When it was announced, I was fairly excited about the concept of Unboxed. It is, in essence, a board game themed escape room-like experience. As I’ve become more and more of a solo gamer in recent years, the fact that the game specifically listed 1-4 players excited me even more. So, what did I think…
SOTSU Trading Card Game
This little oddity came across the desk at the game store I work at a couple weeks ago. My boss took a quick look at it, and said I could either keep it, or trash it. Who can say no to free content? I took it home and began to go through the cards. After…
Nine Circles and Seven Steps
These two games were designed by user “rupertroad” on Board Game Geek. Nine Circles was made for the 2020 Solitaire Print & Play Contest (in which it won 2nd place for “Best Roll & Write”). Seven Steps was made for the 6th Roll & Write Contest (where it won 3rd). In a forum post, “rupertroad”…
Where Are They Now?
As I was playing and writing about the Vallco Drag Racing Game a couple weeks back, I started thinking. This is never a good thing, and usually leads me to endless internet searches. What I realized is that this game, if not for the designer scanning in the components and offering PDFs, would pretty much…
Review: Vallco Drag Racing Game
As I get more wrapped up in the world of solo sports games, I’m finding out that if it has ever been played competitively, there’s probably a game trying to simulate it. So, as I was scouring my various Facebook groups, I came across a question asking if anyone had ever done a drag racing…
Review – 2022 Global Gladiators Games!
One of the many things I love about the PLAAY Games company is the freebie section on their website. You can find all kinds of things: community made expansions for their other games, official one-off sets focused on a specific event, and even fully playable games that might not have the depth of their retail…
Review: History Maker Golf
I’ve had the opportunity to play a substantial number of golf games, and many of them approach the game from a similar standpoint. In most games, you play as the golfer trying to make your way around the course in as few shots as possible. Many of them are presented with overhead drawings of the…
Pro Golf (1981)
Hello friends, we welcome you back to sunny Augusta, Georgia, where the magnolia trees are in full bloom, and the pink azaleas shimmer in the midday sun. Ok, so I’m in Central Ohio, it’s barely above freezing, every tree and flower is dead, and it’s mid-November (it is sunny right now, so there is that)….
Fast Drive Football
Fast Drive Football isn’t the same breed of game as something like APBA Baseball or Strat-O-Matic. Where those are largely interested in allowing players to recreate games and manage the teams, Fast Drive Football is more of a results simulator. You’re not going to be able to calculate how many yards were gained, or the…
Sports Illutrated: Decathlon (3rd Edition)
Decathlon is a board game that lets you, the common board gamer, experience something very few of are likely to do in our lives: compete in an Olympic level Decathlon. This game, originally released in 1972, gives you 7 of the most notable names in Decathlon history, and pits them in direct head to head…
It Came From The Basement!! 