Food themed games seem to be everywhere these days, and Umami stands out as a delightful entry. As autumn approaches, I reach for my favorite sweaters and find myself looking forward to more cozy activities– the comfort food theme, playful aesthetic, and easy-to-learn style of Umami make it extra appealing. Umami is illustrated by Ikuko […]

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Welcome to this week’s batch of crowdfunding campaigns. We’ve got a variety of offerings here, so hopefully you will find something that catches your eye. Also, if you want to chat with the BGQ team, join our Discord Server where we talk about games, movies, sports, and other fun stuff. Or, if Facebook is more […]

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‘Cozy’ means something different to everyone. With fall officially here, and winter on the horizon, the idea of cozy keeps coming up. Two BGQ reviewers decided to get together and pick a couple of games that give off cozy vibes. Since there are different reasons to think something is ‘cozy’, we picked five categories, and […]

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Fountains, with their bubbling water and glimmering artistry, bring me joy and peace. The designers of Fountains, Kedric Winks and Shaun Ellis, seem to have drawn their inspiration from a fictional Renaissance city. Artists and scientists of the time used the power of water to fascinate and inspire. Small automatons would have wowed their patrons. […]

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We’ve all had this happen. You pack up a bag full of games after careful thought about which ones would really excite you at the game meetup, but when you get there, everyone’s already set up, and there’s one seat for a game you’ve heard a lot of buzz about. So you put your carefully […]

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Since I reviewed Kronologic: Paris 1920 in January, we have gone on to play every scenario and restarted with Grandparents. Just like I mentioned in that review, if there is enough time between game plays, there is no way you will remember the ending, which ensures its replay value. That being said, the family has […]

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Welcome to this week’s batch of crowdfunding campaigns. We’ve got a variety of offerings here, so hopefully you will find something that catches your eye. Also, if you want to chat with the BGQ team, join our Discord Server where we talk about games, movies, sports, and other fun stuff. Or, if Facebook is more […]

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It’s well-known around Board Game Quest Headquarters that I’m a big fan of the World of Ulos universe from Thunderworks Games. Entries like Cartographers and Roll Player are favorites, and even games with less cache like Lockup hold a special place in my gaming collection. So when BGQ’s above-average leader Tony Mastrangeli rolled into the […]

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People sometimes mistake me for a health-conscious person when I turn down Krispy-Kreme donuts or hard candies. What they don’t understand is that I am such an extreme chocoholic that, with few exceptions, I think desserts just aren’t worth the calories if they don’t contain some amount of chocolate. So, of course, my interest was […]

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Trick-taking games are certainly everywhere these days. We have trick-taking games based on some of the biggest intellectual properties in the world. Cooperative trick-taking. Trick-taking as action-selection in heavy euros. Well, Lone Wolves is here to ask: would you like another? Specifically, a two-player trick-taking game that is also a lane battler, à la Battle […]

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