Board Game Reviews Reference Page

Listing of Board Game Reviews

Here is an alphabetical list of almost all of the board game reviews found on Fun Board Games. I qualify this list as being almost complete because I may have missed one or two, and I may forget to update it once in a while. The omissions should be very few and far between though.

The brief description rarely does the game justice, but it will give you some idea as to what type of game it is. You really need to click through to the game page to get proper knowledge of what is included in each game.

0-9

• 25 Words or Less – Word game for two teams
• 4th Corner – Abstract strategy for 2-8 players

A

• Agricola – Economic farming game for 1-5 players
• Alhambra – Tile placement and city building for 2-6 players
• Amazeing Labyrinth, The – Children’s maze for 2-4 players
• Apples to Apples: Bible Edition – Religious themed party game for 4-10 players
• Aquadukt – Press your luck, tile placement game for 2-4 players
• Arkadia – City building variation for 2-4 players
• Army vs Aliens – Dice rolling for 2
• Asara – Tower building for 2-4 players
• Ascending Empires – Space themed set collection for 2-4 players
• At the Gates of Loyang – Set collection for 1-4 players
• Aton – Abstract area control for 2
• Attika – Tile placement for 2-4 players
• Australia – Area control fo 2-5 players

B

• Backgammon – Abstract strategy with dice for 2
• Bang! – Deduction with cards for 4-7 players
• Basari – Simultaneous action selection for 3 or 4 players
• Bazaar – Set collection for 2-6 players

• Belfort – Worker placement and area control for 2-5 players
• Blokus – Abstract tile placement for 2-4
• Blue Moon City – Area control card game for 2-4 players
• Boggle – Word game for 1-8 players
• Bohnanza – Set collection card game for 2-7 players
• Booby-Trap – Children’s dexterity game for 1-6 players
• Brass – Economic, route building game for 3 or 4
• Bridges of Shangri-La, The – Tile placement and area control for 3 or 4

C

• California – Set collection, tile placement for 2-5 players
• Can’t Stop – Press your luck for 2-4 players
• Canal Mania – Route building for 2-5

• Carcassonne – Tile placement for 2-5
• Carcassonne: The Castle – Tile placement for 2 players
• Castle – Tile (card) placement for 2-5 players
• Caylus – Worker placement for 2-5
• Chess – Classic abstract strategy for 2
• Citadels – Card game with variable player powers for 2-8
• Claim It! – Area control dice game for 2-5
• Clans – Abstract area control for 2-4 players
• Clue – Classic deduction game for 2-6 players
• Colosseum – Bidding for set collection for 3-5 players
• Cribbage – Classic card game for 2-4
• Crokinole – Dexterity game for 2-4 players

D

• Dice Games Properly Explained – Book (not a game) by Reiner Knizia
• Dice Town – Specialty dice rolling game for 2-5
• Die Macher – Political, economic, negotiation game for 3-5 players
• Don Quixote – Tile placement for 1-4 players
• Drive – Set collection card game for 2
• Dungeon Lords – Challenging simultaneous action selection for 2-4

E

• El Grande – Area control for 2-5 players
• Empire Builder – Crayon rail game for 2-6 players

F

• Flaschentuefel – Trick taking card game for 3 or 4
• For Sale – Bidding card game for 3 to 6 players
• Fossil – Set collection of tiles for 2 to 6 players
• Fresco – Simultaneous action selection and set collection for 2 to 4
• Friday – Solo hand management card game

G

• Galaxy Trucker – Space themed, real time tile placement for 2 to 4
• Gemlok – Specialty dice rolling game for 2 to 4 players
• Genesis – Tile placement area control for 2 to 4 players
• Glory to Rome (1) – Hand management card game for 2 to 5

  

• Glory to Rome (2) – Hand management card game for 2 to 5
• Goa – Economic bidding game for 2 to 4 players
• Gobblet – Abstract pattern building for 2

H

• Hacienda – Tile placement and area enclosure for 2 to 5
• Hanging Gardens, The – Tile placement and set collection for 2 to 4
• Hannibal: Rome vs Carthage – Political area control game for 2
• Hare & Tortoise – Racing game for 2 to 6 players
• Hey! That’s My Fish! – Abstract area enclosure for 2 to 4
• Hive – Abstract tile placement for 2

I

• If Wishes Were Fishes – Hand management card game for 2 to 5
• Igel Argern – Racing game for 2 to 6
• Imperial – Area control for 2 to 6
• Ingenious – Abstract tile placement for 2 to 4
• Innovation – Civilization card game for 2 to 4

J

• Jaipur – Set collection card game for 2
• Jambo – Set collection card game for 2
• Java – Tile placement and area control for 2 to 4 players

K

• Kerflip! – Word game for 2 to 4 players
• Key Harvest – Bidding, set collection, tile placement for 2 to 4
• King Me! – Bluffing and deduction for 3 to 6 players

• King of Tokyo (1) – Dice game for 2 to 6 players
• King of Tokyo (2)- Dice game for 2 to 6 players
• Kingsburg – Worker placement using dice for 2 to 5 players
• Knights of Charlemagne – Set collection for 2 to 4

L

• Le Havre – Economic worker placement for 1 to 5
• Lost Cities – Set collection card game for 2

