Yo ho, yo ho, it’s a new pirate game for me! We love pirate games here at the Cardboard Cantina and have picked up quite a few because of it. Coming across one that has a unique take on the genre is, for us anyway, much like finding buried treasure – and Seabound is one…
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Tuned: What We Imagine It Would Be Like If The Animals Actually Made It To Bremen
Inspired by the “Bremen Town Musicians,” Tuned is a 2-player board game recently published by ThunderGryph Games as part of the “Made In Wonderland” collection. For those unfamiliar with the Brothers Grimm tale, it follows four aging animals (a donkey, dog, cat, and rooster) who decide to run away and retire. Their goal is to…
Tang Garden is a Visual and Mechanical Masterpiece
Known as a golden age for Chinese arts and culture, the T’ang Dynasty brought about many magnificent advancements for China. During this time, literature blossomed and became more accessible to the masses with new technologies; rigid policies from previous dynasties were relaxed or abolished entirely; crucial advancements in medicine were developed and practiced; and many…
USPS: The Great American Mail Race – A Game That Really Delivered
USPS: The Great American Mail Race puts players in the driver’s seat of many different modes of transportation used by the United States Postal Service throughout history and today; some of which may surprise you! We’ve all heard of the Pony Express, but did you know mail has even been delivered by rocket or that…
Baking, Crafting, And Blacksmithing Dragons Soar The Shops In Flamecraft
Manny Vega, the designer of the Sparkle Kitty series of games, has paired up with Cardboard Alchemy to take 1-5 players on a journey through a magical marketplace filled with sights, smells, and even dragons! These aren’t your typical “gather a horde and capture a damsel” dragons, however. They are smaller and friendlier than their…
CMON Brings Scooby & The Gang To The Table With A New Board Game
Jinkies monsters are terrorizing the town! By taking on the roles of the Mystery Inc. members, players of CMON‘s Scooby Doo: The Board Game will travel to familiar locations, collect resources, and build traps to capture iconic villains from the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon. Designers Fred Perret and Guilherme Goulart have paired up with illustrator Hannah…