I had the opportunity this year to go to GenCon for the first time ever! It was an amazing experience, and I cannot wait to go back again next year! In my time with Purple Phoenix Games, I have made connections with several publishers, including Grand Gamers Guild. So when…
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The next game in the Holiday Hijinks series is here! It’s crazy to think that Grand Gamers Guild has now put out SEVEN of these neat little games. The newest holiday to get its turn is Thanksgiving – can you and the rest of the farm animals make your escape…
King Zarmund, the powerful ruler of the empire in which you live, is not happy. And when the King isn’t happy, nobody is! So what’s got him down? He thinks his capital city is lame. He wants a city that is extravagant, mighty, and impressive to be his seat of…
I have recently suffered from hobby overload and had lost interest in playing and reviewing many games. It is regrettable, but also hopefully understandable and forgivable. That said, when Evan reached out to me from Evan’s Games about his new Kickstarter project asking for reviews, I was reluctant to agree…
Having been in the board game world for several years now, I see the same themes for games used over and over again. Not saying there’s anything wrong with that, but it happens. So when I come across a game with a unique theme that I’ve never seen before, I…
As you know, we at Purple Phoenix Games are big fans of the Valeria-verse from Daily Magic Games. So imagine how hard I fangirled when they reached out to us, asking if we would be interested in previewing their newest game in the Valeria family. Once I was able to…
Irreducible Games made their way into our world about a year ago when they brought the card game Full Sun to our table. That game gave us a unique twist on trick-taking, with a neat theme as well. So when they reached out to us again to preview their newest…
When it comes to games, there are several things that draw me in. For starters, artwork. If a game has artwork that immediately draws me in, I am sold. And obviously, theme of a game is a major element as well. So when Grand Gamers Guild reached out to me…
According to Merriam-Webster, the word ‘hangry’ means irritable or angry because of hunger. And I’ll be the first to admit that I get hangry quite easily. And my patience can wear pretty pretty thin when I am hangry. So I can absolutely relate to Gurth the Odious in this new…
As January comes to an end, it’s the perfect time to break out the latest game in the Holiday Hijinks series from Grand Gamers Guild – The Groundhog Gambit! Yes, they are bringing us yet another 18-card escape room game just in time for the not-as-popular holiday, Groundhog’s Day. This…
As I’ve gotten older, one thing that I have really become a fan of are podcasts. I listen to quite a few now, but the first one I ever listened to was The Adventure Zone. Travis turned me on to this actual-play DnD podcast and I was hooked from episode…
I absolutely love it when designers and publishers contact me about reviewing their work. Yes, it provides a sense of accomplishment that a little group of reviewers who spend very little money on this endeavor can be recognized enough for their efforts for someone to seek out, but also because…
I live in Tennessee now, but I did not always. I used to live in Illinois. I have never been to London, nor any part of the United Kingdom. I was hoping that I would still be able to enjoy a game based on the Underground metro that runs beneath…
Y’all ever play Clue/Cluedo? What about Guess Who? Well combine those and you’ve got yourself a really crappy version of Museum Suspects. So not exactly a direct mashup, but Museum Suspects has very familiar feelings and mechanics to those mentioned above. However, Museum Suspects takes the best parts of those…