Base price: $26. 3 – 6 players. Play time: ~15 minutes. BGG Link Buy on Amazon (via What’s Eric Playing?)Logged plays: 4  Full disclosure: A review copy of Hand-to-Hand Wombat was provided by Exploding Kittens. I’m still really enjoying this whole “micro review” thing that I’ve been doing. I get to dig in a bit more on the opinion side and you all still get to read too many words about board games. It’s really an ideal synergy. I’m sure I’ll come up with a few new concepts eventually, but let’s enjoy the now while we have it before I finish this review, edit some photos, and immediately ..read more

Base price: $25. 2 – 6 players. Play time: 15 – 30 minutes. BGG LinkLogged plays: 8  Full disclosure: A review copy of Faraway was provided by Pandasaurus Games. Alright, we’re plugging away! I was going to write more this week, and then my friend accidentally told me she had never watched What We Do in the Shadows or The Good Place, and so in the process of rectifying that I haven’t had much time to get around to the writing that I wanted to do. But I digress. We’re consistently either ahead or behind or ahead again, so it comes and goes in waves anyways. Let’s check out Faraway, a ..read more

Base price: $12. 1 players. Play time: ~15 minutes. BGG Link Check it out on Kickstarter! (Will update link when Kickstarter is live.)Logged plays: 3 Full disclosure: A preview copy of Aqua ROVE was provided by Button Shy. Some art, gameplay, or other aspects of the game may change between this preview and the fulfillment of the Kickstarter, should it fund, as this is a preview of a currently unreleased game.  Alright, friends! We’re back with another Button Shy preview as part of their Kickstarter for some ROVE sequels. I’m doing double time between this and catching up on the origi ..read more

Base price: $11. 3 – 8 players. Play time: ~15 minutes. BGG Link Buy on Amazon (via What’s Eric Playing?)Logged plays: 2  Full disclosure: A review copy of That’s Not A Hat was provided by Ravensburger. Hats. You love them, I love them, some dudes on the internet don’t quite understand them. They’ve been around forever, from the party hat to the grandpa’s-going-golfing hat to the now-deeply alarming bright red forwards baseball cap. Truly, there has never been a game that’s challenged us with whether or not something might be a hat, until now. In That’s Not A Hat, players are gift-givers ..read more

Base price: $12. 1 player. Play time: ~15 minutes. BGG Link Check it out on Kickstarter! (Will update link when Kickstarter is live.)Logged plays: 2 Full disclosure: A preview copy of ROVE Jr. was provided by Button Shy. Some art, gameplay, or other aspects of the game may change between this preview and the fulfillment of the Kickstarter, should it fund, as this is a preview of a currently unreleased game.  Button Shy previews are always a treat. They’ve usually got something interesting cooking in the tank, so you can imagine my delight when I got to go back and check out ROVE not ..read more

Base price: $44. 1 – 6 players. Play time: ~20 minutes. BGG Link Buy on Amazon (via What’s Eric Playing?)Logged plays: 8 Full disclosure: A review copy of Roll to the Top: Journeys was provided by Allplay. The one nice thing about moving to two reviews a week is that it’s much easier to slowly get a week ahead than it used to be. When I was doing four a week, I had to consistently write 5+ reviews in a week to get ahead on my schedule. It wasn’t impossible, but it definitely didn’t leave time for much else. Writing 3+ isn’t easy, but it’s certainly doable if I manage my time effectively. Eith ..read more

Base price: $15. 1 player. Play time: ~15 minutes. Buy on Amazon (via What’s Eric Playing?)Logged plays: 11 or so puzzles.  Full disclosure: A review copy of Rubik’s Gridlock was provided by LKPR Marketing. I haven’t gotten a lot of time to do puzzley stuff, lately. The closest I got was Balatro, which, real talk, definitely consumed my entire life for like, a week or two, there. It was awesome. Can’t wait for the horde of casino-themed roguelike imitators. In the meantime, though, I’ve been trying to get a chance to bust out more solo games, like the various Button Shy titles I have and ..read more

Base price: $50. 2 – 4 players. Play time: ~75 minutes. BGG Link Buy on Amazon (via What’s Eric Playing?)Logged plays: 13  Full disclosure: A review copy of Ancient Knowledge was provided by Iello / Flat River Games. Man, BGA has been crushing it lately on “things that help me actually get games played”. I forgot that moving to a new place and having adult responsibilities and commitments makes it hard to play board games all day every day, especially when you have fewer roommates than you used to. That’s the business, I suppose. BGA has been great, though having 30 active games at ..read more

Base price: $20. 1 – 6 players. Play time: ~30 minutes per session; 12 sessions per campaign. BGG Link Buy on Amazon (via What’s Eric Playing?)Logged plays: 24; two complete campaigns.  Full disclosure: A review copy of My City: Roll & Build was provided by KOSMOS. Whoops! It’s like, twenty minutes to midnight and I forgot all about this section of the review. It’s happened to me before, though, that time half of the review was missing. That was a fun evening. I think there’s almost no better way to write than incredibly quickly and under an intensely tight deadline, albeit a se ..read more

Base price: $15 for the Pocket Edition. 1 – 8 players. Play time: ~30 minutes. BGG Link Buy on Amazon (via What’s Eric Playing?)Logged plays: 10  Full disclosure: A review copy of Trailblazers was provided by Bitewing Games. I’ll be covering the game using the Deluxe Edition, but the Pocket Edition has similar components and gameplay. Whew, we’re cooking this week. It’s a bit wild. I haven’t written four reviews in one week in a few years, and it’s only Wednesday (as of writing). If I keep this up, I might actually stop being behind and start being ahead for once. I’ll have no idea ..read more