Jul 06
Scooby-Doo! Betrayal at Mystery Mansion is the newest ‘Betrayal style’ game from Avalon Hill, the makers of the award-winning Board Game Betrayal at House on the Hill and the Dungeons & Dragons themed Betrayal at Baldur’s Gate. If you’re not already familiar with how these ‘Betrayal style’ games work, here is a quick primer: Each …
Jun 22
Ancestry & Culture: An Alternative to Race in 5e The idea of Player Characters (and NPCs) in D&D and other RPGs and Races of those characters has been a subject of hot debate for years and just a few days ago Wizards of the Coast announced they would be revisiting and revising how the mechanics …
May 10
Full disclosure – I really like this game. Like, more than my kids like it, like it. I’d enjoy playing it with adults. Playing with kids is a bit different matter, but read on. If you are not familiar with the game, Dragonwood is a mixture of dice rolling, set collecting, risk-taking and probability …
Apr 05
Animal Upon Animal For this month I am reviewing Animal Upon Animal, designed by Klaus Miltenberger and published by HABA. The game is in intended for 2-4 players and is recommended age is 4 and up. Each game lasts about 15 minutes. This was a recommendation from my twitter feed (@therpgacademy) when I had …
Feb 08
King of Tokyo Today’s Family Board Game Review is of King of Tokyo, designed by Richard Garfield and published by iello. It plays 2-6 players and suggested age is eight and up. Play time is around 30 minutes. I wasn’t supposed to play this game with the boys. I wasn’t against it, But I had placed …
Jan 04
Tsuro I am going to start reviewing the various board/card games I play with my boys. JG is almost 7 and Jacob is 5 and a half. First up Tsuro from Calliope Games. If you are not familiar with the game, Tsuro is a tile-based board game flavored as …
