Oliver Freudenreich

A detailed look at the rules for how to play Blink a 1995 family speed card game published by Mattel and Out of the Box Publishing.

A detailed look at the rules for how to play The Mind a 2018 cooperative card game published by Pandasaurus Games.

A detailed look at the rules for how to play Take A Number AKA X Nimmt! a 2016 card game designed by Wolfgang Kramer and Reinhard Staupe.

The Game (2015) is arguably the game with the dumbest title that I have ever played that likely won’t appeal to everyone, but hidden beneath the surface is a surprisingly deep and satisfying game.

Silver & Gold may be a little simple for some hardcore gamers, but I see a game that crafts a unique mechanic into a fun and quick game that the whole family can enjoy.

Qwixx may share a lot in common with your traditional dice rolling game, but it improves upon Yahtzee and other similar games to become one of my favorite games from the genre.

Sherlock ends up relying on a lot of traditional memory game mechanics but does a good job tweaking them in order to make one of the better memory games that I have played.

While Voodoo Mania is a fun speed recognition game, it fails to really distinguish itself from most other speed games.

Tutti Frutti is a fun speed game that unfortunately gets boring after a while.