Which Risk Game Should You Buy? What Each Version Changes
Parker Brothers launched Risk in 1959, and the name now covers boxes that play in very different ways. Some are the classic game with new art or a new map. Others keep the name and…
Board Games for Thanksgiving That Three Generations Can Play
Thanksgiving is the one night of the year when the table holds three generations and nobody came to play a game. That changes what a good game is. The game you love most may not…
Which Exploding Kittens Should You Buy? Start With Who Is at the Table
Exploding Kittens now comes in more boxes than most people expect. This guide covers seven complete games, all with an offer on Amazon when we checked, plus the expansions that need a copy of the…
Do Board Games Make You Smarter? What the Evidence Says
Search for board games and the brain and you will meet the same two numbers over and over. Board games cut your risk of dementia by seventy-four percent. Or by fifteen percent. One hour of…
Which Gloomhaven Box Should You Buy? Start Here, Not There
Gloomhaven is the game people mean when they say a board game changed what they thought board games could be. It is also the game people buy, open once, and leave on a shelf under…
Which CATAN Box Should You Buy? A Guide to the 6th Edition Line
Search Amazon for a CATAN expansion and you will get results. Whether any of them is the thing you were looking for is a different question. The line has a base game, four expansions, a…
Black Friday Board Game Deals: How to Tell a Real One From a Fake
Black Friday is a good time to buy board games. It is also the week when the most people pay full price for something they think is discounted, buy an expansion believing it is a…
Escape Room Games That Actually Work With Two Players
Almost every escape room game on the shelf prints a player count that starts at one and runs to four or six. Almost none of them is built specifically for two, and the difference shows…
Which Hitster Edition Should You Buy? The US Versions Compared
When we checked on October 6, 2026, the publisher's US store listed five Hitster boxes, and none of them is an expansion. Four of them are the same game, each with its own playlist, and…
Ticket to Ride Map Collections: What You Need Before You Buy One
Search Amazon for Ticket to Ride and a lot of what comes back will not play on its own. The Map Collections look like games. They carry the name, the artwork and the same box…