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British Publisher Nosy Crow is smashing it out of the park at the moment. First it brought us Alastair Chisolm’s thought-provoking sci-fi novels and now it’s added the equally thought-provoking sci-fi Running out of Time. Author Simon Fox has delivered a tale of refugees and time-bending; a brilliant and engaging thriller for our times.  What […]

In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed an act of Congress that gave the Yosemite Valley and the nearby Mariposa Big Tree Grove to the state of California. This effort to preserve and protect land for future generations was the first step towards the creation of national parks in the United States. Several years later in […]

It’s the early 1990s and comics are a hot commodity, if you can spot the winners. Can you turn a profit before the bubble bursts? What Is The Comic Book Bubble? The Comic Book Bubble is a market-manipulation game for 1 to 5 players, ages 10 and up, and takes about 45 minutes to play. […]

I don’t know about yours, but my household is currently in the throes of Splatoon mania. This isn’t exactly a rare occurrence; we are all uniquely prone to bouts of this diabolical, squid-based madness. But why the sudden onset? Well, there are three very particular reasons.  Just yesterday, Nintendo’s Treehouse team wowed us with a live […]

Cloud Puncher Games first came on the scene with BoxThrone, a shelving system designed specifically for board games which I reviewed in 2020. That same year, they ran a Kickstarter campaign for a modular and artistic token holding system, Token Sesame, which delivered to backers earlier this year and is currently available to purchase on […]

The bells are ringing, and lunches need packing; that means only one thing…it’s time for BACK TO SCHOOL! And to help you get through it, I have come up with a list of items you should consider adding to your cart to help you get through it. Some are for fun, while some are functional. […]

While at GenCon, my husband Jason and I had the opportunity to talk with Catalyst Game Labs about their ongoing Kickstarter for Leviathans: The Great War. We had a fantastic time learning more about the game, and my initial hesitance toward it was blown away. Leviathans “floating” over the hex-based game map. Photo by Angela […]

Like many tabletop, RPG, and board gamers, Gen Con has long been a bucket list item for me. In late 2021, we decided that 2022 was going to be The Year, and started saving for the trip. Now that we’re home, I have some thoughts to share. This is Part 3 of a three-part series. […]

There are lots of puzzle type mobile and PC games on the market. Many are making their way to consoles. The latest to make the jump is Train Valley. This puzzle-strategy game is focuses on railroads around the world. The player must lay tracks connecting train stations and then send trains full of goods or […]

How hyped am I for Splatoon 3? Very, and even more so after this morning’s Splatoon-focused Nintendo Direct video presentation.  Hosted by the beloved Squid Research Lab, the event was a half-hour of power devoted to exploring both new and returning features to everyone’s favorite cephalopod-heavy post-apocalyptic wasteland. Largely moving the action away from Inkolpolis […]

As a parent, I still love my video games both as an act of fun self care and as a way to retreat from real life on occasion. If you have older, self sufficient kids, the noise from their gaming might also interfere with your own enjoyment though, and that’s one of probably many times […]

‘Blacksad: They All Fall Down- Part One’ Writer: Juan Díaz Canales Artist, Colorist, Cover Artist: Juanjo Guarnido Translator: Diana Schutz, Brandon Kander What an honor it is to talk again about this amazing duo: Juan Díaz Canales and artist Juanjo Guarnido, with this brand-new storyline, fresh from the French (even though the first draft is […]