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Pictured is the game box for Sea Salt and Paper with the Pandasaurus logo on it. On the box is an origami sailboard on top of origami waves.
Game Reviews, Card Games

Sea Salt and Paper – Game Review

Sea Salt & Paper, designed by Bruno Cathala and Theo Reivere, is a small box card game from Pandasaurus Games. Designed for 2-4 players ages 8+, it plays in about 30 minutes. Sea Salt and Paper has a very unique art style, in which artists Lucien Derainne and Pierre-Yves Gillard created origami and then photographed […]

The box for the game High Tide in the the back of the frame. A rule book is pictured. In front of the box are yellow, blue and pick tiles, all with pictures of sea shells and starfish. 5 glass stones are on the left of the tiles.
Game Reviews, Board Games

High Tide – Game Review

I first saw High Tide on Bluesky when the creator, Marceline Leiman, was posting about the game design. The wooden tiles looked so pleasing, I had to check out the game! I was happy to find I was able to pre-order through Underdog Games. I am excited to share my thoughts of High Tide with

Pictured is the game box for Top Waffle, decorated with a close up of the grid on a waffle.
Game Reviews, Card Games

Top Waffle Game Review

Top Waffle is a card game from Lovemore Games. Top Waffle is designed for 2-6 players, aged 7 and up and plays in about 30-45 minutes. As a lover of waffles who is always looking for a good game night theme, Top Waffle was a no brainer for me to pick up! What’s In the

A small blue box sits on a wooden surface. The box is titled A Gentle Rain.
Game Reviews, Board Games

A Gentle Rain Game Review

The box reads “Warm rain falls, soft music in the lake, where lillies dance” and you are brought into the soothing world of A Gentle Rain. A Gentle Rain is designed for 1 player but could easily handle more if you wanted it to be a cooperative experience. A great fit for a quiet activity!

A game box reading Takenoko is pictured in the back centered of the frame. On the box you can see a Panda Bear, holding an umbrella in the rain, walking through a bamboo forest.
Game Reviews, Board Games

Takenoko Game Review

Takenoko is a wonderfully adorable game from Bombyx & Matagot. Designed for 2-4 players, ages 8+, a game of Takenoko plays in about 45 minutes. The background story is illustrated through a comic that is included in the box: China gifts a giant panda to the Emperor of Japan, and you are tasked with caring

The front of the board game Hocus Pocus sits on top of a wooden surface.
Board Games, Game Reviews

Hocus Pocus The Game Review

  Overview Hocus Pocus – The Game is a cooperative board game where players team up to defeat the Sanderson Sisters and save the children of Salem by successfully adding ingredients to the cauldron. The goal is to match all 5 ingredients of the same color or type to stun the witches. If players can

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Board Games, Game Reviews

Block Ness Game Review

Block Ness by blue orange games is a lightweight game for 2-4 players, ages 8+ that plays in about 15 minutes. In Block Ness you are fighting over control of the Loch by piecing together the segments of your monster. You have to strategically plan where you will place your differently sized pieces to grow

The box art of Kingdomino featuring Game of the Year 2017 Spiel des Jahres. The art features a castle in the middle with different patches of terrain surrounding it. A seal from blue orange games is in the bottom middle of the picture.
Game Reviews, Board Games

Kingdomino Game Review

What’s In the Box? Setup To set up Kindomino, first you will need to set up the 4 3D castles, in colors pink, yellow, green, and blue. Each player will take 1 castle, 1 matching King Meeple, and a Starting Tile. The remaining castles and meeples go back into the box. Players will then place

An orange, hexagon top reads Cobra Paw - Ninja like know how steals the game on top of a wooden surface.
Game Reviews, Other Games

Cobra Paw Game Review

Cobra Paw is a 2 player game brought to us by Bananagrams. It is rated for 2-6 players and plays in about 5-15 minutes for players (or ninjas) ages 6+. I picked up Cobra Paw strictly for the theme. I mean, cats and ninjas? Where could you go wrong? I bought this game expecting to

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