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Board Game Reviews

Reviews of board game both old and new.

Will You Fall in Love With Star Wars: Jabba’s Palace?

Tim, Mike, Spencer, and Dan play and review Star Wars: Jabba’s Palace, a Star Wars-themed variation on Loveletter. Will it get their stamp of approval, or will it leave them feeling jilted?

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Farshore – The Best Everdell Ever?

The guys play Farshore, a game in the Everdell family that adds some new twists to the Starling Games title.

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Pendulum – Will You Flip For This Stonemaier Game?

Andrew, Dan, and Bob review Pendulum, a real-time resource-management/worker placement game with hourglasses the players flip to open actions or block opponents.

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Shadow Network – The real spy v spy

Dan, Spencer, and Mike talk about the long-awaited Shadow Network, by Talon Strikes Studios, where spies seed resources while attempting to collect the best information. Did they rate it well, or is something underhanded going on?

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Illiterati Review: We’ve Got the Last Word

Bob, Spencer, and Mike work with Katie from Board Game Mechanics to review Gap Closer Games’ cooperative word game, Illiterati. In Illiterati, players work together to form words that meet certain criteria, but if too many letters are left behind, things start to get dangerous. To make things more complicated, the Illiterati, an evil cabal…

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Stranger Things: Upside Down Review

Tim, Bob, Spencer, and Dan check out CMON’s recent release, Stranger Things: Upside Down, by Rob Daviau (the mind behind Pandemic: Legacy). Will they save the town of Hawkins, Indiana, or will the Upside Down get the better of them?

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Board Game Rundown: Campy Creatures Playthrough and Review

Special guest Jason Smith from Board Game Mechanics joins Tim, Mike, and Spencer as they play through and review the Keymaster Games title Campy Creatures along with its first expansion.

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“Thunder Road: Vendetta — Maximum Chrome” Review

Mayhem and hilarity ensue as Tim, Bob, Spencer, and Dan try out the new Restoration Games board game, Thunder Road: Vendetta — Maximum Chrome Edition. Check out their review and find out if this is a winner or if it’s going down in flames!

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Distilled Board Game Review

It’s Dan v Spencer as the guys check out the buzz that is Distilled: A Spirited Board Game. Do you agree with Dan that the game is a grainy mash or, like Spencer, do you think its gravity makes this one top shelf? Check out our review of Distilled to find out!

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Masters of the Universe: Clash for Eternia Board Game Review

Tim, Bob, Spencer, and Dan play as He-Man, Orkos, Man-At-Arms, and Stratos in the new board game from CMON. Do they win the Clash for Eternia, or will they succumb to Skeletor and his cadre of villains? See what all the buzz is about on our Masters of the Universe: Clash for Eternia review.

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