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I Walked With a Zombie I walked with a zombie I walked with a zombie Last night --Roky Erikson & The 13th Floor Elevators Return of the Living Dead: Zombie Punk Panic (known simply as Zombie Punk Panic for this review) is a dice-rolling stroll through hordes of zombies, all… Read more »

It’s The Best Time of the Year Chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Jack Frost nipping at your nose. And Christmas marketing nipping at your wallet. It’s that time of year when the holiday spirit (and, let’s be honest, the holiday commercialization) spreads across every surface like spilled eggnog. Personally,… Read more »

I picked up the new Mighty Boards game Red North at SPIEL Essen 2025, a title serving as the remake of Sӕr, a bluffing area control game for 2-4 players. Designed by James Dickinson, Red North positions players as the leaders of raiding parties battling for control of various outposts—one… Read more »

Let’s just get right into it. Wandering Galaxy: A Crossroads Game (2025, Plaid Hat) is a disappointment. It’s a minor disappointment, but still, it’s a disappointment. The latest in the line of games in Plaid Hat’s Crossroads series, Wandering Galaxy comes on the heels of Forgotten Waters, Freelancers, and Dead… Read more »

Nowadays, the production standards for board games are so high that you can’t swing a dead cat token without hitting a gorgeous box. Even in that crowded field, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, Reiner Knizia’s latest roll-and-write, stands out. Artist Lorenzo Colangeli does some best-in-class work here, on page… Read more »

Umami - Justin Bell I keep trying HeidelBÄR games released by Czech Games Edition, and I keep coming up short. Umami, the latest in a line of family-friendly, light “take that” card games featuring cute art, is designed by a person of relative weight in the tabletop space: Don Eskridge,… Read more »

Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan was one of my top 10 games of 2024 and a package that I think has the best dice combat engine in the action RPG business. The app-driven scenario format means you can drop in for a couple of scenarios here and there to navigate the… Read more »

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The year 2025 marks the 40th anniversary of Dr Reiner Knizia’s career as a board game designer – his first published game, Complica, was released in a magazine in 1985 (although he’d self-published games before then as well). Since then, Knizia has designed and published over 800 games and expansions,… Read more »

Philly Gaming Marathon PAX Unplugged is the end cap to the year of gaming conventions, the last big hurrah before everyone slips into holiday travel mode and winter hibernation. This year carried a bit of uncertainty, landing both the weekend before Thanksgiving and right on top of the Philadelphia Marathon.… Read more »