The title of the game Kabuto Sumo from the box cover art. It shows the name of the game in block letters in front of a wooden sumo wrestling ring.

Bugging Out: A Review of Kabuto Sumo

Blog PostMorgan Carpenter
Do you know what really bugs me? Well, lots of things. But you know what doesn’t bug me? Fun, simple, easy-to-learn boardgames that I can pull out ...
Cover art of Ham's Sandwich Shop, showing a cute yellow hamster sitting in the middle of a sandwich

Cooking up Cuteness: A Review of Ham’s Sandwich Shop

Blog PostMorgan Carpenter
Everyone should have a dream. Sometimes those dreams require a little help, though. Especially if you’re a hamster who dreams of opening your very ...
A photo of part of the board game cover for Animated. It shows Mickey Mous waving on a projector screen, with the words "Walt Disney Animation Studios Animated A Cooperative Game by Propero Hall" beneath him

Drawing Stories to Life: A Review of Animated, A Disney Board Game

Blog PostMorgan Carpenter
The tabletop gaming community has seen a lot of Disney this year. Which makes sense, since it is the company's 100th anniversary. But while the rel...
A portion of the Betrayal at Mystery Mansion box art, showing the scooby gang in front of a blue-tinted haunted mansion

Let’s Be Meddling Kids: A Review of Betrayal at Mystery Mansion

Blog PostMorgan Carpenter
Increasingly, board games have become an adult activity. It’s understandable, of course. Board games can be expensive, and many games have mechanic...
A banner from the Kickstarter for Pasion de las Pasiones. It shows the core book for the game, with a photo of a man and woman dramatically embracing, next to the name of the game against an orange background

The Young and the Beautiful: Pasion de las Pasiones, a telenovela TTRPG

Blog PostMorgan Carpenter
Have you ever wanted to be the star of your own television show? To find true love in the most unlikely of places? To prove yourself worthy of ador...
The title of Moxie from the cover of the booklet. It shows the title of the game in scifi font against a bright orange background.

An Introduction to Space Piracy: Moxie, a Quick TTRPG

Blog PostMorgan Carpenter
This month, I had the pleasure of attending CritHit AZ. There, I got to meet tabletop games from across the state (and nearby states as well!) and ...
An illustration of several cartoon monsters of various colors and shapes in front of a orange backgrounds. In front of them are the words "Fatal Familiar"

Figments of Pure Imagination: Fatal Familiar, A Monster Collecting RPG

Blog PostMorgan Carpenter
This past weekend, my family and I had the absolute pleasure of attending CritHit AZ: Year Zero. Not quite a con, the tabletop gaming retreat featu...
THe kickstarter banner for Raccoon Sky Pirates. It shows a black and white illustration of a raccoon leaping away from a rock toward a space ship of some kind

Trashing the Neighborhood: A Review of Raccoon Sky Pirates, a miniature TTRPG

Blog PostMorgan Carpenter
When you think about playing tabletop RPGs, the first thought that you have is generally about the epic-scale adventures of heroes: science fiction...
Art from one of the shop cards in Flamecraft. it shows a man in robes with a staff and long black hair commanding a purple dragon to breathe flames, while a happy family looks on and cheers

A Review of Flamecraft, a Game of Adorable Dragons

Blog PostMorgan Carpenter
The fantasy genre has gotten a lot of new boardgames in the last few years. The sudden expansion of the audience of Dungeons and Dragons, the popul...
A cropped illustration from the cover of The Yawning Portal Game. it shows a variety of adventurers at an inn, seated at a long table with different kinds of food laid out between them.

A Review of The Yawning Portal Game

Blog PostMorgan Carpenter
This year, with the previous release of a Dragonlance sourcebook and the upcoming release of the DnD movie (which looks to mainly concern the Sword...
A image of the box art for DnD Clue. It shows a red skinned tiefling in armor, standing in front of a cityscape and next to what looks like a puzzle box of some kind

A Review of Dungeons and Dragons Clue (5th Edition Version, 2019)

Blog PostMorgan Carpenter
It’s almost always fun when Dungeons and Dragons crosses over with other kinds of media. It’s great to see them utilize the story and lore that has...
A photo of the Title of the Clacks Collectors Edition game, with the title in gold and the A in the shape of a Clacks Tower.

GNU: A Review of Clacks, a Board Game of Discworld

boardgamesMorgan Carpenter
If you’re a fan of fantasy novels, then I’m sure you’ve at least heard of Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discword series. It spans dozens of novels, supplem...

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