All for One Games – Board Game Reviews & News https://allforonegames.com/ Thu, 09 Jan 2025 03:32:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 A Love Letter to Board Gamers With Commitment Issues- A Legacy of Yu Review https://allforonegames.com/a-love-letter-to-board-gamers-with-commitment-issues-a-legacy-of-yu-review/ https://allforonegames.com/a-love-letter-to-board-gamers-with-commitment-issues-a-legacy-of-yu-review/#respond Thu, 09 Jan 2025 02:54:27 +0000 https://allforonegames.com/?p=1989 There’s a myth, whispered among the board game elite, about mystical creatures who can commit to and actually finish campaign games. They gather a perfect group of four, meet three times a week, and power through a 75-scenario epic like it’s no big deal. Meanwhile the rest of us have shelves groaning under the weight […]

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]]> https://allforonegames.com/a-love-letter-to-board-gamers-with-commitment-issues-a-legacy-of-yu-review/feed/ 0 Deal Me In For Some Nostalgia – A Rummathon Royale Review https://allforonegames.com/deal-me-in-for-some-nostalgia-a-rummathon-royale-review/ https://allforonegames.com/deal-me-in-for-some-nostalgia-a-rummathon-royale-review/#respond Fri, 20 Dec 2024 02:43:27 +0000 https://allforonegames.com/?p=1981 Rummathon Royale is a new game but is built on the tried-and-true foundations of classic Rummy variants, with some updates. Almost like a Rummy, Uno, Phase 10 hybrid with some additional gameplay elements to make it special.

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]]> https://allforonegames.com/deal-me-in-for-some-nostalgia-a-rummathon-royale-review/feed/ 0 Grimoire Than You Bargained For – An In the Ashes Review https://allforonegames.com/grimoire-than-you-bargained-for-in-the-ashes-review/ https://allforonegames.com/grimoire-than-you-bargained-for-in-the-ashes-review/#respond Thu, 19 Dec 2024 05:28:00 +0000 https://allforonegames.com/?p=1970 Life is funny sometimes- you’re just minding your own business, drifting through the mundane, when BAM! Greatness sucker punches you out of nowhere. That’s precisely what happened when I stumbled across In The Ashes by Pablo Aguilera. On the surface, it looks like another D&D-inspired TTRPG, and you’d be forgiven for walking on by. But […]

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]]> https://allforonegames.com/grimoire-than-you-bargained-for-in-the-ashes-review/feed/ 0 The Plot Thickens, But The Box Stays Thin – A Noir Review https://allforonegames.com/the-plot-thickens-but-the-box-stays-thin-noir-review/ https://allforonegames.com/the-plot-thickens-but-the-box-stays-thin-noir-review/#respond Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:55:31 +0000 https://allforonegames.com/?p=1967 Noir has been an unexpected gem for us. In a world where every other box is crammed with minis the size of small dogs, Noir offers something a little more rare: fun mechanics that get straight to the point. Level 99 Games has been dusting off some of their classics lately, and Noir proves that […]

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]]> https://allforonegames.com/the-plot-thickens-but-the-box-stays-thin-noir-review/feed/ 0 Your Hubris Is Showing- A Sellswords: Olympus Review https://allforonegames.com/your-hubris-is-showing-a-sellswords-olympus-review/ https://allforonegames.com/your-hubris-is-showing-a-sellswords-olympus-review/#respond Sat, 14 Dec 2024 04:03:10 +0000 https://allforonegames.com/?p=1959 What’s better than building an empire? Tearing down someone else’s, of course! Sellswords: Olympus distills the essence of tactical games into a fast, chaotic clash of strategy and spite. Equal parts clever, cutthroat, and hilarious, it’s perfect for a light, yet competitive showdown. The game is wonderfully simple: draft a lineup of mythological Greek characters, […]

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]]> https://allforonegames.com/your-hubris-is-showing-a-sellswords-olympus-review/feed/ 0 I Hear the Train a Comin’ – A Switch & Signal Review https://allforonegames.com/i-hear-the-train-a-comin-a-switch-signal-review/ https://allforonegames.com/i-hear-the-train-a-comin-a-switch-signal-review/#respond Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:41:43 +0000 https://allforonegames.com/?p=1952 I think trains are neat but I’m not the type of guy to stand by a railway and yell when one comes chugging by. I also think train games are neat too but I’ve never really played an 18XX game. To me, there is something wayward and almost mystical about trains even though they are just a mode of transportation that is on a rail. Switch & Signal is a train game but not a train game if that makes any sense.

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]]> https://allforonegames.com/i-hear-the-train-a-comin-a-switch-signal-review/feed/ 0 Monet Well Spent: A Modern Art Review https://allforonegames.com/monet-well-spent/ https://allforonegames.com/monet-well-spent/#comments Tue, 10 Dec 2024 20:19:59 +0000 https://allforonegames.com/?p=1943 Reiner Knizia’s Modern Art is less a board game and more the Platonic Ideal of what a board game should aspire to be. It is the game that caused me to stop the practice, begun in my feckless youth, of never giving a 10/10 rating, no matter how good a game is. This is the […]

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]]> https://allforonegames.com/monet-well-spent/feed/ 4 Lost In The Dark Woods: An Inferno Review https://allforonegames.com/lost-in-the-dark-woods-an-inferno-review/ https://allforonegames.com/lost-in-the-dark-woods-an-inferno-review/#comments Tue, 10 Dec 2024 20:17:47 +0000 https://allforonegames.com/?p=1934 The first part of this review is a brief summary of Dante’s Inferno, the source material of the game. If you’re here purely for the board gamer critique, skip down a little bit to see my impressions of the game. But beware- you’re missing out on some juicy 14th century drama. What I knew about […]

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]]> https://allforonegames.com/lost-in-the-dark-woods-an-inferno-review/feed/ 1 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/#comments 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/ 4 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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