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The front of the board game Hocus Pocus sits on top of a wooden surface.
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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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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.
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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

A close up shot of cornbread and chili in a bowl with a clear drink behind it. The game Forbidden Desert is in the background.
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Forbidden Desert Game Review & Themed Dinner

Forbidden Desert Game Review & Themed Dinner By Variant Berry  | 01/24/2025  Forbidden Desert Designer: GamewrightPlayers: 2-5Playtime: 45 minutesAges: 10+ The Forbidden Desert game is the thrilling sequel to Forbidden Island, offering a fresh cooperative experience for fans of strategic teamwork. You and your fellow adventurers must recover a legendary flying machine from an ancient desert city while braving an ever-growing sandstorm.

On a wooden table stands the game Pantone the Game, next to a pepper mill. In front is a floral plate with spaghetti on it, topped with green leaves. Next to the plate is a glass covered in butterflies with a red drink inside.
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Pantone: The Game Review & Themed Dinner

Pantone: The Game Review & Themed Dinner By Variant Berry  | 01/24/2025  Pantone: The Game OverviewPantone: The Game is a fast-paced party game where players use color swatches to represent characters or figures from their selected cards. The goal is to create a visual representation within one minute or less, making it a fun and engaging option for

The board game cover for Wild Space is pictured on a wooden surface. The Pandasaurus logo is on the bottom left corner of the box. A bear, monkey and dragon dressed as astronauts are on the front of the box with a blue background of varying shades.
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Wild Space Game Review & Themed Dinner

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,

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Fort Board Game Review

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

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Horrified Game Review

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

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Patchwork Express Board Game Review

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?

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Carcassonne Game Review

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

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