The Experts at Board's Edge Games bring you our 2022 game gift guide. See our picks for everyone on your list, from the novice tabletop gamer to the perfect game night host to the preschooler you've played one too many rounds of Candyland with. We've got you covered. Our Number One Best Seller. For kids, kids at heart, sports enthusiasts, and anyone who loves FUN!  KLASK This is our best-selling game this holiday season (and last season... and the one before that) at Board's Edge Games, and it's easy to see why. As our Guest Geek writes, "It is scientifically impossible to ..read more

What we do in life echoes in eternity. To my fellow Gladiator fans - now you know what a legacy game is. But I guess I'd better keep writing this post for the rest of you. So you know how every time you dominate the world in Risk, no matter what, the game starts exactly the same way the next time? You have to dominate the world all over again! There's gotta be a better way, think all the aspiring dictators-for-life out there. What if, when you crush those puny opponents of yours and win the game with troops stationed all over the world, the game remembers? And next time you start the game, th ..read more

This review is for It's a Wonderful World, the board game. It's not a review for the black and white movie (oh, you mean It's a Wonderful Life?) or for that Louis Armstrong song, and if you read this review without getting that song stuck in your head, I'll be impressed! 5-Second Summary Pros Simultaneous turns, and decisions are final Accessible Fast play Earn rewards every turn for generating the most of each resource (one of the few ways you can tell if you are better than everyone else at the table!) Considerations Game feels short (that can be good or bad!) Anticlimactic end - you can ..read more

This review is for Pandemic, the board game by Matt Leacock and Z-Man Games.  The one we're living through gets zero stars, would not recommend. 5-Second Summary Pros High tension, with lots of nail biting moments Game works well at any of the supported player counts Great over Zoom Considerations Hard - we lose all the time (I love this about the game) Alpha player syndrome Excellent theme, bland world Full Review: Pandemic is one of my most played games. If I divided the cost of the game by the number of hours played, the result would be in the pennies. I could recommend ..read more

Hi, Guest Geek here. I've been asking the gals at Board's Edge to carry puzzles since they opened up shop. Well, looks like they finally listened - and just in time for the holidays too. Let's meet Hanayama puzzles (aka "huzzles"). 5-Second Summary Pros Scaling difficulty Durable and well made Pretty! Considerations Puzzles are challenging. It's tempting to blame manufacturing defects when you can't solve one, but the truth is, they're just hard Small enough to lose (or, for young kids, swallow pieces) Full Review: Hanayama puzzles are my go-to holiday gift. They are cheap enough to meet ..read more

This is a review of the board game Quacks of Quedlinburg. This is not a review of ducks or that guy who sold me snake oil on eBay last week. 5-Second Summary Pros Kaboom! Enormously fun push-your-luck game Everyone plays at the same time - no downtime between turns Catch-up mechanic to avoid a runaway winner Considerations Tokens sometimes get stuck in the corners of the bag Unlucky among us are unlikely to win (unless we cheat) Cheaters never prosper (but they probably will in Quacks, and it's hard to catch them too) Full Review We love Quacks! When we first got this game, we played noth ..read more

5-Second Summary Pros Fun! Lots of player interaction - I loved sharing all the cool things I found on the map Unique gameplay You already know how to play - no Youtube guides required! Difficulty scales well Considerations Best at two players Awful name for a great game Map can be easily destroyed Full Review: MicroMacro: Crime City is a giant Where’s Waldo game with a huge body count. The map, a monster that will take up a decent portion of the table, displays the city at multiple points in time simultaneously. It only sounds confusing. Most scenarios involve tracking victims and murder ..read more

Some of us know our way around a car, and some of us couldn't even find the engine on this Ferrari. (Hint: look in the trunk!) The good news is, you don't have to know anything about car engines to enjoy engine building games! If you're new to hobby gaming, the engine building game style might throw you for a loop at first. One of our hottest selling games, Wingspan, is an engine builder that takes a little getting used to. We're here to help. In today's blog, we demystify the engine building game. In an engine building game, you start out with relatively weak turns where you can't accomplish ..read more

"A real man makes his own luck." Listen, no disrespect to that guy in Titanic or other 1920s titans of industry, but luck is definitely A THING. Some people have more raw luck than others, and the presence or absence of luck can really affect the play of some board games and card games. How do I know? Sadly, I don’t have a lot of luck (at least when it comes to games and contests), and it’s especially obvious when you compare me to some of my very lucky family members. My sister beat out hundreds of kids to win the Easter basket at Boston’s Easter parade. My aunt won a Vespa, along with prizes ..read more

This is a review for Legends of Andor the board game, not that Star Wars movie. We freaking love Legends of Andor. Glowing review to follow. 5-Second Summary Pros Unique game. Seriously, let me know if you find something like it - I want to play it. Rewarding gameplay - actions feel awesome Something for everyone Strategic depth Built-in tutorial (legend 1) actually teaches you how to play Asymmetric game - each character plays differently Considerations Theme is kinda sorta copy-pasted from Lord of the Rings No protection from Captain Know-It-All quarterbacking everyone's move (you know w ..read more