Kingdomino Welcome back to Wooden Shoe Game Reviews, this week we take a look at the hot new title Kingdomino which recently won Spiel des Jahres 2017. Kingdomino is a fast placed mashup of kingdom building and dominos for 2-4 players ages 8 and up. In the game you take on the role of a… Continue reading Wooden Shoe Game Reviews: Kingdomino
Forbidden Island Forbidden Island is a cooperative game for 1-4 players age 10+ by Gamewright Games. In the game you and your team must work to explore the island, finding all 4 of its treasures and escaping. Sounds easy right? Not so much, each turn the players flip over ‘flood’ cards which cause the island… Continue reading Wooden Shoe Game Reviews: Forbidden Island
Flashlights & Fireflies Welcome to the exciting game of firefly powered flashlight freeze tag! Players hide in the woods then charge up their flashlights with fireflies they have caught and attempt to find each other. If you remain un-frozen you get to sneak a little closer to the finish each turn eventually (hopefully) winning the… Continue reading Wooden Shoe Game Reviews: Flashlights & Fireflies
Go Away Monster! Go Away Monster! The game where little kids get rid of the monsters for good. Is a game from Gamewright Games 1 to 4 players ages 3+. In the game each player takes a game board with blank spaces for the following items to go: a bed, a teddy bear, a lamp,… Continue reading Wooden Shoe Game Reviews: Go Away Monster!
Wooden Shoe Reviews presents The Good Dinosaur: Roarin’ River Game now with 100% more Nod. The Good Dinosaur Roarin’ River Play as Arlo and his friends in this cooperative game where you race the oncoming rapids to reach the end in time. The game is an easy game made for ages 4 and up with… Continue reading Wooden Shoe Reviews: The Good Dinosaur Roarin’ River Game
Battlesheep Battle Sheep is a modular game where players battle for control over pastures by moving stacks of sheep across the board in an attempt to block their opponents while avoiding getting blocked in themselves. Players begin with 16 sheep and a stack of 4 identical pasture tiles which will be used to build the… Continue reading Wooden Shoe Reviews: Battle Sheep
In Magic Labyrinth the players play as magician’s apprentices racing to be the first to collect 5 magic symbols on an open board seems easy enough right? Until you run into an invisible wall that is. Each of the pawns is connected to a metal ball bearing under the board via a magnet in its… Continue reading Wooden Shoe Reviews: The Magic Labyrinth
You’re sitting there at home minding your own business when all of a sudden you smell smoke. A fire has broken out in the kitchen and is quickly spreading through the house threatening you, your friends, your pets, and your game room where you left that game of checkers half finished! Today we look at… Continue reading Wooden Shoe Reviews: Flash Point: Fire Rescue
Ticket To Ride: First Journey is a ‘kids’ version of the classic Days of Wonder game Ticket To Ride. The game is a simplified version of the USA map which keeps the main idea of the original game while streamlining it enough to be playable by younger gamers. The Game plays 2-4 players ages 6… Continue reading Wooden Shoe Reviews: Ticket To Ride First Journey
By popular demand Wynken and Blynken of the Wooden Shoe team have asked to take a whack at game reviews. To start things off we are taking a look at King of Tokyo, the quick thinking dice game that has risen in popularity around the house. The game is easy enough for the younger members… Continue reading Wooden Shoe Reviews: King of Tokyo
