Emily Parker

I’ve been collecting LEGO Star Wars sets for the better part of a decade, and I can tell you the lineup in is the strongest it has ever been. From the freshly released UCS Death Star with 9,023 pieces to the increasingly rare AT-AT 75313, the best LEGO Star Wars sets for collectors right now … Read more

I have spent more evenings than I care to admit hunched over a table with nobody but a bag of dice and my own thoughts for company. Solo board gaming turned into my favorite way to unwind, and after testing dozens of titles over the past two years, I wanted to share the games that … Read more

If you have ever finished a tabletop session and wanted the story to keep going, the best campaign board games are exactly what you need. We have spent months rolling dice, drawing cards, and arguing about campaign choices with our gaming group to find the titles that genuinely deliver on the promise of a long-term, … Read more

A dice tower is a tabletop gaming accessory that catches dice dropped from the top, tumbles them through internal ramps or baffles, and lands them in a tray at the bottom. After testing 10 different models over three months across D&D sessions, board game nights, and travel gaming, our team found the best dice towers … Read more

I still remember the night Catan changed everything for my friend Jess. She had sworn off board games after years of Monopoly-induced family trauma. Three hours into our first game, she was negotiating sheep trades like a Wall Street broker and asking when we could play again next week. That is the magic of a … Read more

I’ll never forget the night our rogue rolled a natural 1 on a death save with cheap plastic dice that were clearly weighted on one corner. That moment sent me down a rabbit hole looking for the best DnD dice sets — and after testing over 30 sets across three years of weekly campaigns, I … Read more

I have spent the last two months rolling eight different resin dice sets across my dining room table, and my family has decided I have a problem. Turns out, once you start comparing how the light catches a liquid core next to a glitter swirl, plain plastic dice feel like drinking instant coffee after you … Read more

Looking for the best dungeon crawler board games to take your tabletop nights deeper into monster-filled corridors? I have spent the last three years running weekly dungeon crawls with groups ranging from two to six players, testing campaign-heavy giants like Gloomhaven alongside quick 30-minute card diversions like One Deck Dungeon. This guide distills those experiences … Read more

I remember my first real game night beyond Monopoly. Someone pulled out a deck of cards, said three sentences about the rules, and within ten minutes our group was laughing, arguing over trades, and asking when we could play again. That moment showed me why the best board games for beginners work: they teach themselves. … Read more

After our team tested 15+ titles across 23 game nights, we found the best board games for game night that actually deliver on the promise of phone-free fun. We tracked which games produced the most laughter, which ones scaled to different group sizes, and which ones had everyone asking “can we play one more round?” … Read more