One Night Ultimate Werewolf – is one night enough?

Is one night enough to track down werewolves roaming around the village?
Well, in One Night Ultimate Werewolf that’s all the time you’ve got. So you better make it count.

Just like it’s predecessor, in One Night Ultimate Werewolf each player takes on the role of Villager, Werewolf, or a special Villager Role. The Villager team wants to take down at least one Werewolf to win and the Werewolf team wins if no Werewolves die.

But the biggest differences are that there’s only one night phase and no one dies.

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Evolution – Board Game Preview

Evolution is a strategy board game about creating, adapting, and advancing your species to survive and thrive.

In addition to the variety of traits that can be used to make strong species, we enjoy the way Evolution keeps us thinking throughout the game. Even though there’s a turn order, it doesn’t feel like there’s any downtime because we’re always trying to figure out which cards to play.

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Tetris in a board game = FITS

Tetris was the only video game that my wife was ever hooked on. When she was younger, she got hooked on Tetris and played it a ton. When passing symbols on signs along the road, her mind would immediately imagine how the shapes would fit into place in Tetris.

So when I first saw the board game FITS a few years ago, I had a big hunch that it would be a game that my wife would enjoy playing.

And I was right!

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Think Again – party game review

Don’t you love it when you know the right answer in a trivia game?

When you hear a question that you actually know the right answer to, do you want to jump right out of your chair shouting out the answer?

Well, what if you played a trivia game where you know ALL the answers?
Would you have as much fun?

What if it were a game where the Right answer may be the Wrong response and cost you a point?

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Careers – Classic board game I still love!

Today we go back in time to review a game that I, dad, absolutely love from my childhood – Careers!

After all these years, I still love the Careers board game! It’s a game from my childhood that opened my mind to the many possibilities in board games. And it still holds up as a great game!

Episodes #349 and #350 of The Dice Tower podcast that are out this week include segments from contributors where we were asked “What game from your childhood do you remember the most?”

I didn’t hesitate at all.

Careers!

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