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Review: The Classic Dungeon »

The Big Picture: The Classic Dungeon is a board game with a simple premise: venture into a dungeon, kill the monsters, take their treasure, and escape. The game is based on a D&D style fantasy theme, and the players take the role of adventurers. But unlike in D&D, where the adventurers work together, in this […]

Review: Incan Gold »

The Big Picture: Incan Gold is a light push-your-luck game with an Indiana Jones-esque theme that is suitable as a nice filler for serious gamers and as a mainstay for family gamers. Essentially, you and the other players search through ancient Incan ruins for treasure, trying to avoid all manner of traps and dangers […]

Jurassic Park 3 Island Survival Game: A Review »

The Big Picture: Jurrasic Park 3 Island Survival Game is a board game produced by Hasbro based on the movie of the same name. Many board games based off of movies tend to be poorly designed, with the intent to sell copies based off of the title and not from theĀ  game-play. Hence, many board […]

40k: A New Direction? »

As the latest rumors would have it, Games Workshop is apparently taking a new direction in overall product design and marketing strategy. Thanks to The Bolter and Chainsword for this interesting post (who, I should mention, originally took it from Dakka Dakka). New Direction of Games Workshop

A lot of what is said in the post […]

Tie One On: A Review »

The Big Picture: Tie One On (by Parker Brothers) is a word guessing game not unlike Taboo or 25 Words Or Less in which the reader has to get their partner to guess the words or phrases written on his/her card, without actually saying the words. Now I know what you’re thinking: “Oh […]

Axis & Allies Revised Edition: A Review »

It’s like the old Axis & Allies…only better! A new map, new units, and new victory conditions give this old classic a much needed, and much appreciated, face-lift. What you get is a game with more strategic options, increased tactical flexibility, and better balance. Axis & Allies Revised Edition is the fourth edition […]