M

• Macao – Strategy dice game for 2 to 4
• Mage Knight: Board Game – Co-operative (with 2 or more) exploration for 1 to 4
• Mago Magino – Children’s racing game for 2 to 5
• Maha Yodha – War card game for 2
• Masons – Hand management for 2 to 4 players
• Metro – Tile placement for 2 to 6 players
• Meuterer – Hand management card game for 3 or 4
• micropul – Tile placement for 2
• Monkeys on the Moon – Bidding game for 2 to 4 players
• Monopoly – Classic economic negotiation game for 2 to 8
• Mouse Trap – Children’s race game for 2 to 4
• Mr. Jack in New York – Deduction for 2
• Mu and More – Partnership, trick taking card games for 2 to 8
• Mystery Express – Murder mystery deduction for 3 to 5
• Mystery of the Abbey – Murder mystery deduction for 3 to 6

N

• Name Burst – Trivia game for 3 to 10
• Navegador – Economic exploration game for 2 to 5
• Neuroshima Hex! – Tile placement fighting game for 2 to 4
• Non-Trivia Pursuit – Trivia for 2 to 8 players
• Notre Dame – Card drafting, area control game for 2 to 5

O

• Odin’s Ravens – Hand management racing game for 2
• Onirim – Solo hand management card game
• Ora et Labora – Economic set collection for 1 to 4 players

P

• Pass the Trash – Children’s racing game for 2 to 4
• Pillars of the Earth – Worker placement for 2 to 4
• Pit – Party, set collection card game for 3 to 8 players
• Pop the Pig – Children’s press your luck game for 2 to 4
• Power Grid – Economic area control for 2 to 6

• Puerto Rico (1) – Economic, variable phase order for 2 to 5
• Puerto Rico (2) – Economic, variable phase order for 2 to 5

Q

• Quarriors! – Specialty dice game for 2 to 4
• Question of Scruples, A – Bluffing, party game to 4 to 12
• Quiddler – Word card game for 2 to 8
• Qwirkle – Tile placement, pattern building for 2 to 4

R

• Ra – Press your luck bidding for 2 to 5
• Race for the Galaxy – Simultaneous action selection card game for 2 to 4
• Randomonium – Party word game for 2 or more
• Red Herring – Children’s racing game for 2 to 4
• Relationship Tightrope – Trick taking card game for 3 to 5
• Reverse Charades – Party deduction game for 6 or more
• Risk – Classic area control for 2 to 6
• Roll Through the Ages – Specialty dice civilization game for 1 to 4

• Rum & Pirates – Tile collection for 2 to 5 players
• Rumis – Abstract area enclosure for 2 to 4

S

• Saint Petersburg – Economic set collection card game for 2 to 4
• Samurai – Abstract area control for 2 to 4
• San Juan – Economic, variable phase order card game for 2 to 4
• Scotland Yard – Deduction game for 3 to 6
• Scrabble – Classic word game for 2 to 4
• Scripts and Scribes – Bidding card game for 2 to 4

• Scrutineyes – Memory party game for 2 to 8 players
• Seeland – Area control for 2 to 4
• Sentinels of the Multiverse – Co-operative card game for 1 to 5 players
• Sequence – Abstract strategy card game for 2 to 12 players
• Set – Abstract set collection for or more
• Settlers of Catan, The – Economic area control for 3 or 4
• Shadows Over Camelot – Co-operative adventure game for 3 to 7 players
• Shuttles – Abstract racing game for 2
• Small World – Area control for 2 to 5
• Snake Pit – Tile placement for 2 to 4
• Sneaks & Snitches – Bluffing and set collection for 2 to 5
• Space Checkers – Abstract strategy for 2 to 4
• Stadium Checkers – Abstract racing marble game for 2 to 4
• Steam – Economic, route building, train game for 3 to 5
• Suburbia – Economic tile placement for 1 to 4
• Sunken City – Pick-up and deliver exploration game for 2 to 4
• Synonyms – Party word game for 2 to 8 players

T

• Take It Easy! – Tile placement puzzle game for 1 to 8
• Takenoko – Set collection for 2 to 4
• That’s Life! – Racing game for 2 to 6 players
• Through the Desert – Abstract area control for 2 to 5
• Thurn & Taxis – Set collection for 2 to 4
• Tichu – Partnership trick taking card game for 4
• Ticket to Ride – Route building train game for 2 to 5
• Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries – Route building train game for 2 or 3

• Tigris & Euphrates (1) – Tile placement area control game for 2 to 4
• Tigris & Euphrates (2) – Tile placement area control game for 2 to 4
• Tikal – Area control exploration game for 2 to 4
• Timbuktu – Deduction game for 3 to 5
• Torres – Area control and enclosure for 2 to 4
• Trajan – Set collection with mancala mechanism for 2 to 4
• Trollhalla – Worker placement and set collection for 2 to 4
• Trumpet – Trick taking card game for 2 to 6
• Twiddler: Double Dilemma – Solo deduction puzzle
• Twilight Struggle – Historical area control for 2
• Tzolk’in, The Mayan Calendar – Economic worker placement for 2 to 4

U

• Up Front – War game for 2 or 3
• Uptown – Area control and set collection for 2 to 5
• Upwords – Word game for 2 to 4

V

• Vagabondo – Abstract area control for 2 to 6
• Vasco da Gama – Worker placement for 2 to 4

W

• War of the Ring – Area control adventure game for 2 to 4
• Winner’s Circle – Racing game for w to 6 players
• Wordsearch (old) – Word game for 2 to 4
• Wordsearch (new) – Word game for 2 to 4
• WordSpot – Word game for 2
• WYPS – Word game for 2

X

• XiangQi – Abstract strategy for 2

Y

• Yggdrasil – Co-operative for 1 to 6 players
• YINSH – Abstract strategy for 2
• Yspahan – Area control dice game for 2 to 4

Z

• ZERTZ – Abstract strategy for 2