Marcus E. Burchers – Board Game Quest

Top 10 Star Trek Board Games

Marcus E. Burchers — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:15:13 +0000

Some intellectual properties really suffer for a lack of good board games. Fans of Transformers, G.I. Joe, and others have often been starved of good board games for their favorite franchises (at least until recently). One that has not had that problem, however, is Star Trek. It has a long and varied history with board […]

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Star Trek: Away Missions The Original Series Expansions Review

Marcus E. Burchers — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 16:17:12 +0000

Here we are, back again with more Star Trek: Away Missions expansions. This time, what is old is new. The Original Series (TOS) gets its first representation in this game in the form of two expansions covering the entire TOS cast: Captain Kirk and Commander Scotty expansions. Naturally, they included Picard in the game first, […]

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Star Trek: Away Missions Wave 2 Expansions Review

Marcus E. Burchers — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 14:23:44 +0000

It feels like just a couple of months ago that I was hearing about this new miniatures game called Star Trek: Away Missions, and now there is already a new wave of expansions for it. I think it felt like that, because it was and now there is. I had some pretty good things to […]

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Wild: Serengeti Review

Marcus E. Burchers — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 14:19:26 +0000

The Venn diagram of nature-lovers and board game players must have a substantial amount of overlap, based on the last couple of years in board games. There have been a lot of titles featuring animals or zoos in the last couple of years alone. I recently looked at the cooperative Miller Zoo, which has resulted […]

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Star Trek: Discovery – Black Alert Review

Marcus E. Burchers — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 12:55:05 +0000

As a Star Trek fan, there’s no better time to be alive than right now (or the 90s). This second renaissance in Star Trek shows has given us plenty to enjoy. Unless you are looking for board games based on the new shows, that is! Since Star Trek: Discovery first aired in 2017, there have […]

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Robotech: Reconstruction Review

Marcus E. Burchers — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 09:31:19 +0000

It isn’t a secret that I like checking out licensed games. Back before they were popular (and were honestly pretty terrible), I always liked giving them a look. Even after losing the time from my life that I can never get back from playing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Heroes in a Halfshell Card Game, […]

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Star Trek: Away Missions Review

Marcus E. Burchers — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 13:07:09 +0000

Board games, the final frontier. These are the voyages of me, trying Star Trek board games. Boldly going where many have gone before. I’ve tried many Star Trek games over the years… to mixed results. There’s been Star Trek: The Next Generation Game of the Galaxies (no, I still am not sure how to play […]

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Miller Zoo Review

Marcus E. Burchers — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 13:04:13 +0000

In recent years, animal-loving board game fans have had the good fortune of many new, good games featuring our beloved wildlife. There are the big names, of course, like Ark Nova, but there have been a lot of lesser-known options that are worth a look as well for the animal lover, such as Wild: Serengeti […]

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Royal Bastards Review

Marcus E. Burchers — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:08:03 +0000

Being upfront, Royal Bastards is a game that I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what I thought of it. When reviewing games, often I get a feel for what I think right away, but this one has been different. It is political satire against a fantasy backdrop, which seemed like it […]

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Ahoy Review

Marcus E. Burchers — Tue, 30 May 2023 13:14:08 +0000

Avast, ye scallywags! Things be lookin’ fishy on the Seven Seas… The Mollusk Union are tryin’ ta make the Bluefin Squadron walk the plank! Shiver me timbers! It’s the Smugglers with a STEEL CHAIR! Ahem, sorry, I’m not sure where that came from… Since first playing Vast several years ago, I’ve been intrigued by asymmetric […]

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