PENDING PICKS
Castle Panic - cooperative game to keep monsters out of your 3-D castle, with expansion
Sentinels of the Multiverse - cooperative superhero card-laying game
The Battle of Balaclava - old school board game attempting to recreate a disastrous battle
LONG-TERM POTENTIAL REVIEWS
Armadora - small, cute magical conflict game
Balancing Beans - children's solo puzzle game that subtly teaches algebra
Battleship - classic game
Balancing Beans - children's solo puzzle game that subtly teaches algebra
Battleship - classic game
Bohnanza - card game involving beans
Captain Sonar - co-op team game of tense submarine combat
Carcassonne - popular tile-laying game
Castle Assault - solo or 2-player game of....ya know... assaulting castles
Chaos Marauders - old school card-laying game of battling orcs
Chaos Marauders - old school card-laying game of battling orcs
Charades for Kids - it's charades, but for kids
Chess - classic game
Chutes and Ladders - please don't make me review this. Candy Land was bad enough.
Clue - classic game
Chutes and Ladders - please don't make me review this. Candy Land was bad enough.
Clue - classic game
Dark Tower - 1980s classic board and electronic combo
Dead of Winter: The Long Night - sequel to the popular zombie co-op traitor game
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! - competitive game for kids based on a popular book
Dead of Winter: The Long Night - sequel to the popular zombie co-op traitor game
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! - competitive game for kids based on a popular book
Dungeon! - classic 1980s dungeon crawl
Dungeons & Dragons Attack Wing - modern miniatures game
Elementos - super simple portable two-player game
Engineering Ants - cooperative kids' game with a twist
Evolution - Prehistoric card game
Exploding Kittens - super-successful Kickstarter card game
Fleeced! - Wallace & Gromit rustle sheep
Friday - solo card game in which you try to help Robinson Crusoe survive
Fury of Dracula (3rd ed.) - Semi-cooperative game in which players try to hunt down Dracula
Ghost Stories - Ridiculously difficult but beautiful cooperative game, with expansion
Heroquest - classic table top game, with expansion
Elementos - super simple portable two-player game
Engineering Ants - cooperative kids' game with a twist
Evolution - Prehistoric card game
Exploding Kittens - super-successful Kickstarter card game
Fleeced! - Wallace & Gromit rustle sheep
Friday - solo card game in which you try to help Robinson Crusoe survive
Fury of Dracula (3rd ed.) - Semi-cooperative game in which players try to hunt down Dracula
Ghost Stories - Ridiculously difficult but beautiful cooperative game, with expansion
Heroquest - classic table top game, with expansion
Hey, That's My Fish! - penguins compete over diminishing resources
Hi Ho! Cherry-O! - children's game
Hoot, Owl, Hoot! - Cooperative game for kids
Hi Ho! Cherry-O! - children's game
Hoot, Owl, Hoot! - Cooperative game for kids
Kings of Israel - Like Pandemic but with Biblical Prophets and some excellent twists
Knights of Camelot - Old school 1980s TSR game where you gather experience by performing quests
Let's Go Fishin' - children's game
Lord of the Rings Living Card Game - Extremely difficult cooperative game for one or two players, with expansions
Lord of the Rings Risk - Like Risk but different
Make Your Own Opoly - Monopoly but you design the board
Mice and Mystics - Cooperative fantasy game of mice battling cockroaches, cats, etc
Monopoly - classic
Monopoly (Star Wars) - classic trying to be better
Monopoly (Transformers) - classic trying to be better
Monster Factory - cooperative or competitive kids' game of tile laying to create fun monsters
Pandemic - modern classic resource management game
Knights of Camelot - Old school 1980s TSR game where you gather experience by performing quests
Let's Go Fishin' - children's game
Lord of the Rings Living Card Game - Extremely difficult cooperative game for one or two players, with expansions
Lord of the Rings Risk - Like Risk but different
Make Your Own Opoly - Monopoly but you design the board
Mice and Mystics - Cooperative fantasy game of mice battling cockroaches, cats, etc
Monopoly - classic
Monopoly (Star Wars) - classic trying to be better
Monopoly (Transformers) - classic trying to be better
Monster Factory - cooperative or competitive kids' game of tile laying to create fun monsters
Pandemic - modern classic resource management game
Pop Up Pirate - stick swords in a barrel until the pirate pops up. Great for pirate parties
Race To The Treasure - cooperative game for kids trying to reach the treasure before the ogre
Rush Hour - children's solo educational puzzle game
Scrabble - classic
Scrabble - classic
SET - annoying matching game that hates colourblind people
Slapjack - kids' card game that teaches local animals
Socialism! - An add-on that makes Monopoly nice
Sorry! - simple classic game with a merciless twist
Spaceteam - mega-fast paced cooperative game trying to repair a rocket before it falls into a black hole
Spot It! - matching game for kids or adults
Star Trek Panic! - Like Castle Panic but better
Star Wars: Empire vs Rebellion - Two-player duelling game that's part Poker, part blackjack, part something else, all in the Star Wars universe
Star Wars: Epic Duels - modern classic miniatures game that spawned hundreds of fan-made expansions
Star Wars: Imperial Assault - one of the highest rated games of all time
Sorry! - simple classic game with a merciless twist
Spaceteam - mega-fast paced cooperative game trying to repair a rocket before it falls into a black hole
Spot It! - matching game for kids or adults
Star Trek Panic! - Like Castle Panic but better
Star Wars: Empire vs Rebellion - Two-player duelling game that's part Poker, part blackjack, part something else, all in the Star Wars universe
Star Wars: Epic Duels - modern classic miniatures game that spawned hundreds of fan-made expansions
Star Wars: Imperial Assault - one of the highest rated games of all time
Star Wars Miniatures Starter Set - don't make me review this, please. The game failed because it's so dull.
