T.I.M.E Stories Added to the List of Awesome Board Games You Should Play

January 19, 2016January 12, 2016JettLeave a comment

Days removed from playing and completing T.I.M.E Stories, my mind is still buzzing from what transpired. Essentially, it’s an adventure video game that’s been expertly translated to the tabletop. As a member of what is basically the time police, you travel to a 1920s asylum to foil someone’s plot of breaking the space time continuum.

Deeply engaging and exciting from end-to-end, my experience with this game is quite possibly the best I’ve ever had with a board game. With The Marcy Case expansion already out and more on the way, T.I.M.E Stories is bound to stay top of mind for quite a while. I can’t recommend this one enough.

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Pandemic Legacy Added to the List of Awesome Board Games You Should Play

December 27, 2015December 23, 2015JettLeave a comment

For the past month or so, my board gaming group have been playing Pandemic Legacy. Unlike classic Pandemic, where the world resets after each game, Pandemic Legacy takes players on a disease-fighting adventure that spans a year of time in the game world. Every decision in the game is permanent, as stickers are used make adjustments to character cards and boards, cards are required to be ripped up, and characters can even die if they get unlucky.

We’re not done yet, but the experience so far has been stellar. I didn’t play enough of the 2015 crop of board games to name a definitive game of the year, though this one squeaks by Codenames as my personal pick. Steer clear if you haven’t played classic Pandemic yet. However, if you have, what are you waiting for?!

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Star Wars: Imperial Assault and Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game Added to the List of Awesome Board Games You Should Play

November 2, 2015October 28, 2015JettLeave a comment

Not necessarily to coincide with the upcoming release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, two masterful Star Wars tabletop games have cracked the list of Awesome Board Games You Should Play. Want to experience the thrills of ground-based battles with blasters and lightsabers? Play Star Wars: Imperial Assault. Want to dogfight with the slickest space ships in the galaxy? Play Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures. Star Wars fans should pick up both, as they’re some of the best tabletop games on the market, period.

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Codenames Added to the List of Awesome Board Games You Should Play

September 22, 2015September 19, 2015Jett4 Comments

Codenames is part Guess Who?, part Battleship, and way more awesome than those two games could ever hope to be. Working in teams, players will take turns deciphering their spymaster’s clues in order to correctly identify their fellow spies in the field. Guess wrong and you might identify an enemy spy, or worse yet, an assassin that will immediately end the game, causing your whole team to lose.

Playing as an operative, it’s a blast to try and guess the names based on clues that might be amazing or horrible from your spymaster. Being the spymaster takes the experience to another level, as it really takes some thought to craft one-word clues that apply to multiple names. Besides being a fantastic game in both roles, the game scales well to almost any player count beyond four, so it’s something that everyone at the party can (and will) enjoy. This one is fresh in my brain right now from having played a ton of it recently, but I really believe that this one is fantastic and one that will have staying power. Whatever you need to do to play Codenames, do it!

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Freedom: The Underground Railroad Added to the List of Awesome Board Games You Should Play

March 12, 2015March 10, 2015Jett2 Comments

I understand that the concept of playing a board game about slavery is hard for many to swallow. But if you give Freedom: The Underground Railroad a shot, I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised by what it delivers. This is an excellent cooperative game where you and your fellow Abolitionists are trying to move slaves from the southern plantations to the refuge of Canada. Along the way, you’ll be trying to dodge slave catchers, earn the support for this movement from fellow Americans and prevent the overcrowding of plantations, which ultimately leads to lost lives. Besides being really entertaining to play, it meshes tastefully with the game’s theme to create a tense, thought-provoking and somewhat educational experience. If you’re willing to let your guard down a bit in regards to its theme, I highly suggest giving this one a chance.