Eric Mortensen

Before playing Pyramids, I didn’t have much for expectations. The game didn’t look bad but it didn’t look to be anything special either. Pyramids actually surprised me quite a bit.

Handy, or as I like to call it the game of Twister for fingers is a unique game. Handy can be fun in the right environments but lacks lasting power.

Yahoo Buckaroo! is a children’s game at heart. Despite some issues though, Yahoo Buckaroo! can be enjoyable for adults as well in short doses.

Did you know that the comedian Rodney Dangerfield had his own board game? Until I ran into the game at a local thrift shop, I didn’t. With a title like No Respect you wouldn’t expect much out of the game and due to a heavy reliance on luck No Respect fails to be anything more than mediocre.

When I was a child I remember loving to play the game Pizza Party. After many years, I decided to try the game again. Unfortunately Pizza Party has aged poorly.

Do you love UNO? Does the idea of a machine shooting cards at you sound interesting? Then Card Attack may be for you. Just don’t expect a highly original experience.

As a child I vaguely remember playing the game of Avalanche. After recently finding a copy of the game, I decided to try the game once again. After giving the game a try, I would say that Avalanche is a very solid but unspectacular game.

Acrobats a children’s game created back in 1986, has its’ fans. Some people grew up playing the game and have fond memories of it. I never played the game as a child and as an adult I have to say that Acrobats is not a very good game especially for adults.

Plext is the game of few words. The object of Plext is to use all 14 letter dice in the fewest words as possible. While I wouldn’t consider myself to be a big fan of word games, I did have some fun playing Plext.

Dizzy Spell is a game that tries to combine the mechanics of a word game with a memory game. Unfortunately neither mechanic really pays off.