Lanterns: The Harvest Festival is a fun game for the whole family that finds the right balance between accessibility and strategy that unfortunately relies a little too much on luck.
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Blokus doesn’t quite live up to its reputation, but it is still a good abstract game that is simple enough for the whole family to enjoy.
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The Legend of Landlock’s cute theme and simple gameplay will appeal to younger families but the game might be a little too simple and relies on too much luck for older audiences.
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While Kingdomino may have taken inspiration from the game Dominoes, it finds a way to improve upon it in every way to create one of the best board games from 2016.
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While Wooly Bully might not be as strategic as Carcassonne, it is a more accessible and unique take on the tile laying genre.
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While there are a couple issues, Hoyuk does a great job blending an easy to learn game with enough strategy to keep the game interesting.
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While there is nothing significantly wrong with Domingo, due to a lack of strategy and a high reliance on luck the game is just plain boring.
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While there is a little too much luck in the game, New York 1901 is a great example of a game not having to be difficult to be fun.
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Turning UNO into a tile laying game adds some interesting mechanics but adds just as many issues.
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While I don’t agree with all of the game’s rules and it relies too much on luck, I still think Sumology is a good combination of Scrabble and a math game.
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