Preview Policy

Prices of Kickstarter previews are now as follows:

1. A physical prototype of the game to be previewed should be provided. We will accept a print-and-play prototypes, if mailed directly to us. Unless worked out previously, prototypes will not be returned.
2. Written previews — $75 paid via Paypal invoice.

3. Video previews — $150 paid via Paypal invoice.

Review Policy

Most products sent to us for review are either provided free of charge by the publisher / designer or purchased by us. There will be a clause at the bottom of each post to indicate which. This does not cloud our opinions on the products in any way, shape, or form. We will always be honest.

Other services

1. Unboxing videos
2. Photography packages
3. Advertising packages
4. Promotion packages

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Guests Abi and Adam come together with hosts Aaron and Beth Klaser to impress their King and maintain their noble status. Will players remain virtuous, or be found in the company of thieves and black marketeers? Find out in this play-through of Architects of the West Kingdom by Shem Phillips, Garphill Games, and Renegade Games. Tabletop games are super fun, but learning the rules can be down right complicated. Aaron Klaser explains the game mechanics in an easy to follow way, so you can get the game to your table today!

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Hosts Aaron and Beth Klaser go head to head in this two player game that can be played 100% inside the box. Find out in this play-through of Tiny Ninja by Ryan Leiniger and 2niverse Games.

Tabletop games are super fun, but learning the rules can be down right complicated. Aaron Klaser explains the game mechanics in an easy to follow way, so you can get the game to your table today!

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Tiny Ninjas — How to Play and Review was originally published in Hacked Tabletop on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

By Grand Gamers Guild, Daryl Chow and Daniel Rocchi

Europa, Jupiter’s moon. Deep beneath the crust, the oceans are teeming with alien sea life. Shellfish, plants, corals, arthropods, even strange fish and larger sea creatures populate a wide-ranging interconnected web of hidden seas. Volcanism is rampant, warming the mineral-rich waters and creating excellent conditions for energy-harvesting.

Our Rating: 8.5
BoardGameGeek Rating: 8.3
MSRP: $
Players: 1–4
Play Time: 60–75 mins
Age: 13+

“DID YOU SEE THIS ARTWORK?….I can’t wait to get the final copy to the table.. this is a MUST HAVE in any collection..”

Mechanics:

Dice Rolling
Set Collection
Worker Placement

Object:

The object of the game is for players to tactfully roll and place dice to assist with harvesting energy, minerals, bid on buildings, and go on expeditions to earn rewards. The player with the strongest colony wins!

Contents:

1 game board, 4 player mats, 44 building tiles, 15 expedition cards, 10 event cards, 75 Colonist markers (Pioneers, Engineers, Marines, and Stewards), 35 Expedition badges, 35 Toolkit tokens, 60 Mineral tokens, 60 Energy tokens, 20 player dice, 4 resource dice, 1 phase marker, 1 event marker, 8 player markers, and 1 rulebook.

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By Biplane Games and Dan Kramer

Filibuster is a semi-cooperative game for 3–5 players acting as Senators in the minority party in the United States Senate. The Senate Majority is trying to pass a series of wacky policies and it is up to the players to prevent them from passing using the Filibuster. Players elect a leader among the group to enact the Filibuster, using any crazy means necessary to stall the vote and prevent the policy from passing. Meanwhile, the other players act behind the scenes to support the leader through passing actions or assisting in other ways, gaining their own influence along the way.

Our Rating: 7.5
BoardGameGeek Rating: — —
MSRP: $
Players: 3–5
Play Time: 30–45 mins
Age: 10+

Mechanics:

Cooperative play
Hand management
Press your luck
Trading
Voting

Object:

The object of the game is for players to successfully block 4 out of 7 policies from being enacted and to be sure to gain the most influence during the game in order to be deemed the winner.

Contents:

109 cards, a game mat, 69 punchboard influence tokens, 2 punchboard voting tokens, 1 punchboard difficulty tracking token, 3 wooden cubes and the official Filibuster game rules and instructions.

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By Laboratory H and Jeff Horger

Dark Domains is a competitive game for 2–5 players who vie to accumulate the most favor from the Necromancer. Players accumulate this favor through evil tokens. Evil tokens are accrued by playing buildings, monsters, spells, and henchmen. In order to gain these tokens players have to gain wealth and purchase resources. However, the Necromancer does not care for gold or trinkets, as the player with the highest number of evil tokens is deemed the winner.

BoardGameGeek Rating: — —
MSRP: $
Players: 2–5

Mechanics:

Worker Placement
Set Collection

Gameplay

In Dark Domains each player takes on the role of a city leader attempting to expand the frontier of Harrows into the hinterland. Unbeknownst to the powers in Harrows some of those leaders, namely the players, are secretly evil to the core and in the thrall of the Necromancer. Once away from the bustling city and the oversight of the courts, these overlords create domains that outwardly appear to be beacons of light and hope. Eventually however, their true colors will come through and those upstanding pillars of the community will retreat to their lairs as the masquerade ends and their lands begin to decay into wastelands overrun by foul monsters and nefarious henchmen.

But all is not peaches and cream in the lands of darkness. Harrows is home to the famous Torin Company and its never-ending supply of heroes and adventurers. Once the word reaches Harrows that darkness is afoot in the Domains, it is only a matter of time before these nosy adventurers begin to seek out the dens of horror to stop the evil.

