Category Archives: Kickstarter

Dale Yu: Review of Half Truth: Second Guess

Posted on June 23, 2024 by Dale Yu

Half Truth: Second Guess Designers: Richard Garfield, Ken Jennings Publisher: Nighthawk Games Players: 2-12 Age: 12+ Time: 30 minutes Half Truth: Second Guess is a stand-alone sequel to their 2020 board game, Half Truth. Each question has six answers — … Continue reading →

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Matt Carlson: Preview of Around the World in 10-15 Minutes

Posted on May 28, 2024 by Matt J Carlson

The Roll and Write genre, where gamers roll dice and use the results to fill in a scorepad, continues to gain momentum. I suspect this is due in part to the low cost of entry. This is particularly true for … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu: First Impressions of Dabba Walla

Posted on May 7, 2024 by Dale Yu

Dabba Walla Designers: Patricia Limberger and Felix Leder Publisher: Queen Games Players: 2-4 Age: 8+ Time: 45 minutes Played with preview copy (in German) provided by publisher Dabba Walla is one of the upcoming releases from Queen Games; putting the … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu: First Impressions of Formosa Tea 2.0

Posted on April 30, 2024 by Dale Yu

Formosa Tea Designer: Kao Chu Kan Publisher: Soso Games Players 2-4 Age: 14+ Time: 90 minutes (our game was 110-115 mins) Played with preview copy provided by Taiwan Boardgames Formosa Tea was originally released around 2019 and I remember seeing … Continue reading →

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The Ascending Empire(s) Strike Back: A Preview of Ascending Empires Zenith Edition

Posted on February 27, 2024 by Mark Jackson

Back in the summer of 2011 – which, for those of you who don’t like to do math, was nearly thirteen years ago – I reviewed Z-Man Games’ “weird & wonderful cross between a dexterity game like Carabande or Catacombs … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu: First Impressions of Battle Cards (Postmark Games)

Posted on September 20, 2023 by Dale Yu

Dale Yu: First Impressions of Battle Cards (Postmark Games) So, last week I woke up to find this email in my inbox: “Dear all, Postmark Games is doing something a little different for our new Kickstarter – this time we … Continue reading →

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