All for One Games – Board Game Reviews & News https://allforonegames.com/ Thu, 31 Oct 2024 21:07:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Espionage À La Carte: A War Story Review https://allforonegames.com/espionage-a-la-carte-a-war-story-review/ https://allforonegames.com/espionage-a-la-carte-a-war-story-review/#respond Thu, 31 Oct 2024 21:07:24 +0000 https://allforonegames.com/?p=1923 **Very minor spoiler pic for the first encounter map of the game in this review. This image is also in the rulebook.** David Thompson and I are extremely close. I can say this confidently because one time, he commented on a review I wrote. Instinctively, I knew that meant we were aligned on all essential […]

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]]> https://allforonegames.com/espionage-a-la-carte-a-war-story-review/feed/ 0 A Day At The Beach With Extra Carcinogens- A Salton Sea Review https://allforonegames.com/a-day-at-the-beach-with-extra-carcinogens-a-salton-sea-review/ https://allforonegames.com/a-day-at-the-beach-with-extra-carcinogens-a-salton-sea-review/#respond Tue, 22 Oct 2024 22:35:53 +0000 https://allforonegames.com/?p=1919 Counter to my high expectations and best intentions, this game and I didn’t really connect. The best I can say is it was okay. I think it was Heavy Cardboard that said reviewing this game depends on how well you’ve figured it out, which makes it a true puzzle. And as you can see from […]

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]]> https://allforonegames.com/a-day-at-the-beach-with-extra-carcinogens-a-salton-sea-review/feed/ 0 Chaos in the Outback – An AuZtralia Review https://allforonegames.com/chaos-in-the-outback-an-auztralia-review/ https://allforonegames.com/chaos-in-the-outback-an-auztralia-review/#respond Fri, 18 Oct 2024 19:59:29 +0000 https://allforonegames.com/?p=1910 If you’ve been around board games for a while, you’ll know that there are a few themes that pop up regularly. You might be sick of games about Cthulhu, or building railroads, or zombies, or farming.  But have you ever played a game that’s about building railroads and farms AND fighting Cthulhu and zombies?! AuZtralia […]

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]]> https://allforonegames.com/chaos-in-the-outback-an-auztralia-review/feed/ 0 The Presidential Seal for Two Player Tug-of-War Games – A Watergate Review https://allforonegames.com/the-presidential-seal-for-two-player-tug-of-war-games-watergate-review/ https://allforonegames.com/the-presidential-seal-for-two-player-tug-of-war-games-watergate-review/#respond Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:50:09 +0000 https://allforonegames.com/?p=1875 When I was a kid, at the end of the school year we would have a grade-wide event called field day where each classroom would play games and win prizes. It was great! Definitely core memories of my elementary school years. I was a shy, quiet kid that wasn’t super athletic but one of my favorite events for field day was the tug-of-war. I don’t know why but there’s just something primal about pitting two groups of 8 year olds against each other. As if it’s just one or two small steps away from a total Lord of the Flies situation.

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]]> https://allforonegames.com/the-presidential-seal-for-two-player-tug-of-war-games-watergate-review/feed/ 0 The Punk Rock Wargame – A Land and Freedom Review https://allforonegames.com/the-punk-rock-wargame-land-and-freedom-review/ https://allforonegames.com/the-punk-rock-wargame-land-and-freedom-review/#respond Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:40:57 +0000 https://allforonegames.com/?p=1871 I am so sick of rules. I don’t mean that in a punk rock sort of way, though I did spend my entire teenage years playing in punk bands. No, I just mean that games just have too many rules most of the time. Sure, some games can get away with having 40 page rulebooks if they are mostly filled with pictures and examples. But in the wargaming niche of board games, 40 page rulebooks generally mean 8 point font, single spaced, dry legalese writing and these are the rules I’m sick of.

