Licensed Board Games: 6 That Are Good Games First
Search for the board game of almost any franchise you love and you will get twelve results. Half are expansions that need a box you do not own. Two are out of print. One is…
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6 Best Solo Board Games for a Quiet Afternoon, Sorted by What You Play Against
This is the best possible time to play a board game, and it is the time almost nobody writes about. Board game advice assumes a table with people around it. The afternoon where you want…
5 Halloween Party Games for Large Groups, Ranked by What They Fix
Ten people are standing in your kitchen. Two of them have never played a board game in their lives, three are holding drinks, and somebody has to decide what happens next. This is not the…
4 Best Board Games for 4-Year-Olds, and What to Do When They Lose
Four is often the age where a board game finally works properly. The rules stick, the turns come round, and nobody eats the pieces. It is also the first age where the game can end…
6 Legacy and Campaign Board Games for Couples, and Whether the Box Survives
There is a wall most couples who play together hit somewhere around the third month. You own five or six games. You like them. You have also played them enough that you both know the…
X-Men Board Games: Four Complete Boxes, and Where to Find Wolverine
Search for an X-Men board game and most of what comes back is not a board game. It is an expansion. Search the phrase and the results fill up with hero packs, team packs and…
5 Best Board Games for 2-Year-Olds That Are Actually Rated for 2+
Search for board games for 2-year-olds and the same two titles come back on almost every list: Snail's Pace Race and Get Up for Pup. Both are good games. Both are also rated 3 and…
4 Best Cooperative Board Games for Couples (And the One Problem Nobody Mentions)
The advice is usually the same. Play something cooperative. Nobody loses to the other person, nobody sulks, everyone wins together. That advice is half right, and the half that is missing is the half that…
5 Best EXIT Games to Start With, Ranked by Difficulty
There are dozens of EXIT boxes. They are the same size, and on a shelf they look interchangeable. They are not. Picking the wrong one as your first is a quick way to decide you…
5 Best Marvel Board Games to Play Before Avengers: Doomsday
Avengers: Doomsday arrives in theaters on December 18, 2026, and Marvel has just shifted the marketing into a higher gear. A new trailer premiered at Disney's D23 event in August, introduced on stage by Robert…