Smash Up is a fun card game that pits players against each other with 2 mashed up faction decks of cards. The base Smash Up game includes 8 different factions from Aliens and Robots to Pirates and Ninjas. But there is also a lot of open slots in the game box – making it very obvious that more factions were to come.
So it really wasn’t much of a surprise when AEG relatively quickly released Smash Up Awesome Level 9000.
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Castle Panic is one of our favorite cooperative board games. The first time we played it, we knew we were hooked. Right from the start of the game, you can see why it’s named “Panic” because monsters are very quickly closing in on your castle walls and you can sense the doom.
Everyone we’ve played it with has enjoyed it as well. Working together to fight off the marauding monsters is a lot of fun. And it does take a lot of teamwork to win the game.
So when the expansion Castle Panic The Wizard’s Tower came out, we were anxious to get a copy to add to the fun.
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Ticket to Ride is an extremely popular board game. And because it’s so fun, a number of expansions have been published. Alvin and Dexter is perhaps the greatest departure from the other Ticket to Ride expansions.
But is it fun?
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Our last entry in our Memoir ’44 board game expansions review is actually a book – Memoir ’44 Campaign Book Volume 1.
It may sound funny to have a book as a board game expansion, since a book won’t contain any cool new army miniatures, terrain tiles, special tokens, or even a board. But that doesn’t mean it can’t enhance the game in great ways.
And we love having it as part of our Memoir ’44 game collection.
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As much as we enjoyed adding Memoir ’44 Pacific Theater to the base board game, what would a love of
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When it’s time for a good 2-player board game, there are numerous choices. There are many abstract strategy games (Chess, Hive, YINSH, Othello), a wide variety of themed board games (LOTR the Confrontation, Confusion), and plenty of 4 players games are also great for 2 players.
But when given the chance, the one that I, dad, love to play most is Memoir ’44.
In fact, Memoir ’44 even tops my favorite board games list.
As you can tell from our last review, dad loves Power Grid. When the mood strikes for a good strategy board game, Power Grid is at the top of his list.
But the problem, as we also mentioned in our review, is that it’s sometimes hard in our family to get enough others in the same mood at the same time to make the game really enjoyable. So the next choice is to get some friends together. But since they’re all in similar boats – balancing their own family schedules – it’s not a simple thing to just get a gang together.
And that’s why The Robots expansion for Power Grid is fantastic. With Power Grid: The Robots expansion, we can easily add players to the game for more fun.
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Power Grid is a fantastic strategy board game. While the theme may not seem very exciting, it’s a game that easily made my Top 14 Best Board Games.
It’s not a game that appeals to mom, since she prefers lighter games with elements of luck. So I won’t be asking her to play Power Grid. This game is best for when I’m in the mood to get my strategy on!
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Alien Frontiers is another great board game that sits in our Family Favorites board games list. Not only that, but it also made Trevor’s Top 8 Best Board Games list. With only 8 games on the list, that’s a pretty high distinction.
So how would the expansion Alien Frontiers: Factions affect our opinion of the game?
Trevor sums it up simply, “Awesome!”
We’re super excited with the recent announcement by Fantasy Flight Games to reprint Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation.
Not only is this one of our favorite 2-player games, but one of our favorite board games period!
It rocks!
And you’ll soon be able to get a copy as well.
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