Critical Gamers' Board Game Roundup June 2010

There has been a ton of news this month, but if we were to sum it up with one word it would be: Carcassonne for the iPhone. Sure that's not one word, but we don't care -- the game is something spectacular.

For one the game is highly polished. It oozes awesometown. Sure, it's still just Carcassonne at its essence. The key here is how its so accessible. We're able to play so many games online with friends at our own pace, anywhere, any time, or with randomly matched strangers in some competitive sit down ranked matches. It's so easily accessible that its become more than just playing, it's become like a study of Chess. Akin to what GamesByEmail did for Axis & Allies in letting us flush out the bad strategies, and hone the good ones into some slick moves.

Here's the rest of the True News

Board Games

• Risk: Factions Quick Look on Giant Bomb
• Ticket to Ride Nordic Countries Slated for Mass Market
• A First Look at Battles of Napoleon
• Days of Wonder iPad Give Away
• Civilization 5 Preview Debuts at E3
• Carcassonne Makes it to the iPhone, iPad to Follow
• A Preview of Battles of Westeros' Scenarios

Card Games

• Thunderstone's Wrath of Elements Expansion in July
• Smiley Face Family Card Game Announced
• Critical Gamers' Board Game Roundup May 2010

Collectable Card Games

• WoW TCG Wrathgate Expansion Hits Shelves

Gaming News

• Dixit Wins Germany's Game of the Year
• Ticket to Ride Nordic Countries Slated for Mass Market
• Thunderstone's Wrath of Elements Expansion in July
• A First Look at Battles of Napoleon
• Days of Wonder iPad Give Away
• Civilization 5 Preview Debuts at E3
• Smiley Face Family Card Game Announced
• Carcassonne Makes it to the iPhone, iPad to Follow
• Downtime Town Reviews Dixit, A Party Game
• A Preview of Battles of Westeros' Scenarios
• WoW TCG Wrathgate Expansion Hits Shelves

Party Games

• Dixit Wins Germany's Game of the Year
• Downtime Town Reviews Dixit, A Party Game

Variants

• Risk: Factions Quick Look on Giant Bomb

iPad

• Carcassonne Makes it to the iPhone, iPad to Follow

iPhone

• Carcassonne Makes it to the iPhone, iPad to Follow

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