http://www.thegameaisle.com Board, Card and Dice Game Reviews Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:23:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.thegameaisle.com/in-a-pickle/ 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 ... http://www.thegameaisle.com/backgammon/ 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 ... http://www.thegameaisle.com/2010-toy-fair/ 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 ... http://www.thegameaisle.com/chickyboom/ 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 ... http://www.thegameaisle.com/find-it/ 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 ... http://www.thegameaisle.com/pickomino/ Ever have one of those Christmases where someone gives you something you don’t want – like a terrible cold?  That was my Christmas this year.  I spend a chunk of time on my couch trying to get into the holiday spirit but really I just kept the tissue companies in ... http://www.thegameaisle.com/rush-hour/ I’ve decided that my holiday gift to you – the readers of The Game Aisle – should not be another “Top Games” list (sorry, maybe next year) but instead a list of games to help you make it through the holidays! Here we go… Problem: FAMILY You would trade all of your ... http://www.thegameaisle.com/holidays-2009/ I can’t believe I’m writing an article about holiday themed games, but I am.  Here’s why: I was shopping yesterday and I saw all sorts of people buying ugly holiday pins and overly sparkly Christmas sweaters.  So if people insist on buying Christmas-themed products, I want to show them what ... http://www.thegameaisle.com/holiday-themed-games/ When you have a hallway full of games there are often ones that you know you like but they just never get pulled out and played.  I really have no idea why this happens but I think it’s like certain movies.  You love them but you need to be in ... http://www.thegameaisle.com/tribond/