Life sure isn’t easy on a deserted island. In fact, most of the time it can downright stink. But that isn’t to say there aren’t pleasures to be found.
Such is the case with the Robinson Crusoe 2nd edition board game from Portal Games.
It’s one of the hardest cooperative board games we’ve played. Yet it’s filled with so much adventuring theme and tough decisions, that we keep thinking about it long after we’ve played.
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In Hellapagos, you and your fellow castaways are shipwrecked on an island with an approaching hurricane in the distance. You must work together to have any hope of getting off the island before the hurricane strikes.
Or at least some of you may make it off the island alive…
Hellapagos is a semi-cooperative board game for up to 12 players that’s super challenging to all win together. But you have to try. Because if you don’t work together, no one will survive. By working together, there’s at least a chance you can make it.
Do you have what it takes to be one of the survivors?
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One look at the box art for Blue Lagoon and we know exactly what you’ll think.
That’s because we, and everyone else we’ve shown the game to has said the exact same thing, “Is this Moana, the Board Game?”
Nope, it’s not.
It’s Blue Lagoon – another Gen Con 2018 release from Blue Orange Games!
And while there’s no “Maui, shapeshifter, Demigod of the wind and sea, hero of men” to be found anywhere in Blue Lagoon, you will find lots of island settlers and colorful huts to dot the board.
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Brandon Sanderson’s books have a very prominent spot on our family bookshelves.
That’s because our boys absolutely LOVE his fantasy novels – especially his Stormlight Archive and Mistborn series.
They love them so much, I finally cracked the cover on the first book in the Stormlight Archive, The Way of Kings and am enjoying it as well. My plan is to dive into the Mistborn series once I get through the 3 thick Stormlight books.
And thanks to playing Mistborn: House War, I’ve already been introduced to characters and themes of the series.
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Century: Golem Edition is a fantastic board game for the whole family!
It’s a game that both young and old players can all enjoy playing together. The game play is straightforward yet also offers enough choices due to the variety of cards and when they appear to keep players coming back for more.
Young players will love collecting crystals as well as exchanging them for more powerful combinations of crystals. And older players will realize there’s also depth of strategy involved in the choices they make.
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The best board games, card games, dice games, family games, and party games of 2017 have now been awarded!
And as many might have expected, the results are pretty gloomy this year.
As in, Gloomhaven took the awards by storm winning in 5 categories!
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One of the most popular board games published in the last few decades is Catan.
Well, it used to be called Settlers of Catan – but within the last few years officially shortened the name to just Catan.
A number of years ago, Catan also made it’s way to digital devices where it continued to find its way into new players’ hands. And now it’s been updated with a new look and feel with multiple modes of play across all digital platforms (browser, Steam, iOS, GooglePlay, and Amazon Appstore).
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In The Quest for El Dorado by Ravensburger players traverse jungle, waterways, and native villages to find the elusive treasure. They must prepare well to make the journey. But they can’t spend all their time preparing or they’ll be left behind and another explorer will beat them to it.
How will you do on this quest?
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When Jurassic Park first his movie theaters in 1993 I was blown away!
I was transported to Isla Nublar and caught up in a world with dinosaurs that exploded my imagination. And it’s remained a favorite movie of mine ever since.
Fast forward to now – 25 years later – where the Jurassic Park experience has been aptly transferred into a fun and challenging board game.
Over the years there have been a number of attempts at creating a Jurassic Park board game. But none of those have come close to recreating the feel of being on Isla Nublar with dinosaurs like Jurassic Park Danger does!
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On Star Wars Day a few days ago we highlighted a number of fun Star Wars themed board games. We also teased another Star Wars board game in our queue to review this week.
Well, that day has come.
We’re happy to introduce you to another great Star Wars family board game — Carcassonne: Star Wars!
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