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]]> https://allforonegames.com/the-punk-rock-wargame-land-and-freedom-review/feed/ 0 Yeehawing and Wrangling All the Way to NYC – A Great Western Trail Review https://allforonegames.com/yeehawing-and-wrangling-all-the-way-to-nyc-great-western-trail-review/ https://allforonegames.com/yeehawing-and-wrangling-all-the-way-to-nyc-great-western-trail-review/#respond Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:11:24 +0000 https://allforonegames.com/?p=1868 When I moved west to Colorado over 11 years ago, I knew I’d be living the cowboy dream. I traded in all my shoes for boots, my ball caps for Stetsons, bought a lasso, and started calling everyone ‘partner’. Well, not really. I moved to Boulder, which in terms of the Great West, is closer to seeing a poster of the Marlboro man while returning a Patagonia jacket to the mall.

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]]> https://allforonegames.com/yeehawing-and-wrangling-all-the-way-to-nyc-great-western-trail-review/feed/ 0 It’s Not Personal, It’s Paranormal – A Harrow County Review https://allforonegames.com/its-not-personal-its-paranormal-harrow-county-review/ https://allforonegames.com/its-not-personal-its-paranormal-harrow-county-review/#respond Thu, 10 Oct 2024 01:06:48 +0000 https://allforonegames.com/?p=1859 The idea that beauty and horror can co-exist peacefully is something that never would have occurred to me. But Jay Cormier and Shad Miller are all for subverting expectations, it would seem.  Harrow County came to me at a time in my board game life where I had been on a spree of seemingly endless […]

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]]> https://allforonegames.com/its-not-personal-its-paranormal-harrow-county-review/feed/ 0 My Devir Journey Continues- A Lacrimosa Review https://allforonegames.com/my-devir-journey-continues-a-lacrimosa-review/ https://allforonegames.com/my-devir-journey-continues-a-lacrimosa-review/#respond Thu, 12 Sep 2024 14:43:18 +0000 https://allforonegames.com/?p=1849 The first question confronting any prospective buyer of Lacrimosa is, “In a world with a liberated Britney Spears, is Mozart really relevant?” Let’s face it, who’s going to take the time to type in “Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart” (yeah, you heard me right) into Spotify? And you’ll never crack a million views on Tiktok […]

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]]> https://allforonegames.com/my-devir-journey-continues-a-lacrimosa-review/feed/ 0 God of Rock, Thank You For This Chance To Kick Ass- A Rock Hard 1977 Review https://allforonegames.com/god-of-rock-thank-you-for-this-chance-to-kick-ass-a-rock-hard-1977-review/ https://allforonegames.com/god-of-rock-thank-you-for-this-chance-to-kick-ass-a-rock-hard-1977-review/#respond Thu, 12 Sep 2024 14:40:11 +0000 https://allforonegames.com/?p=1845 Rock Hard: 1977 is Devir’s latest big box game, designed by Jackie Fox, bass player of The Runaways back in the 70’s. Uncultured swine of the 90’s that I am, I wasn’t familiar with The Runaways but I did recognize their hit song Cherry Bomb from a number of different movies and TV shows. It’s […]

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]]> https://allforonegames.com/god-of-rock-thank-you-for-this-chance-to-kick-ass-a-rock-hard-1977-review/feed/ 0 Is There Anyone On Board That Knows How To Fly A Plane? – A Sky Team Review https://allforonegames.com/is-there-anyone-on-board-that-knows-how-to-fly-a-plane-a-sky-team-review/ https://allforonegames.com/is-there-anyone-on-board-that-knows-how-to-fly-a-plane-a-sky-team-review/#comments Thu, 12 Sep 2024 14:36:32 +0000 https://allforonegames.com/?p=1840 Wow, what a game Sky Team is. I’m normally a pretty calm, cool, collected person so it takes a good push to get my pulse racing. This is handy for my medical background but, based on the adrenaline coursing through my body during just the base scenario, Sky Team has made it abundantly clear to […]

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