Author: travis

September 20, 2025 /

I recently reviewed a zombie game and gave a stat that at the time of writing there were over 1,500 zombie games listed on BoardGameGeek. Well I wondered how many games featured vampires there as well, so when I searched, BGG has officially 333 vampire games. That’s crazy. Vampires are…

August 29, 2025 /

How do you feel when you see a game box with a bunch of icons proving its worth by winning certain design competitions? What about if it has simply one icon? What if that icon is the Dice Tower Essentials? I know Tom and crew at the Dice Tower have…

August 2, 2025 /

It’s weird, I know, but I have never seen any of the “Planet of the Apes” movies. Not the old ones. Not the new ones. I have seen bits and pieces, but not the whole movie. Laura asked me if this game is like those movies and I replied, “Kinda…”…

June 28, 2025 /

Tell me that box cover doesn’t look straight out of some weird 1940s kids’ book. At first I was a bit too weirded out to even consider playing this one. It’s creepy. But so many reviewers loved it, so I recently bit the bullet and gave it a shot. It’s…

June 22, 2025 /

You know how some people just HAVE to be time travelers? I’m pretty sure that Jacob Fryxelius is a time traveler. Maybe not a full-on Doctor Who, but to publish a game dealing with a virus that takes over the world two years before the outbreak of COVID-19 is really…

June 7, 2025 /

You may be able to ascertain from my last name, Lopez, that I am at least some part Hispanic. In fact, I am half Mexican and half most of Europe, with 1% African (which I believe most people share). My Mexican heritage hails from Guanajuato, Mexico, and this location has…

May 28, 2025 /

That’s cool box art, isn’t it? For a game about building buildings, I expect to see some awesome buildings on the box. I am both shamed and embarrassed that it has taken me close to year to get this game reviewed, but I am hoping to invoke the, “Better late…

May 27, 2025 /

As of today’s writing (March 31, 2025) there are currently 1,535 games on BoardGameGeek themed with zombies. The highest ranked game is in at 238 with 12 games in the top 1,000 of all games (of which there are currently 28,194 total titles). All that to say that perhaps we…

May 10, 2025 /

I’m big on series. I prefer a TV series to a movie because it allows characters to be better fleshed out, and conflicts to be better developed. I suppose that love has translated into my board game tastes as well because I originally reviewed the OG Horrified as a Solo…

May 2, 2025 /

So many of us nerds (and maybe even normies) have a very special place in our hearts for The Lord of the Rings. Be it the books, the movies, or simply just the lore and characters. Personally, when I see something that has The Lord of the Rings emblazoned upon…

April 18, 2025 /

You know how you’re just chillin’ at home with your pet sabretooth tiger and then all of a sudden your neighbor decides he wants to boast about the village that he is way more religious than you? Isn’t that just a bummer? Oh, and get this: he also thinks he…

March 28, 2025 /

I have never been a cat person. You will probably never see me with a cat, holding a cat, nor ever owning a cat. I just have only ever really liked one cat, and he has recently passed (RIP Miles). So I have to admit that when I heard that…

March 14, 2025 /

I will say what I’m sure every one of you are saying right now: There’s a surplus of sloths? Where? How do I get one then?? And if there IS a surplus, why does it cost $6,000 or more to buy one online? If you had a pet sloth, what…

October 17, 2024 /

I have mentioned on several occasions that Sherlock Holmes remains a mainstay of subjects of which I may never tire. Even when considering roles played by actors in recent iterations, I have enjoyed each’s take on the character (with Benedict Cumberbatch being my favorite of the lot). I had seen…

June 26, 2024 /

Have you ever loved something SOOOO much and thought that it could never be improved? Like when you were going hard on Mountain Dew until you tried the infinitely superior Mountain Dew Code Red. Just think back to the time its cherry-flavored goodness touched your tongue and sent shivers of…