The cooperative living card game Arkham Horror: The Card Game, by Nate French and Matthew Newman, is published by Fantasy Flight Games. In this macabre universe of the writer H.P. Lovecraft, players are far more likely to lose, go insane, or get temporarily or permanently transformed (in a bad way) than they are to defeat the creatures of the Insane Mythos for which Lovecraft is famous. The game is set in and around Arkham, a…
In the world of strategy board games, Concordia shines bright. Few games blend the best aspects of some of our…
Everdell is a stunningly beautiful board game that is filled with deep strategy. Players are taken into an enchanted world…
A strategy-puzzle game with a jaunty twist of fate, “The Isle of Cats” was created by famed board game designer Frank West, of City of Kings fame. In this game, players are petty lords prowling around an island, rescuing as many cats as possible. Players have their big, evil overlord to watch out for: Lord Vesh. And did I tell you he is on his way to the island? His unlucky is bad for you,…
Betrayal in the House of Hill is a game that mixes the thrills of classic horror with the excitement of…
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, Oleksandr Nevskiy and Oleg Sidorenko, have made a meandering, but captivating, murder mystery world the setting of this spirits-and-mediums game. Once again, the unorthodox method in which one plays—wholly unlike any other game I’ve encountered—makes this an amazing experience to sit through. Mysterium seance-like experience storytelling needs a lot of help from one’s imagination to…
It is unusual for board games to excite and intrigue party-goers. One person invents a game–which may or may not,…
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 rail heyday totally grabbed me. Plus, all those bright train cars scattered over an eye-catching map promised some serious brain-teasing fun—talk about hitting the sweet spot! Have you heard of “Ticket to Ride”? Yeah, it’s that famous board game saga—and the European trip is just one epic part of it. This version brings something extra…
A New Adventure in Tamriel My initial reaction upon learning that the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was becoming a tabletop…