Chinese New Year 2024: The Year of the ME!

Mom and Dad handed me a strange red envelope today. It had a dragon on it, and I thought, “It has no stamp and I know it’s not my birthday yet… what’s this??” I observed with avid interest as Mom helped me open the envelope. Inside was a golden coin, which made little sense to…

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…

Two Foxes In The City: A Real World Adventure

When was the last time you went exploring? Really and truly exploring – with plans of discovery, even? For most people, the simple answer to that is “not for a while.” Roland Auer’s Two Foxes In The City aims to change that. This game takes two players on a real-time, real-world, whimsical jaunt through the…

Delving Further Into The World of Dungeon Drop

We’ve plunged into the depths of Dungeon Drop quite a few times since we did a Kickstarter preview back in 2019 — before The Cardboard Cantina even existed! Now, thanks to the newest expansion from Phase Shift Games, we are returning to the dungeon. In addition to several new game modes, designer Scott R. Smith…

The Race Is On to Surpass Pesky Undead Pets in The Pet Cemetery

After an unfortunate accident, Professor Esker has fallen into a downward spiral of despair and madness as she tries to raise her poor tabby from the grave. To stop her, 2-6 players will race each other to the abandoned crypt at the end of the pet cemetery to try to enact a citizen’s arrest on…