There are times that you just know fate has a hand in things. Like I swear fate pushed the toy/game industry on me. There’s no way I would have pursued it on my own, and yet due to some events beyond my control here I am writing game reviews while taking a break from game inventing!
From the sound of it, the game In A Pickle ended up being invented as a result from a little push by fate too. As told by one of the inventors, Colleen McCarthy-Evans, this is …
I know it’s my first review since Toy Fair and you’re all dying to hear about something new and exciting, but I have to have some time to play the games! So instead I’m doing a “throwback” review of my favorite old game – backgammon! So why a review a game that predates modern civilization? Because I’m guessing far more than half of my readers have never played it (and it’s got some cool history!)
Like I said, backgammon is old. Some estimate that it’s has been around close to 5000 …
After a long flight with a little hangover and a medical emergency on board that caused the paramedics to meet my plane at the gate, I’m back from 107th American International Toy Fair and it was a great time! Toy Fair has really changed over the past 10 years with the Toy Building closing and the development of Dallas Fall Toy Preview but it’s still an important event on any game inventor’s calendar!
In its current state Toy Fair is a mix of large companies with small (if any) booths, medium …
There is just something about the look of Blue Orange games that I love. Previously I reviewed Gobblet Gobblers (see here) and I got quite a bit of good feedback on that one. It’s cute, fun to play and easy to learn – three things that they were able to successfully replicate in their game ChickyBoom! Though unlike Gobblet Gobblers, ChickyBoom is a game is really a kid’s game – not an all-ages game in kid’s clothing. But for the children in your life this one is going to be …
On the very edge of the Chicago suburbs, right at the last exit that divides the bustling commuters from the nothingness that spans to westward to the Rockford oasis there is a Cabela’s store. It outfits hikers, hunters and other people looking to venture away from the city. This weekend I made the trek from Chicago proper to this oversized log cabin to return an ill-fitting Christmas gift. As I wandered through the maze of camo and fishing gear, I spotted a game I knew, Find It. It’s a charmingly …
A while back I wrote an article about taking games with you when you travel (see here) and Nate Scheidler, Organizer of Chicago Boardgames Meetup Group, said that he packs a game called Pickomino. Well, at the time I’d never played Pickomino and although I’d heard of it, I hadn’t heard anything about it. This is really the reason I started The Game Aisle; I know how hard it is to decide which game to purchase when all you’ve got to go on is the box art. So when a …
