Category Archives: Reviews

  Brutal Kingdom Designer: Michael Rieneck Publisher: Kosmos Players: 3-4 Ages: 12+ Time: 30 minutes Times played: 3, with review copy provided by Thames&Kosmos In Brutal Kingdom, players take on the role of different animal characters, trying to use their … Continue reading →

  Wizards Wanted Designer: Nick Hayes Publisher: Mattel (USA) Players: 2-4 Ages: 10+ Time: 60 minutes Times played: 4, with review copy provided by Mattel (USA) Wizards Wanted is the next game in the “Euro-game” line from Mattel USA.  This … Continue reading →

Congratulations to the winners that were named today… Our review…      Our review…   And… this will probably never happen again – we managed to correctly predict what the jury would award!   Congratulations to the winners!

  Pinball Showdown Designer: Diane Sauer Publisher: Shoot Again Games Players: 2-4 Ages: 13+ Time: ~30 minutes Times played: 4, with review copy provided by Shoot Again Games Pinball Showdown uses a theme that I haven’t seen in previous games … Continue reading →

Slide Blast Designer: Evan Song & Samgoo Publisher: FoxMind Players: 2-6 Ages: 7 and up Time: 30 minutes Times Played: 5 Game provided by the publisher for review purposes. Introduction Slide Blast is a tile laying game in which players … Continue reading →

The Spielfrieks user group has selected its three winners of the Meeples Choice Awards.  70 voters participated in the election and the winners are: TERRAFORMING MARS GREAT WESTERN TRAIL YOKOHAMA TM and GWT had a comfortable lead over the rest … Continue reading →

Designer: Jun Sasaki Publisher: Oink Games Players: 3 – 7 Ages: 10+ Time: 20 minutes Times Played: 2 (with 4, 5 players) Startups is a new card game from Oink Games, the Japanese publisher of other micro-box games like Insider … Continue reading →

  Stroop Designer: Jonathan Chaffer Publisher: Grand Gamers Guild Players: 2-4 Ages: 13+ Time: 10-15 minutes per game Times played: 4, with review copy provided by Grand Gamers Guild From my university days, I remember learning about the Stroop effect … Continue reading →

The Spielfrieks user group has finished their first week of voting for the Meeples Choice Awards.  26 games have received nominations.  During the coming week, the voters will select their favorites from that group and the top three vote getters … Continue reading →