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If you haven’t had the chance to do autumn in New England, you are missing out. It is the area’s best season with fall color bringing visitors from all over the country. In Salem, fall means getting ready for Halloween. … Continue reading →

Kung Fu Designer: Zong-Hua Yang (Bob) Publisher: Good Game Studio Players: 2-5 Age: 8+ Time: 15-20 minutes Review copy provided by Good Game / Taiwan Boardgame Design Kung Fu is a super colorful game which arises out of a mostly … Continue reading →

Carnival of Monsters Designer: Richard Garfield Publisher: AMIGO Players: 3-5 Ages: 12+ Time: about 60 mins/game thus far Times played: 4, with early prototype copy (2017) provided by publisher; 1 with new edition provided by Amigo (2019) In this newly … Continue reading →

Bermuda Pirates Designer: Jeppe Norsker Publisher: FoxMind Players: 2-4 Ages: 7+ Time: 20-30 minutes Played with review copy provided by FoxMind Bermuda Pirates was a game I had heard nothing about prior to seeing it on the FoxMind stand in … Continue reading →

Trial of the Temples Designers: Michael Mihealsick and Wei-Min Ling Publisher: EmperorS4 Players: 2-4 Ages: 14+ Time: 30-45 minutes Times played: 2, with preview copy sent by EmperorS4 EmperorS4 has been one of the most consistent (IMHO) Taiwanese publishers since … Continue reading →

One of the general trends that I’ve noticed in the past few years is that the release calendar is slowly but surely trending backwards. When I first started seriously playing games, it felt like most of the new releases were … Continue reading →

Jiguan: The Eastern Mechanist Designer: Eros Lin Publisher: EmperorS4 Players: 2-4 Ages: 14+ Time: 45-90 minutes Times played: 2, with preview copy provided by publisher EmperorS4 has been one of the most consistent (IMHO) Taiwanese publishers since I have started … Continue reading →

Paladins of the West Kingdom Designer: Shem Phillips, SJ Macdonald Publisher: Renegade Game Studions Players: 1-4 Ages: 90-120 min Age: 12+ Review copy provided by Renegade Game Studios Paladins of the West Kingdom is the second game of the yet … Continue reading →

Klask 4 Designer: Mikkel Bertelsen Publisher: Klask Ages: 6+ Players: 4 Time: ~10 minutes Times played: ~10 with review copy provided by Klask Klask is a game which has been around since 2015 or so. It’s essentially a super cool … Continue reading →