Game Previews – Board Game Quest

Roll Player Adventures: Silver Threads of Fate Preview

James Wolff — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 13:13:18 +0000

Roll Player Adventures is one of the games I point to as being the closest to a role-playing game due to its combination of adventure, narrative, character building, and combat. It’s a game I’ve played quite a bit and always enjoy having played the base campaign one and half times through, and I’m on the […]

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Super Pixel Tactics Preview

Tony Mastrangeli — Thu, 08 May 2025 13:05:36 +0000

11 years ago, I reviewed a fun little battling game called Pixel Tactics. With some great retro inspired graphics, Pixel Tactics went on to have a pretty great run with multiple expansions and even a Mega Man retheme. Fast forward to today, and publisher Level 99 Games has breathed some new life into this game […]

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Malediction Preview

Tony Mastrangeli — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 18:16:55 +0000

Note: This preview uses pre-release components and rules. What you see here may be different from the final, published game. I always have my eye out for unique skirmish games to try out. Over the past year alone I’ve dipped my toes into Cyberpunk Red: Combat Zone, Gaslands (review coming soon), Star Wars Shatterpoint, and Flickfleet […]

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Spooktacular Preview

Tony Mastrangeli — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:08:02 +0000

Note: This preview uses pre-release components and rules. What you see here may be different from the final, published game. While I wouldn’t call them a small publisher anymore as they’ve been putting out quality games for a decade and a half, I feel like Level 99 Games can sometimes fly under the radar. Yet they […]

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Cyberpunk 2077: The Board Game Preview

Tony Mastrangeli — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 15:04:06 +0000

Note: This preview uses pre-release components and rules. What you see here may be different from the final, published game. Despite its rocky launch, Cyberpunk 2077 is one of my favorite video games of all time. I’m not sure where it would fall in my top 10 video games list, but probably somewhere near the top. […]

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Rogue Seas Preview

James Wolff — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:16:42 +0000

Note: This preview uses pre-release components and rules. What you see here may be different from the final, published game. This post was a paid preview, you can find out more information here. The golden age of piracy is a fascinating historical period to me. Popular culture has romanticized these scoundrels into larger-than-life figures sailing the Caribbean and swashbuckling […]

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Hexes of Sygon Preview

Matt Kiser — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:07:06 +0000

Note: This preview uses pre-release components and rules. What you see here may be different from the final, published game. This post was a paid preview, you can find out more information here. When I heard about a preview opportunity for a game about wizards and volcanoes, I jumped at the chance to check it out. But did I […]

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Xenofera: Galactic Market Preview

Brian Winters — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:08:17 +0000

Note: This preview uses pre-release components and rules. What you see here may be different from the final, published game. This post was a paid preview, you can find out more information here. I used to spend spring breaks with my grandfather when I was in grade school and even in his retirement, he always had multiple jobs to […]

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Gnaughty Gnomes and The Six of VIII Preview

Andrew Smith — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 14:08:49 +0000

If you haven’t heard, we are in the thick of a trick taking renaissance. While every few years it feels like there is a new darling type of game I’m especially fond of this one as I grew up playing endless rounds of euchre at the dining room table. But these days we are seeing […]

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The Royal Game of Ur Preview

Tony Mastrangeli — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 15:56:54 +0000

Note: This preview uses pre-release components and rules. What you see here may be different from the final, published game. This post was a paid preview; you can find out more information here. If you had to guess what the oldest known board game is, you’d probably think it was something like Checkers, Go, or maybe Backgammon. […]

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