A Dad Reviewing Dad Things
Scythe expansions are a must-have if you love the original game. While each expansion adds to the game, it never detracts from the core experience of the gameplay. As it is, I find that Scythe has immense replay value. Even when you play the same faction, the engine-building possibilities provide a unique playstyle each time. … Read more
Exploding Kittens expansions are a great way to crank up the laughs at the games table. If you’re a fan of the base game, expansions like Imploding Kittens add a lot of new content without making the game too complicated. With its broad appeal, I’ve seen this game delight both office parties and kid’s birthdays. … Read more
Getting Magic the Gathering expansions is the best way to expand your deck and change the ways you can play. Expansions like Guilds of Ravnica provide a great starting point to diversify a new player’s deck, while other expansions provide new creatures and mechanics that will freshen up the game for seasoned players. I love … Read more
Choosing Arkham Horror Expansions can be a little more complicated than other board game expansions. Due to the story-based nature of this fun mystery game, expansions like The Dunwich Legacy have a natural progression from the core game. Leaping ahead to a different expansion cycle might leave you feeling lost! Other times, the new mechanics … Read more
Finding the best Dark Souls Board Game expansions to add to your collection will really depend on what you like in the base game. Newer players will appreciate an expansion like Black Dragon Kalameet, which expands on the original and doesn’t add a lot in the way of new mechanics. Other expansions might appeal to … Read more
If you love the base game, adding Catan expansions to your collection is essential. With new resources, hexes, and tokens, the best Catan expansions each offer a fresh update to the standard gameplay. I find that each expansion takes the game in a different direction. Some are more suited for players that like the competitive … Read more
With ten full Carcassonne expansions to choose from, you might not know where to start. Some of the best Carcassonne expansions were the first ones to be released, like Inns & Cathedrals. Over the years I have played through many different ones and found that they each add a different, unique angle to the base … Read more
The most wonderful time of the year! Christmas themed board games are a blessing and a curse. Sometimes leaning into the kitch is exactly what the doctor orders for Christmas. Other times it seems cringy and badly done. I’m going to focus on the well executed and fun christmas themed board games for 2022! Here … Read more
I have 2 kids who are now 7 and 10. A boy and a girl. They love sword fighting. They love lego. They like building things. They LOVE shooting targets with nerf guns. Catapult Wars scratches almost all of those itches in one toy. Both catapults come deconstructred. So you have to build them the … Read more
I play Yogarr with my kids at least once a week. My kids are 6 and 9 and they LOVE it. Not because it’s a yoga work out (it can be!), but because they can easily beat me in this game. The premise of the game is simple. You draw a card and it depicts … Read more