board game developer Asmodee Digital (Terraforming Mars, Scythe, Gloomhaven) announced today that they will be releasing a digital Arkham Horror game next year. Not based on the board game, this one seems to be more akin to a video game. Called Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace, it will be a “squad-based narrative adventure game offering […]
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Four Gardens Review
While game components don’t always make or break a game for me, they can defiantly get me interested. That’s how I came across Four Gardens from Korea Board Games. I saw the cool pagoda towering above the table (see what I did there?) and my interest was immediately piqued. Add on to that a good […]