Wavelength is an elite party game. It features energetic team play, interesting discussion, and a monolithic plastic dial that generates a random position along a spectrum. All of these contribute to its success. I was intrigued when I heard that publisher CMYK was issuing a diminutive card-based version of this game. I wondered how it…
My family consists of my wife, my 10-year-old daughter, my 16-year-old son, and my 19-year-old son—and my mother-in-law joins in when she’s around, too. Finding a game that everyone across those wide age gaps and varying board game experience can play and genuinely enjoy is always a challenge. Usually, the most effective hits are easy […]
Every year, Allplay seems to dig up the most random games for their Gen Con releases. They are tiny boxes that sell for $9, and yet they are also some of our most talked-about games at the convention. Fellow BGQ reviewer Brand already gave his thoughts on Stonk Market (which I absolutely love), but today […]
Wer kennt es nicht: Ein bestimmter Song läuft im Radio oder auf einer Party, und sofort schießen Erinnerungen im Kopf hoch – doch in welchem Jahr kam der Hit eigentlich heraus? Mit PLAY – The Music Party Game bringt Kosmos
“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the things you can think up if you only try.” Party games often get short shrift. But it’s a difficult genre for innovative work. The majority of titles in this category are word games springing off the popularity of Codenames, or selection and…