At times Hanabi can be a little on the easy side but it is worthy of winning the 2013 Spiel Des Jahres as it combines simple gameplay with a surprising amount of strategy to create a truly original experience.
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Scotland Yard is not a perfect game but it deserves a lot of credit for its’ originality in creating a fun unique experience that many games later tried to implement.
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5-Minute Dungeon Curses! Foiled Again! takes the already excellent gameplay of the original and adds in some intriguing twists to make the game more challenging.
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While it is debatable whether Black Stories should even be considered a game, it is a surprisingly enjoyable deduction experience.
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The Oregon Trail Card Game can be brutal to players and relies heavily on luck but is still a solid card game based on a nostalgic video game.
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While Naturally Disastrous has some interesting ideas, its’ brutal difficulty could turn off some people.
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While I wasn’t expecting much, Break the Safe was a surprisingly solid roll and move co-op experience.
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While not quite as good as its’ predecessor Pandemic, Forbidden Island is still a great introductory cooperative board game.
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