Games Corner

Pair A Dice Games Corner Cities Phil Walker-Harding is one of my favorite designers these days.He’s a machine. He makes really interesting but simple stuff, Sushi Go, Barenpark, Gizmos, Elevensies, and so on.Cities is no exception, and it's an elegant drafting-type game. Unlike somethin...

Gnome Hollow Gnome Hollow was first revealed in 2023 at GAMA Expo. It quickly became the hit of the show and every store was clamoring to find out when it was released. The answer was August 2024 and we are so happy to have it in store! Gnome Hollow is a tile-laying game with a d...

                Gen Con Games To Look Forward To Gen Con is the largest board game convention in the United States. After four days of board games, announcements, and tournaments, we see tons of releases at Gen Con that are quickly coming into store in the...

The Kingdom of Shem Phillips: Explained Architects of the West Kingdom, Explorers of the North Sea… sometimes when I’m talking about these games with folks who don’t play games, I feel like it sounds like every game is super generic. Further, when I talk about it with folks who play modern boar...

My favorite new term to use to describe certain games is Co-petitive. A Co-petitive games still end with an overall winner. The actions you take during the game will help not just you, but your opponents as well. Flamecraft takes that idea of Co-petitive and includes it with its theme, amplif...

I enjoy digital adaptations of board games, but nothing quite like the analog thing. But I think Paper App Dungeon manages to bring that simple, moble-esque game into an analog space. Paper App Dungeon is a small pad of paper and a pencil that you can roll as a six-sided die, and acts as a...

I love two-player games. There is something about sitting across from your opponent and trying to beat them. Patchwork and Onitami have competed for my go-to games for the longest time. But now, there is a new sheriff (or samurai) in town. Kiri-Ai: The Duel is a two-player card...

“In a galaxy, far, far away!” A war is waged a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away: Star Wars Unlimited will be releasing its new game on Friday, March 8th, 2024. In Star Wars Unlimited players will challenge each other to a battle of wits. From space and planetside, players...

A Bit on The Fox Experiment  When Dominion came out in 2008, it was a hit. It took deck building, which is the normal pre-setup for a lot of games (like MTG), and made that the game. Many games came after it and were “deck builders”, in effect, copying what they had done — but soon al...

Five of my Favorite Games of the Year (Or Glen realizes he’s addicted to clever action selection systems.) According to BGStats, I played 40 games that were “new to me” in 2023, which seems a reasonably great number. I figured I’d try and take 5 that I really enjoyed and share them with you....