Have you ever read a book about board games?
We don’t mean reading a bunch of blogs with board game reviews and related topics – but rather an actual book.
As much as I love games, I haven’t read any books about board games before (not even a Chess book). But when Mc Graw Hill sent us “Monopoly, Money, and You: How to Profit from the Game’s Secrets of Success” by Philip E. Orbanes I decided to give it a go.
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We’re close to wrapping up our series of board game expansion reviews.
We have a bunch of board games on our “to review” shelf.
And we also have lot more new games on our “to play and review” shelf.
So going more than a week without posting a game review seems like a long time. The games and topics we want to write about just keeps getting longer and backs-up as days go by without a post.
But you know what – that’s ok!
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Out of the 3,000+ new board games, card games, dice games, family games, party games, war games, cooperative games, strategy games, and many more published in 2012 – the best have now been announced!
Well, at least according to the more than 40 top board game reviewers around the world these are the best board games. Every year The Dice Tower gathers recommendations from around the globe. Those reviewers then whittle the lists down to the nominations. From there the final votes are cast and The Dice Tower Awards are announced!
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Kingdom Builder is a fantastic family board game!
It’s easy to learn and play, has great components, and has a nice balance of luck and strategy. But one of the things we like the most is that every game has different win conditions. As such, every game warrants a different approach to keep things interesting.
So when Queen Games published an expansion to Kingdom Builder that provides more boards, more abilities, and more objectives, we were anxious to give it a try.
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The Risk Legacy wars have begun!
Not only are my boys and I ready for the epic Risk wars that will ultimately produce our own unique version of Risk, but we’ve already started. This past weekend we played our first 2 games of Risk Legacy and we’re loving it!
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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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Modern board games are fantastic. With thousands of games published every year, there are so many great family board games and card games to choose from. It’s amazing to see how games have evolved since I was young.
And looking back even farther – say 160 years – games were extremely different.
I’ve been thinking back 160 years recently because our two oldest children, Trevor and Jaden, are away on a Pioneer Trek this week.
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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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Today we’re giving a big shout-out to Fathers around the world.
Way to go dads!
In the USA, this Sunday is Fathers Day – a day to reflect on and appreciate the important role of fathers both in our lives and in society. And while the day may be designated as such here, it’s applicable to world over.
I love being a dad.
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