A horror film has to abide by certain tropes, but a horror game is a different monster altogether. It can be as cheesy as it likes, and even if it isn’t truly scary, it’s the gameplay that really matters. Be it Halloween, the Day of the Dead, or Tuesday, the entries on our top list are a fine way to get your creep on.
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The real reason you pick up one of these games is to make your little ones happy. Or at least get them off that computer-animated show on Netflix where no one talks and it’s just a bunch of screaming, and the main character kid is bald for some reason.
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The Duke proves that fancy gadgets in board gaming aren’t everything. In fact, does the technology of modern life make you feel a bit spoiled? Especially when you remember that 100 years ago, kids got a block of wood and some shoe polish for Christmas? And that they were happy about it?
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This game represents another of CMON’s big, elaborate boxes of boards, tokens, cards, sheets, and of course, miniatures! And these miniatures are definitely cool. Are they cool enough to brave the Viking apocalypse with four fuzzy friends in horny helmets?
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Not all hidden identity titles boast The Resistance’s accessibility. Spies, dystopias, lie-spinning skills you never knew your brother had… The ratio of fun to complexity is simply top-notch. Let’s talk about that Resistance-shaped hole in the heart of every boring party.
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Is it worth the risk of offending your dear bubbe? And does history’s most nefarious cretin really make a good foundation for party gaming? Secret Hitler won’t make the top ten list for family games to play on Passover. Nonetheless, here’s what we think.
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These zombies are almost incidental to the human interaction, not unlike the case of The Walking Dead, using rotting carcasses to explore the depths into which human psyches will delve when law and order crumble. Let’s take a look at Dead of Winter, the cooperative stress/survival simulator for 2-5 players. Time to separate the Ricks from the Shanes. Early-series Rick, before he got mean.
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What do you get when you cross high luck with a steep learning curve and punishing consequences for failure? Surprisingly, the answer is not a cruelly whimsical BDSM mistress. The answer is, however, the focus of this review: Blood Bowl!
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Is there anything more romantic than board games for couples? Sitting down with your loved one, pouring a glass of wine, kicking their ass at a board game…
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For a game to refresh our love of all things zombie, it has to be good. It has to take us back to the old days, when it was hip to break into the local cemetery and then fish for signs that your friends also felt like this was actually a lame idea.
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