Which technology cards offer you the biggest advantages? When is the right time to spread your clan on the game board? Which hunting areas will grant the most food?

Very nice Euro with a lot of interlocking auction mechanisms.

Players take on the roles of Nessie sleuths and attempt to snap photos of the elusive beast.

My least favorite games tend to be mid-weight eurogames. They frequently seem to be stuck in an awkward middle ground, lacking the conciseness of the lightweight eurogames, the sheer ambition and magnitude of the heavyweight eurogames, and the excitement and immersion of thematic and conflict simulation games.

Methodical card drafting game that will take some practice to get used to. I think Race for the Galaxy fans may take to this one.

Easy auction filler.

The southern French city of Carcassonne is famous for its unique Roman and Medieval fortifications.

You will bring civilization to these people, uniting them under your banner.

Samurai is an exercise in purity.

Build your routes throughout the Bavarian countryside !

Buy your tiles, place your workers, and keep the garbage down!

What would you do with a million dollars.

The Original Deck Building Game!

Friday is a good man helping a stranger in strange circumstances.

In his last will, your rich uncle stated that all of his millions will go to the nephew who can enjoy money the most.

“Hey you, you talking to me?”

Supply cities with power and make that money!

Ever since caveman days, when he discovered that being faster meant that he not only had a better chance of catching dinner but more likely not to become dinner, we have been obsessed with speed so it’s no surprise that race games are a popular genre.

The master peers down on his domain high upon his ancient walls.

On any given day you could make millions in the stock market. All you need is sufficient starter capital and enough intuition to know when a stock will go a lot lower than its normal value for the buy.

As conflicts spread, galactic prestige becomes all-important, both to extract concessions and to fend off attackers.

In the deepest parts of space there is a race going on through one of the deadliest asteroid belts in the Universe. Your skill of flying through a field of heavenly bodies will be the only thing that will keep you alive!

To brew a good drink will make you rich in heart, and to share it with others will just plain make you rich!

Become the most influential Cubano on your small tropical Paradise!

Albion was designed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede (of Carcassonne fame) and published by Rio Grand Games. Albion is a simple to play resource management game for 2-4 players set in ancient Great Brittan (which was called Albion before the Romans arrived). The players take the role of Roman envoys that are competing for the favor of the emperor by constructing and developing the most impressive settlements on the island while at the same time protecting those settlements from the increasingly restless native Picts.

Well let us get the obvious white elephant out of the room. The game has the wrong name for the American sensibility. As I sat down to start to play, I felt like I was living a lie. Every-part of my little American mind was screaming this is pie.

On top of providing our own brand of video reviews, we’ve decided to also produce concise audio / video board game tutorials that focus on providing the bare essentials necessary for bringing a new player up to speed.

The hope is that not only will we be able to teach your chums how to play your favorite game in under 3 minutes, but we’ll also be able to supplement a basic understanding of the play incorporated in the games that we review.