Final Amazon Spring Sale Post – mostly Star Wars!

Posted on March 28, 2025 by Dale Yu

From time to time, I do try to make some posts highlighting some great deals on boardgames. All the links contained here are affiliate links, so to be transparent, the OG could earn some money if you buy the games from these links.   As the Spring Sale is almost over, this will be our last post for it.   If you’re not interested, just pass on this post.  All the links will be below the jump.

That being said, there are a lot of games on sale right now – and maybe you will find a great deal on a new addition to your game collection!  There are a LOT of Star Wars games on sale today, so I’ll highlight a few that I have found.  (You can see the list of the ten games from the 26th by clicking here  and the second list from the 27th here).

 

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Heroscape: Heavily Armed Woodland Creatures and the Stuff of Nightmares

Posted on March 28, 2025 by Mark Jackson

Actually, there’s more nightmare fuel than adorable animal warriors in the trio of April 2025 figure releases for Heroscape – but all three sets bring something interesting to the table. (OK, to the table covered in that cool interlocking Heroscape terrain.) This is actually the second part of the Rising Tide wave – if you’re interested in the first part, you can check out my review from earlier this year.

A quick reminder for those of you playing along at home: Heroscape is a miniatures skirmish combat game played on a board constructed out of (incredibly cool) plastic terrain pieces. (Seriously: folks who play with other minis systems have used this 3D terrain because it works so well.) Since the theme is a battle for dominance in world where the Valkyrie Generals can recruit warriors from multiple times & dimensions, there is a wild mixture of heroes & squads – aliens & Matrix guys & Braveheart & dragons & robots & kung fu monks & gorillas with guns, to name a few. More recently, the good folks at Renegade have added polar bears & space pirates, to name a few more. And it’s one of my favorite games…

With that out of the way, let’s take a closer look at the three new figure sets… and a quick glance at some promo figures.

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A few more games on sale at the Amazon Big Spring Sale

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Dale Yu

From time to time, I do try to make some posts highlighting some great deals on boardgames. All the links contained here are affiliate links, so to be transparent, the OG could earn some money if you buy the games from these links.  If you’re not interested, just pass on this post.  All the links will be below the jump.

That being said, there are a lot of games on sale right now – and maybe you will find a great deal on a new addition to your game collection!  I’ll highlight a few more games that I have found on sale today.  (You can see the list of the ten games from yesterday by clicking here).

 

 

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Huge Discounts on Board Games at the Amazon Big Spring Sale

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Dale Yu

From time to time, I do try to make some posts highlighting some great deals on boardgames. All the links contained here are affiliate links, so to be transparent, the OG could earn some money if you buy the games from these links.  If you’re not interested, just pass on this post.  All the links will be below the jump.

That being said, there are a lot of games on sale right now – and maybe you will find a great deal on a new addition to your game collection!  I’ll highlight ten games that I have found on sale today.

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Dale Yu: Review of String Railway Collection

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Dale Yu

String Railway Collection

  • Designer: Hisashi Hayashi
  • Publisher: play for keeps
  • Players: 2-5
  • Age: 14+ 
  • Time: 30-45 minutes
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  • Played with review copy provided by publisher

Originally published in 2009 and designed by Hisashi Hayashi (Yokohama, Trains, Metro X), String Railway is a 20-minute, 2-5 player game in which players create their own map directly onto the table, complete with borders, mountains and rivers, then build atop it a network of railways, all made out of string.

Following in 2011, the sequel String Railway: Transport (now renamed String Railway: Cubed) combined the premise of String Railway with the weighty decision-making of games like Railways of the World, producing a mid-weight 45-minute game. In the game, players start with a map of stations already built and must balance the desire to upgrade their engines, and fulfill bespoke delivery contracts, with the need to quickly build a flexible train network that can transport goods to a range of destinations.

The String Railway Collection packs both of these standalone games into a single small-box package and features vibrant updated artwork, improved graphic design, and a refined ruleset.

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Dale Yu: Review of My Favourite Things

Posted on March 24, 2025 by Dale Yu

My Favourite Things

  • Designer: Nilgiri
  • Publisher: play for keeps
  • Players: 3-6
  • Age: 14+
  • Time: 30 minutes
  • Played with review copy provided by publisher

My Favourite Things, first released as 曖昧フェイバリットシングス (Eye My Favorite Things), is a trick-taking party game in which you don’t know the value of your cards, and instead, you get to know your fellow players.

In the game, you present your neighbors with a category and ask them to write their five favorite things (and one least favorite thing) in that category on their cards. You then use these cards to play a trick-taking game with all other players, with none of you knowing the true value of any card played until the end of each trick. Your neighbor’s preference rank is the card’s strength. Card 1 is highest and 0 is lowest, but if 1 and 0 appear in the same trick, 0 wins.

Because you are playing with someone else’s favorite things, each trick provokes unique insights into your fellow players and sparks interesting conversations. Does Paul like Power Rangers more than Anthony likes Banana Milkshake or Archie likes Italian Disco? These are the deductions and judgement calls you’ll need to make in My Favourite Things.

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