It’s nice to see new game designs that are inspired by ancient games like checkers. In researching the game of checkers or draughts in England, I found that there were games of similar design found in Ur dating back to 3000 B.C. Gridopolis is heavily inspired by those games and takes it to a new direction, or dimensions I should say, as in 3 dimensions. Gridopolis set up for 4 players in the Matrix blueprint Gridopolis is a 3D game and also a system where players can design their own play area known as a ‘grid set.’ The game is designed to be played with 2-4 players, so there is flexibility in ..read more

Today I will be looking at Partners by Game Inventors. A 2v2 game for ages 8+ In partners, your goal is simple. Get all 4 of your and your teammates’ pawns into the safe zone of your color before the other team does. The game starts with everyone being dealt 4 cards. On your turn you must play a card from your and if possible. Afterwards the next player will play. The only way to get a pawn into play is to card with a heart on it. Once you have pawns in play, if you play a number card, move one it your pawns that number of spaces usually clockwise. As the game progresses, if you land on a s ..read more

Today, I’ll be taking a look at another past Spiel winner, Cafe International by Amigo Games. This game plays from 2-4, takes around 45 minutes to play by 10+ years old. In this game, players will place diner tokens either at the Bar or at tables fallowing some interesting rules At the start of the game everyone starts with 5 tiles In the game there’re 24 tables on the board, tiles from 12 counters decided further by male/female diners in each Country. Also, some tables share seats between 2 countries’ tables. On your turn, you will do 1 of 3 things: 1.Place 1 or 2 tokens at tables 2. Place ..read more

Today, I will be taking a look at This game can be played by 2-7 players , the age range is 8 and up and should take 30-45 minutes to play. In this game you all take control of seven agents from various countries collecting “intel” (victory points) all the while keeping the identity of the country you work for a secret! You will use a number of agents based on the number of players for example, with 3 players , you will you 6 agents the 1 remaining agents’ items are put bock in the box. as you can see, the board as several buildings with point values from -3 to 10. To start the game, place ..read more

Today, I’ll be reviewing Portal Of Heroes by Amigo Games.  The game is suited for ages 10+, takes around 45 minutes to play, and plays anywhere from 2-5 players.   Portal of Heroes is a race to 12 victory points  played with 2 decks of cards: the Pearl deck and the Character deck.  In the  pearl deck, you will find numbers 1-8 with each number appearing 7 times. In the character deck  you will find  cards will have a combination requirement, to take the victory points on it, and a one time ability (red cards) or a permanent  power  (blue cards), and sometimes a diamond as a reward along with ..read more

Today I’ll be Reviewing Pikoko by Brain Games The game is suited for for ages 10+, 3-5 players and takes around 30 minimum for a game Before I go any further, let me show you what you will be playing with here’s everything for the white player: Every players gets: A 2 piece hard plastic colored peacock which acts as a card holder, a set of confidence cards and 9 bidding tokens. The last major complaint of this game is the deck of cards itself. In the deck there’s 5 colors: red, white, blue, purple and yellow. The card values range from 1-13, plus the multicolored cards are interwoven as wel ..read more

In this video, Dave gives his thoughts and impressions on Tiny Towns from AEG. To view the playthrough, click the link: https://youtu.be/OU1sClwRbYY ..read more

In this video, Dave does a playthrough of Tiny Towns using the solo rules. How good of a builder can he be?? Click the link for the review: https://youtu.be/qSDzQ-xr2wk ..read more

In this video, Dave and Chris share their thoughts and impressions of Point Salad which is a quick tableau building, drafting game where players collect veggies and point cards to combine them to score the most points to win the game. To see the playthrough, click the link: https://youtu.be/jCEKQYQyhOI ..read more

In this video, Dave and Chris do a 2-player playthrough of Point Salad which is a quick tableau building, drafting game where players collect veggies and point cards to combine them to score the most points to win the game. To see the review, click the link: https://youtu.be/CPAc8a1C0Xk ..read more