Star Wars X-Wing Miniatures - the biggest-selling miniatures game in America today, and for good reason
Stratego - classic wartime strategy game
Stratego - classic wartime strategy game
Terror in Meeple City - dexterity game of rampaging monsters
The Ladybug Game - children's game
The Mystic Wood - classic TSR, search the wood, solve a quest and leave before anyone else
The Siege of Jerusalem (2nd ed.) - extremely complicated game recreating the Roman siege of 69C.E.
The Mystic Wood - classic TSR, search the wood, solve a quest and leave before anyone else
The Siege of Jerusalem (2nd ed.) - extremely complicated game recreating the Roman siege of 69C.E.
Toss Across - Noughts and Crosses (aka Tic-Tac-Toe) with beanbags
Twister - classic
Twister - classic
Wiz-War (8th ed.) - Wizards duel to the death, or try to steal each others' treasure
Yahtzee - classic
Yahtzee - classic
Zombies!!! - Before Zombicide, Dead of Winter and all the others, there was Zombies. Features the grossest artwork of any game.
7 Wonders - Ancient city creating and the highest-rated family game on boardgamegeek
7 Wonders - Ancient city creating and the highest-rated family game on boardgamegeek
FUTURE REVIEWS OF GAMES THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN PLAYED
Discovery: The Journals of Lewis & Clark - Historical Dice Manipulation
Forbidden Island - Classic, simple co-op
Forbidden Island - Classic, simple co-op
Ghost Stories: White Moon - want to take 90 minutes for a game to beat you? Look no further.
Heights of Courage - Large-scale strategy game set in the Golan Heights
Imploding Kittens - The expansion pack to one of the biggest Kickstarters ever
Ivor the Engine - Kids game based on the BBC TV classic
Heights of Courage - Large-scale strategy game set in the Golan Heights
Imploding Kittens - The expansion pack to one of the biggest Kickstarters ever
Ivor the Engine - Kids game based on the BBC TV classic
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes - Not a board game. One player uses a computer to describe the bomb while others try to help them defuse it.
Legends of Andor - stunningly beautiful cooperative game
Memoir '44 - World War II miniatures game
Pathfinder - Skull and Shackles - Adventure Card Game
Philosophy: The Game - How to turn a discussion into a game
Sheriff of Nottingham - Attempts to deceive the sheriff to smuggle goods
Tales of the Arabian Nights - Huge storytelling
Memoir '44 - World War II miniatures game
Pathfinder - Skull and Shackles - Adventure Card Game
Philosophy: The Game - How to turn a discussion into a game
Sheriff of Nottingham - Attempts to deceive the sheriff to smuggle goods
Tales of the Arabian Nights - Huge storytelling
Then There Were None - animal extinction game for older children
Yom Kippur: The Battle for the Sinai - Large-scale strategy game
Yom Kippur: The Battle for the Sinai - Large-scale strategy game
GAMES THAT ARE ON THEIR WAY
A Distant Plain - political, cultural, economic and military game on the current Afghan conflict
Bloc by Bloc - Cooperative game of contemporary urban insurrection
Blood & Plunder - 28mm historically accurate pirate game
Conan - Insanely popular Kickstarter semi-cooperative game
CO2 - Solo and semi-co-op game of energy companies trying to go green
Dwarves in Trouble - Party game about escaping from a dragon with its treasure
Joking Hazard - offensive card game by Cyanide and Happiness
Planetarium - beautiful planetary formation game, all sciency and stuff
Scuttle - pirate card game for kids
Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Return to Hoth - Hugely popular expansion to an insanely popular game
Steal This Game! - designed in one night by a company whose cashbox was stolen at Essen
Bloc by Bloc - Cooperative game of contemporary urban insurrection
Blood & Plunder - 28mm historically accurate pirate game
Conan - Insanely popular Kickstarter semi-cooperative game
CO2 - Solo and semi-co-op game of energy companies trying to go green
Dwarves in Trouble - Party game about escaping from a dragon with its treasure
Joking Hazard - offensive card game by Cyanide and Happiness
Planetarium - beautiful planetary formation game, all sciency and stuff
Scuttle - pirate card game for kids
Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Return to Hoth - Hugely popular expansion to an insanely popular game
Steal This Game! - designed in one night by a company whose cashbox was stolen at Essen
Zephyr: Winds of Change - Cooperative Steampunk dirigibles game
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