Last week we shared our review of the base game of Horizon Zero Dawn: The Board Game from Steamforged Games.
Since the video game is such a massive, open-world experience, it was clear to see from the outset that there would need to be game expansions to create more hunting encounters for players to go up against even more menacing machines.
That why this week we’re sharing our thoughts on 3 of the game expansions.
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Frank Lloyd Wright has been my favorite architect as long as I can remember. His modern organic architecture has been an inspiration to many of today’s prominent architects. Falling Water, a house designed by Frank in 1935, exemplifies his philosophy of organic architecture with the harmonious union of art and nature.
Blue Orange Games new release, Neoville, picks right up on this theme of bio-architecture as players take on the role of an architect creating a new kind of city where the buildings conform to their surrounding and nature is the star.
Create giant stone edifices, fluid water buildings, tall tree towers or mighty clay high-rises bringing harmony to your city and prestige to you.
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Ticket to Ride is one of the most popular modern board games in the world. So it’s no surprise Days of Wonder keeps cranking out more iterations of the game.
Of course, we’re not complaining because we love playing Ticket to Ride in its many forms!
The first Ticket to Ride game was published in 2004 with a map of the United States. The next year Days of Wonder published Ticket to Ride: Europe and many more map versions followed. Then in 2018, they published a small version of the game focused on just one city – New York City. It plays in a fraction of the time and is essentially a bite-sized version of the original game.
Their latest iteration is the game we’re reviewing today — Ticket to Ride: London.
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How would you like to become a millionaire in under 30 minutes?
Well, at the rate you can stack up assets in Cover Your Assets, you’ll have a great chance of getting to a million in no time.
Of course, those around you may be a bit jealous and will look to swipe some of those assets out from under you in their own rush to get to $1,000,000.
It all comes down to how you play your cards.
It’s time to dive into this fast and fun card game of asset acquisition!
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One of the things near the top of my Bucket List is to go on an African safari.
As long as I can remember, I’ve loved observing wild animals. And living in the Western U.S., one of my favorite places to visit is Yellowstone National Park because of all the wildlife.
So when I heard about a new game hitting Kickstarter this week that revolves around African safari animals, Serengeti, my interest was piqued. And if that weren’t enough, it’s also a cooperative board game – where you work together and either win or lose as a team.
Game designer, Jordan Shumway was kind enough to answer a number of questions about Serengeti.
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When was the last time you had tea with dinosaurs?
If your answer is “never”, then it’s time to change that!
Dinosaur Tea Party is a fantastic family game of deduction that everyone can enjoy playing.
It’s also another game that quickly jumped into one of our most-played games of 2018!
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Shadows: Amsterdam is a real-time, simultaneous deduction game played in teams. It’s full of colorful artwork, obscure clues, frantic racing, and lots of fun.
It also reminds us a lot of the movie Zootopia!
Just like in the movie, you’re trying to solve a crime by following clues all over colorful locations. The great thing is that you’re not alone. Work together with your teammates to make your way around the city to solve the case!
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Over the coming 7 days we’re reviewing 7 new board games and card games your kids may love.
Since kids games have very simple rules, each review will be a shorter than our typical reviews. As such, we’re also going to review a couple games at a time. And we’ll end with a game giveaway!
We’re starting off with 3 games that can help your kids with math:
* Monster Crunch: The Breakfast Battle Game
* This Game Goes to Eleven
* Make 7
Are you looking for a fun, quick game to play with your kids that can also develop their math skills along the way? Then take a look at our review of Straw. It’s a simple game full of adding and subtracting, but with a fun theme that keeps our kids wanting to play again and again.
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Are you ready for racing rubber duckies?
Who would have thought that rubber ducky racing could be fun outside of a bathtub?