Strategy

Downtown Farmers Market is a fun tile placement game for the whole family that has some interesting decisions that make the game deeper than you might first think.

River Dragons can be a little too cutthroat at times, but the game deserves credit for an original idea that the whole family can enjoy.

The Game of Squares is a solid abstract game that is both easy to play and yet has a decent amount of hidden strategy, but it doesn’t really justify being made into a physical board game.

Minecraft Builders & Biomes is not perfect, but it does a surprisingly good job adapting Minecraft for the world of board games.

Wonder Woman: Challenge of the Amazons does a good job utilizing the Wonder Woman theme to create a compelling and challenging cooperative game that fans of the genre should really enjoy.

Photosynthesis: Under the Moonlight is what you should expect out of an expansion as it adds some interesting new mechanics to the game without interfering with what made the original so enjoyable in the first place.

Photosynthesis is arguably the best blend between a theme and gameplay that I have ever seen which leads to an original and really fun experience that is a delight to play.

Abalone is a solid abstract strategy game that is simple enough for the whole family to enjoy which unfortunately has a potentially fatal flaw that has to be addressed in order to truly enjoy the game.

Blokus 3D may be part of the Blokus franchise and share some things in common with other games in the franchise, but by adding the third dimension it creates its own unique game that fans of abstract strategy games should enjoy.

Domination has some interesting and clever ideas that were before their time, but due to some issues the game can become boring after a while.