Wild Space Game Review & Themed Dinner Wild Space is a fast-paced, exploration-based board game where players command a spaceship to explore a newly discovered galaxy. Your goal is to recruit the best crew of Specialists, Robots, and Emissaries, and earn the most credits by the end of the game. The game features 108 crew cards, […]
Gasha was written by Jason Levin, and illustrated by Christine Alcouffe and Miguel Coimbra. Published through 25th Century Games, Gasha is a card game designed for two to six players aged seven or older, and plays in around 20 minutes. Gasha is based on the gashapons or Japanese toy dispensers. Players will work to collect
Fort is a deck-building game from Leder Games for two to four players ages 10+ that plays in about 20-40 minutes (though I may have been missing something for this to play in only 40 minutes). That being said, it was our first play through and we probably took more time than necessary reading through
Mantis is a card game for 2-6 players, ages 7+ that plays in about 10 minutes. Mantis is developed and published by the crew over at Exploding Kittens. This quick to play game is great for when you only have a few minutes free, but want to scratch your gaming itch. The box art is
What’s In the Box? Setup To set up Castle Combo, shuffle all of the Castle Cards into a deck and place them in the center of the table. Flip over the top three cards and line them in a row next to the deck. Repeat this process with the Village Cards. The Messenger Pawn will
Trio is a three to 3-6 player card game put out by Happy Camper. Trio was designed by Maya Miyano and illustrated by Lura Michaud. It plays in about 15 minutes and is recommended for players 8 and up. The artwork and colors used on the cards is reminiscent of the papel picado, or paper
The Game from Pandasaurus is a small box game that had our game table locked in! It is the most focused I think I have ever seen our gaming friend while on vacation. The premise is simple: You work together to get rid of all of your cards numbered 2 through 99. But if you
Patchwork Express from Lookout Games is a 2 player version of their popular Patchwork Game. It is designed for players 6+ and plays in about 10 minutes, allowing for multiple plays per game session if you’d like. Players work to sew together a tapestry of fabric to make a detailed quilt. What’s In the Box?
Carcassonne by Z-Man Games is designed by Klaus-Jurgen Wrede and was first published in 2000. It is a light weight tile placement game for 2-5 players, ages 7+ and plays in about 35 minutes. In the base game, players work together to build out a landscape consisting of cities, towns, roads and monasteries in Southern
Horrified by Ravensburger is a creepy, cooperative board game in which players attempt to defeat up to seven classic monsters from Universal Studios. Players can defeat The Creature from the Black Lagoon, Count Dracula, Frankenstein and the Bride, The Invisible Man, The Mummy, and The Wolf Man. The amount of monsters in the game is
