https://www.boardgamequest.com Board Game Reviews, News and More Fri, 05 May 2023 12:51:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 38014872 https://www.boardgamequest.com/top-10-thematic-solo-games/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/top-10-thematic-solo-games/#comments Fri, 05 May 2023 12:51:16 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=52625 Interest in solo gaming has picked up in recent years and for us 1-player gamers, it’s been great to benefit from the boom. Most board games these days include some sort of solo mode, and if there isn’t an official one, there are likely several fan-made options posted to BGG. But that’s not to say […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/top-10-thematic-solo-games/feed/ 5 52625 https://www.boardgamequest.com/marvel-damage-control-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/marvel-damage-control-review/#respond Thu, 30 Mar 2023 12:55:09 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=52951 Several years ago, there were plans for a TV show set in the Marvel universe that focused on a construction company tasked with cleaning up the mess left behind when superheroes and supervillains battle through the city streets. The company, Damage Control, actually shows up in various Marvel comics, and it’s pretty interesting to think […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/marvel-damage-control-review/feed/ 0 52951 https://www.boardgamequest.com/star-trek-ascendancy-breen-confederacy-and-dominion-war-expansions-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/star-trek-ascendancy-breen-confederacy-and-dominion-war-expansions-review/#respond Thu, 23 Feb 2023 13:59:14 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=52340 Many moons ago, when Tony offered up these expansions for review, I braved the requisite nerd jokes and Star Trek gifs to stake my claim. I’m a lifelong Trekkie, so I’m always up for the opportunity to explore the final frontier from my tabletop. These expansions focus particularly on races and concepts from the excellent […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/star-trek-ascendancy-breen-confederacy-and-dominion-war-expansions-review/feed/ 0 52340 https://www.boardgamequest.com/golem-solo-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/golem-solo-review/#respond Mon, 16 Jan 2023 16:21:10 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=49328 The Italians have done it again. No, not the Mario Bros. Not the Corleones. I’m talking about the group of Italian game designers who’ve been churning out quality Euros for several years now. Golem’s designers, Simone Luciani, Virginio Gigli, and Flaminia Brasini, have contributed to standout games like Tzolk’in, Grand Austria Hotel, Lorenzo il Magnifico, […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/golem-solo-review/feed/ 0 49328 https://www.boardgamequest.com/nemos-war-journeys-end-expansion-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/nemos-war-journeys-end-expansion-review/#respond Fri, 23 Dec 2022 14:16:36 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=51567 Nemo’s War is considered one of the great solo-only games, so I’ve definitely wanted to give it a try. I’d heard that the dice-rolling made for a swingy luckfest, so I was cautious about playing it and being disappointed. When the chance to review the Journey’s End expansion presented itself, I saw this as a […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/nemos-war-journeys-end-expansion-review/feed/ 0 51567 https://www.boardgamequest.com/megalomania-preview/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/megalomania-preview/#respond Sat, 03 Dec 2022 15:26:03 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=51355 Note: This preview uses pre-release components and rules. What you see here may be different from the final, published game. This post was a paid preview, you can find out more information here. When word came through that there was a preview opportunity for a trick-taking game, I didn’t jump at the chance initially. Trick-taking games aren’t […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/megalomania-preview/feed/ 0 51355 https://www.boardgamequest.com/final-girl-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/final-girl-review/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2022 11:55:23 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=49008 Laurie Strode. Nancy Thompson. Ginny Field. These are the heroines in whose footsteps you run when Final Girl is on the table. For the uninitiated, the final girl is the last one standing at the end of a horror movie. The term, first used by film scholar Carol J. Clover, refers to a cinematic trope […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/final-girl-review/feed/ 1 49008