James Wolff – Board Game Quest

Smurfs Hidden Village Review

James Wolff — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:57:34 +0000

Games often borrow heavily from each other. The Deckbuilding in Dominion spawned a genre of games. But sometimes you want a little bit more. *In the distance some sing-song La-la-La’s float through the air* *Lost Ruins of Arnak and Dune Imperium enter the chat* But sometimes you don’t want to battle monsters… *Lost Ruins of […]

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Little Alchemists Review

James Wolff — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 13:37:09 +0000

“Why are there three toads and a container of chicken feet in the kitchen?” my ever-so-patient wife asked me the other day. “I’m working on something,” I responded as I walked back into the kitchen carrying a blender and a book with a brown paper cover and “Alchemy” scrawled on the front. “Is that my […]

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Star Wars: Shatterpoint Rebels Expansions Review

James Wolff — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:08:42 +0000

While the Clone Wars cartoon is widely regarded as one of the best Star Wars series ever made, Rebels’ reception was a bit more divided. The show started aimed squarely at younger children compared to its spiritual predecessor, with more cartoony violence and animation style. But, once you get about halfway into the first season, […]

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Joyride: Survival of the Fastest Review

James Wolff — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 14:05:29 +0000

There are several themes that are used to the point of saturation in board games—trading in the Mediterranean, generic fantasy, nature, and post-apocalyptic car racing—to name a few. These themes are popular for various reasons, and they tend to work well. In the case of post-apocalyptic racing games, the Mad Max movies are probably the […]

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Robo Rally Transformers Edition Review

James Wolff — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:06:04 +0000

I remember my family renting a VCR and a VHS of some episodes of the Transformers cartoon show in the 1980’s for a sleepover birthday party when I was 10. That show, and the toys, were some of my favorites when I was in that awkward phase of growing up but still really liking toys, […]

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Chronicles of Light: Darkness Falls Review

James Wolff — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:24:38 +0000

Over its history, Disney has made a lot of hit animated films with some beloved characters. Much like Wreck-it-Ralph 2 and the Princess line, Chronicles of Light, brings four Disney heroines from four different decades of animated films together as crystalized forms of light to battle darkness in this cooperative adventure game for one to […]

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Águeda: City of Umbrellas Review

James Wolff — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 15:59:46 +0000

I love the way tabletop games transport to different places. Many of them are worlds of fantasy full of shining kingdoms, magical creatures, big-stompy robots, or space wizards. Others are based in our world are celebrate something unique about a region. PARKS, as an example, celebrates the beauty of the National Parks in the United […]

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Tower Up Review

James Wolff — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:54:17 +0000

As a kid, I was interested in big machinery and all the activities around a construction site. I was equally enthralled when I first visited New York City at the vast skyline of skyscrapers that were built by those workers depicted in so many iconic photographs. You can imagine how my bubble burst when I […]

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Super Kawaii Pets Review

James Wolff — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:17:31 +0000

My wife always wanted a dog and, while we lived in a small condo, I had joked with her that I was expecting to come home from work one day and find a dog sitting on our couch. Fast forward a few years and she showed me a picture of a dog at a local […]

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Ultimate Tanares Adventures Expansion Review

James Wolff — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 13:08:10 +0000

Tanares Adventures was my favorite games from 2023. Some of my main complaints were that storage and setup were onerous as well as having to juggle multiple books between the adventure, quest, and city phases. Today’s review is a little different than most as it’s looking at the Ultimate Tanares Edition, which is a storage […]

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