https://www.boardgamequest.com Board Game Reviews, News and More Wed, 10 May 2023 01:13:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 38014872 https://www.boardgamequest.com/leviathan-wilds-preview/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/leviathan-wilds-preview/#respond Tue, 09 May 2023 12:55:45 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=53514 Note: This preview uses pre-release components and rules. What you see here may be different from the final, published game. Don’t you hate when giants… err, Leviathans, lose their minds and show up in your neighborhood, forcing you, your children, your children’s children, as well as the next several generations of your kin to move […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/leviathan-wilds-preview/feed/ 0 53514 https://www.boardgamequest.com/crusaders-thy-will-be-done-divine-influence-expansion-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/crusaders-thy-will-be-done-divine-influence-expansion-review/#comments Thu, 04 May 2023 12:52:41 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=52686 Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done is one of the few Kickstarters that I still own. I am notorious for playing a crowd-funded game once or twice and then selling or trading it. Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done is still in my collection because it plays well at two players (my most common player count), plays […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/crusaders-thy-will-be-done-divine-influence-expansion-review/feed/ 4 52686 https://www.boardgamequest.com/mosaic-a-story-of-civilization-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/mosaic-a-story-of-civilization-review/#respond Tue, 04 Apr 2023 13:00:22 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=52886 Brian: I love civilization games. Tony: Here, review this then. Tony hands Brian a copy of Mosaic. Brian: I love civilization games? Tony: No, it is not the sequel to Sagrada. Brian: I love civilization games; I love civilization games. Tony: Fine. Once you review this, I will play Wingspan with you. Brian: I LOVE […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/mosaic-a-story-of-civilization-review/feed/ 0 52886 https://www.boardgamequest.com/twilight-inscription-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/twilight-inscription-review/#comments Tue, 14 Mar 2023 13:21:10 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=52548 I have always wanted to play Twilight Imperium, but the high player count, complexity, and most importantly, game length, prevented me from doing so. Well, at least until Fantasy Flight Games announced a new game premiering at Gen Con 2022. A much more streamlined version of their flagship IP called Twilight Inscription? Sign me up!! […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/twilight-inscription-review/feed/ 1 52548 https://www.boardgamequest.com/resident-evil-3-expansion-reviews/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/resident-evil-3-expansion-reviews/#respond Wed, 04 Jan 2023 14:13:15 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=51648 I really liked Resident Evil 3. I was lucky enough to receive the City of Ruin expansion to review as well. But I wanted more. As I wrote in my review of the core game, one of the misses was the lack of characters and enemies in the retail version. I remedied that by going […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/resident-evil-3-expansion-reviews/feed/ 0 51648 https://www.boardgamequest.com/vagrantsong-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/vagrantsong-review/#respond Tue, 27 Dec 2022 14:20:53 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=51650 The following is an actual text exchange between Tony and me: Me: …why did you send me that list? Tony: What list? Me: #3 – Smells like Teen Spirit, Nirvana #2 – Killing in the Name, Rage Against the Machine and #1- Crawling, Linkin Park Tony: You asked for that list. Duh. Me: No. I […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/vagrantsong-review/feed/ 0 51650 https://www.boardgamequest.com/viscounts-of-the-west-kingdom-expansion-reviews/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/viscounts-of-the-west-kingdom-expansion-reviews/#respond Fri, 02 Dec 2022 14:07:48 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=51265 There are two expansions for Architects Viscounts of the West Kingdom. I am reviewing both today. There is no time to waste with a witty opening. Yes, I poached this from my Architects of the West Kingdoms expansion reviews intro. Expansion Overviews: The Keeper of Keys expansion adds the following:  4 player boards (cardboard with […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/viscounts-of-the-west-kingdom-expansion-reviews/feed/ 0 51265 https://www.boardgamequest.com/sherwin-matthews-lead-designer-of-elden-ring-interview/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/sherwin-matthews-lead-designer-of-elden-ring-interview/#respond Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:09:11 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=51261 I love board games. I love video games. I love coop games. I had a chance to play Horizon Zero Dawn, and while I went in with low expectations, I enjoyed the game. I looked up the designer, Sherwin Matthews, on BGG. First game? Not bad! Monster Hunter is one of my favorite video games. […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/sherwin-matthews-lead-designer-of-elden-ring-interview/feed/ 0 51261 https://www.boardgamequest.com/arkham-horror-the-card-game-news/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/arkham-horror-the-card-game-news/#respond Thu, 17 Nov 2022 15:53:01 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=50902 I LOVE Arkham Horror: The Card Game! I should PROBABLY restate that. I LOVE to COLLECT Arkham Horror: The Card Game with the intention of playing it in the future. Yes, all of those are unopened. BUT, to be fair, I have played the Core Set four times in its entirety as well as the […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/arkham-horror-the-card-game-news/feed/ 0 50902 https://www.boardgamequest.com/circadians-first-light-second-edition-review/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/circadians-first-light-second-edition-review/#respond Tue, 15 Nov 2022 13:58:45 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=50796 Somewhere in Arizona… on a Tuesday… 5:02 a.m. Chris was positioned toward where the sun would eventually rise, wearing his normal Tuesday safari suit and pith hat, straining to get the best view he could through his binoculars. “Dude, why did you wak—“ I started, only to be interrupted by a “SHHHHHH” and an evil […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/circadians-first-light-second-edition-review/feed/ 0 50796