Qwirkle Board Game 2-4 players ages 6 and up 45 minutes Games Magazine Award: Best Family Game Runner-up 2007 Mensa Best Mind Game Award Winner 2007; Major Fun Award Winner 2007 Our tactile wooden block game combines the logic and strategy of Set® with the creative multi-maneuver game play of Scrabble®. Easy-to-learn rules mean you’ll [...]
Cosmic Encounter – Fantasy Flight’s Epic Board Game Reviewed
October 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Cosmic Encounter (CE) is an epic science fiction board game originally created and published in 1977 by the relatively obscure Eon Games. The game is with its fourth publisher now, Fantasy Flight, which took over publishing CE in 2008 and is one indication of the quality and popularity of this game. Many other board games [...]
Vegas Showdown Board Game Review
October 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Think you can build a better hotel casino than Caesar’s Palace or the Luxor? Prove it in Vegas Showdown, a game where millionaire investors compete to build the most famous resort in Vegas! Fill your casino with slots, table rooms, lounges, night clubs, restaurants and buffets in order to corner the market. Publicize it to [...]
Educational Board Games: 5 Reasons Learning Can be Fun
October 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
So, you’re not sure if you should buy an educational board game. You probably think your children won’t like it, right? Well, I wasn’t sure either. But I bought one anyway. Guess what….they haven’t put it away yet! There are many good reasons to invest in board games. And those rumors you have heard really [...]
Comparing Abstract Strategy Board Games
October 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Abstract strategy games are different types of board games which many of the world’s favorite games classify as. They are games that are considered to have “perfect information,” which means that everything that the other player does is instantly known. This allows for no misunderstandings due to a lack of communication and assures that every [...]
Board Games That Require Drawing
September 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Board games often cover a variety of bases on what it actually entails to play them. Some are focused on strategic movements and the chance element that dice rolling brings. Others focus on the trivia that is known by a player and sometimes on how quickly they can recall that trivia. There are a few [...]
Learning Business And Real Estate From Board Games
September 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
There are many board games that teach you something; many games are designed to teach math skills, strategy, and spelling. Some give you the facts by having you answer a ton of trivia questions. Then there are those who teach players the concepts of buying real estate, running a business, renting their properties and banking. [...]
Anti Monopoly Is Not Your Usual Board Game
September 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Ancient Board Games: A Blast From The Past!
September 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Board games are one of the oldest civilized artifacts that have been found by archaeologists during their expeditions. It shows a level of culture within the civilization and helps modern day anthropologists to gage the level of sophistication that the culture might have experienced. Some of the games found date back many thousands of years [...]
Online Board Games : Old Times’ Charm Revisited
September 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Who hasn’t had a hell of time playing scrabbles as a child? How many of us haven’t enjoyed a healthy bout of Carom Board, Ludo or Monopoly?? Board games have been such an important and happy part of our childhood. Our parents, grandparents, cousins and neighbours would all join in. In fact, I remember that [...]