Board Games

Board games specifically — modern designer titles, family games, heavy strategy and the reprints and editions worth knowing about. Rules clarity, component quality, table presence and replay value.

Where a game is genuinely excellent but demanding, we say what it demands — teaching time, table space, tolerance for downtime. Where a beloved classic has aged poorly in a specific way, we say which way, because “it’s a classic” is not useful to someone deciding what to buy this month.