Author: travis

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…

May 22, 2024 /

You know that song by The Who titled, “Who Are You”? Doot Doot. Doot Doot. Well I really wanna know. This song plays in my head a LOT. Yeah, it’s a good song, and I am a big fan of The Who in general, but I often wonder this about…

May 8, 2024 /

You have no doubt heard the saying, “You don’t know what you have until it’s gone,” right? A lost love, a great job, heck even that one sweet car you shouldn’t have traded. But of course, “Hindsight is 20/20.” But what’s the opposite of all that? You don’t know what…

April 17, 2024 /

My wife and I LOVE to travel. We used to travel so much before we started having children. We are having them grow up a little before we start jetsetting and cruising with them. I just know they are going to love traveling as much as we have. I mean,…