Betrayal in the House of Hill is a game that mixes the thrills of classic horror with the excitement of a strategy board game, and it has been a fixture for my game nights. Created by Bruce Glassco and published by Avalon Hill, this game drops players into an eerie adventure where they’re exploring a haunted mansion–uncovering its sinister secrets and ultimately facing a wild turn into something that turns friends against each other. Betrayal…
Dominion, designed by Donald X. Vaccarino and first published in 2008, is often hailed as the game that ushered in…
The board game Mysterium is a winner of the special award for the most beautiful game of 2015. Its designers,…
It is unusual for board games to excite and intrigue party-goers. One person invents a game–which may or may not, be any good–and struggles to sell that to his mother-in-law, let alone the mass market. Some games never make it beyond the prototype stage, and yet others, like Codenames, are so successful that they soon become modern classics. Codenames was designed by Czech game maker Vlaada Chvátil. Since first published in 2015, it has captured…
My first impression of Ticket to Ride: USA was a wave of excitement. As a lover of strategic games, the…
You know that feeling when history and globe-trotting are your jam? Well, thinking about connecting cities across Europe during its…
A New Adventure in Tamriel My initial reaction upon learning that the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was becoming a tabletop game was one of thrill and bewilderment. I could hardly believe that the magic, profound storytelling, and enthralling atmosphere of a video game that I had logged so many hours into could find its way into a board game. So I bought the board game—no review copy for me! Here’s my earnest assessment of what…