Board Game Reviews

Forbidden Island - with Tom Vasel

Tom Vasel reviews Forbidden Island from Gamewright Games

Highest rating

Tom Vasel

Rating: 7.5

Brian Hoier

Forbidden Island

Published by:

White Goblin Games, uplay.it edizioni, Spilbræt.dk, Schmidt Spiele, Reflexshop, Rebel Sp. z o.o., NeoTroy Games, Lifestyle Boardgames Ltd, Lex Games, Kanga Games, Kaissa Chess & Games, FoxMind Israel, Devir, Competo / Marektoy, Cocktail Games, AURUM, Inc., Arclight, ADC Blackfire Entertainment, Gamewright

Designed by:

Matt Leacock

Year Published:

2010

Recommended Ages:

Board Game Category

Adventure, Fantasy

Players:

2 - 4

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TDT # 174: Top 10 Pick-up and Delivery Games

Dexter and the Chief explore Ubongo, Moritz talks about the history of SPI, and Geoff interviews the artist for his upcoming game. We finish off our recent contests, and compare Castle Panic to Forbidden Island. Our feature of this show is our top ten pick-up and delivery games.

TDT # 170: Top 10 Replacement Games

In this show, we take some time talking about the top ten games that have replaced other games in our collections. Dexter and the Chief talk about Take it Easy, Brad goes over Age of Steam, Tom reviews 10 games in 9 minutes (or something like that), and Moritz talks about the evolution of Lord of the Rings. We review Wits and Wagers: Family, do Conventional wisdom, and talk about some recently played games - including our never ending online game of Stone Age.