Games Overboard

We’ve all played the game “Mousetrap” at some point in our lives.  For me it was one of those games my friends had, but my parents never bought for me and my brothers. A good thing too as, if I remember, we always had the problem that the darn thing never really lived up to [...]

I’m sure most of you have played Dungeons & Dragons, and if you haven’t played then you’ve heard of the classic game.  (If you haven’t heard of it, then welcome to our planet.  Sorry for the mess, we weren’t expecting you.) Dungeon Lords, from creator Vlaada Chvatil, flips the age old game on its head. [...]

There are several sites out there that will allow you to play board games online.  I’ve even covered a version of Carcassonne I found online way back when.  But what if you want to play Tichu, Puerto Rico, or Pandemic? Well, thanks to Brian, I’ve found BretSpielWelt.  A German site that has versions of all [...]

Recently our good friend Mike at Tasty Minstrel Games sent us review copies of Terra Prime and Homesteaders.  So first of all, thanks Mike, you rock, and we hope you have a few more games in the pipeline to expand on your collection. We played both games, and we’ll be throwing a review of Homesteaders [...]

I’m a big fan of the TED conference and the talks that come out of it.  Today I was catching up on some of the more recent ones and this video struck a particular chord that I thought should be shared with the community here. I think it’s important that we take whatever strides we [...]