Our Review

Our Rating: 7.5

Dark Domains reminds me of Champions of Midgard or Lords of Waterdeep but, deeper…. much deeper. I popped the lid off the game and had a slight panic. There were so many pieces and cards inside the box. Dark Domains is a worker placement with a little bit of set collection thrown in. The goal is to be the most evil, as the most evil player wins the game. The copy we received was a prototype copy…don’t count it out though. It was one of the best prototype copies we have received to date. The rulebook was neatly typed up and placed in a nice spiral bound type book. It was typed up with what seemed to be Microsoft Word which made the layout a little wonky. And, there seemed to be a lack of photos which would provide components and game play examples — but all things that can be corrected. I watched a gameplay video by EverythingBoardGames. This video was extremely beneficial when it came to sorting the various cards out for play. I can’t wait to see the upgrades they make to this game — check it out on Kickstarter.

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Congratulations!

Shout out! We want to congratulate our friends, Silver Gaming Company. Their game, Goblin Grapple, has been funded! It still has a month left but, has raised $9,860 with 321 backers so far. If you haven’t backed yet — Check it out, here. You still have time.

Goblin Grapple is a suspenseful 2–4 player strategy card game. In Goblin Grapple, the goblin clans are at war, and your goal is to unite the clans by proving your strength in battle. The game is extremely family and kid-friendly, as well as being a great filler game for more serious gamers between heavier games.

In case you missed it — check out our review!

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The Short Story: Like It.

Sojourn is a single player game about time travel. The player travels from destination to destination trying to find time disc fragments in order to find a path home.Throughout the course of the game the player opens up destination portals to different places in time while trying to retrieve time sphere fragments in order to build a machine that will allow him to go home.The player does have more than random chance on his side however, the player can choose to play time stream cards that allows them to manipulate the flow of time. As players move around from destination to destination they must place their player marker from destination in order to keep track of where they are in time.

BoardGameGeek Rating: — —
MSRP: $ 24.99
Players: 1
Ages: 12+
Playtime: 15–30 Min
Publishers: Wyvern Gaming
Designers: Philip Loyer
Year: 2018

Concept

Become a time traveler who opens portals to different times and places to try and retriever time sphere fragements in order to build a time machine to get back to his home.

Quality

The cards are a great quality. The destination cards are a little on the tall side.

Artwork

The art for this game is stimulating and pleasing. Each image shows an accurate dipiction from historical events.

Difficulty

This game is not difficult. It can be learned in ten minutes or less.

Replayability

— High

Our Review

Our rating: 7

Sojourn was created by Philip Loyer and published by Wyvern Gaming. It is a solo game that takes roughly 10–20 minutes to play through. Sojourn is probably hands down one of the best protoype game we’ve received to date, very high quality. I’ve played four times. Aaron has played five times. I have lost every single time. The cards are a great quality. The art accurately portrays an event in our history such as Vietnam War, September 11th, Challenger explosion, and Independence Day. The only suggestion I had for the designer was to, if possible, make the portal cards the same size as the Timestream cards. The portal cards are a little on the taller side and once stacked horizontally to the rules they take up a decent amount of space. The dates on the cards are important, so staggering them on top of each other would not work. — We hacked that rule a tad and placed our portals to the left and the right as we jumped through the portals. Overall, I would suggest this to our readers who enjoy solo player games or think they might want to give a solo game a try. Coming soon to Kickstarter!

But what does it all mean? Find out how we review the games we play!

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Dream Catchers is a cooperative casual game for 2 to 4 players. Players are dream catchers who visits children in their sleep to collect sweet dreams and remove nightmares to help them sleep tight for the night.

BoardGameGeek Rating: 7.3
MSRP: $ — —
Players: 2–4
Ages: 13+
Playtime: 25–35 Min
Publishers: Play Nations Studio
Designers: Gabriel Leow
Year: 2017

Why we are Excited

Dream Catchers was created by Play Nation Studio out of Singapore. It is available in five different lauguages. Dream Catchers caught my attention from the very beginning. It’s a family friendly, cooperative, game for 2–4 players. The art is bright and whimisical. The goal is to sweet dreams before daybreak and send the character, Samanatha, to blissful sleep. Players want to make sure nightmares and monsters don’t wake her in tears! Check it out on Kickstarter!

Kickstarter | Singapore | Dream Catchers Game

In the Box

6 Dream catcher character cards, 8 Monster cards, 32 Dream deck tiles, 33 Power cards, 5 Bedroom tiles, 6 Weakness counters, 1 Sweet dream token, 1 Timer token, 1 Nightmare token, 1 Glitter dice,

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Congratulations!

Shout out! We want to congratulate our friends MountainTop Games. Their game, The Primary, has been funded! It still has 22 hours left but, has raised $15,241 with 310 backers. If you haven’t backed yet — Check it out, here. There is still time!

Congratulations on your candidacy in The Primary! Outwit your opponents during a presidential primary election by traveling the country, hosting rallies and fundraisers, advertising, and gaining the favor of powerful Super PACs. Regions across the country will vote during the eleven rounds of the game and you will have to predict your opponents’ strategies in order to earn the most delegates and win the game! Good luck, candidates!

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