Bartenders, grab your shakers, strainers, jiggers, and spoons! It’s close to last call and there’s still a line of patrons needing their drinks! Will it be a classic Gin Rickey or something with a modern twist like a Watermelon Mojito? Only time will tell but be prepared for your skills to be tested. One thing…
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ArchRavels: Taking Arts & Crafts To The Next Level!
It’s time to get crafty with ArchRavels from XYZ Game Labs! In this 2-4 player board game, players will take on the role of a crafter. There are four types of crafters in the game: yarn spinners, crafty shoppers, master crafters, and color specialists. These crafters will compete against one another to craft sweaters, mittens,…
Herbaceous Sprouts: A Green Thumbs Up
Spring has sprung! The weather is getting warmer, the garden is sprouting and producing, and the birds are making their presence known all around us here at The Cardboard Cantina. In honor of this newly arrived season, we are playing Herbaceous Sprouts from Pencil First Games. As they set about the task of planting a…
Breathtaking Design With Every Play of Canvas
Canvas is the newest game from Road To Infamy Games (a.k.a. R2i Games) in which players will be competing at an art festival to create works of art based on specific criteria. This 1-5 player card game was designed by Jeffrey Chin and Andrew Nerger. They’ve also brought forth such titles as Cosmocracy, Afternova, and,…
An Encore Performance of Big Easy Busking
Disclaimer: This review is both a modified version and an expanded upon revisit to a Kickstarter preview I originally wrote for The Geek Girl Project titled “Big Easy Busking: A Nightly Battle of the Bands.” It has been edited to include new photographs of the finished product, my thoughts after owning it for several years…
Why Settle for Traditional Dumplings On Chinese New Year When You Can Enjoy Crazy (Or Geeky) Ones?
Though it has only been a little over a month since we welcomed 2021 with the solar calendar, it is time to begin the year 4719 on the lunar calendar this weekend with the 15-day long Spring Festival known as Chinese/Lunar New Year! Festivities will begin on February 12th and run until February 26th. As…