Foundations of Rome 1 Play If there was one perfect word to describe Foundations of Rome, that word just might be audacious. Many of us hobbyists are used to…
Art Robbery 3 Plays I’m both amused and baffled by Reiner Knizia’s spicy new card game, Art Robbery. Amused because its a delightful game of double-layered thievery—a group of art…
Caesar!: Sieze Rome in 20 Minutes! 3 Plays I finally got my hands on the first of my Most Anticipated Games of 2022. The moment I heard that Caesar was…
Mille Fiori 2 Plays Mille Fiori, a relatively abstract game of glass manufacturing and trade, is the next combotastic, point-salady Euro to come from the good Dr. Knizia. It’s as…
Scout 2 Plays Scout is an interesting mix of Bohnanza’s locked hand of cards and a ladder-climbing mechanism similar to Tichu. The new version comes at us from publisher Oink…
Radlands 2 Plays Back when Radlands launched on Kickstarter, I had already determined that Roxley’s other popular dueling game, Dice Throne, wasn’t for me. To be frank, dueling games aren’t…
Rorschach 2 Plays It’s a tale as old as time. Party game gives one person at a time the spotlight. This chosen one must stretch their mind to connect a…
Treasure Island: Captain Silver — Revenge Island 1 Play I finally got to try the new expansion to one of my favorite refreshingly unique designs, Treasure Island, and it didn’t…
Summoner Wars (Second Edition) 1 Play Summoner Wars honestly reminds me a whole lot of Unmatched, and to a lesser extent, Dice Throne. I realize that the original Summoner Wars…
My latest first impressions of new board game releases span from ambitious epics to Knizian comebacks... Let's jump right into it! Disclosure: Bitewing Games is publisher of Reiner Knizia (and…
