Welcome to GAME SOUL

Board games: fuel for the soul. Second only to chicken soup. Described by some as time-powered fun machines, and by others as brain-eating tile monsters. Perhaps many descriptors come to mind when you think of board games: comforting, cooperative, competitive, exciting, terrifying, strategic, fun. But if you think boring, I'll bet you just haven't played the right ones yet.

Never fear, I've got you covered. Join me as I risk my sanity, relationships, and hours to deliver the hottest game recommendations fresh off the shelves. As someone who has played countless board games, from murder mysteries and races to factories and RPGs, and been to the second biggest gaming convention in the world for four years counting, I can assure you: whether you're into competition or construction, exploration or destruction, there's something out there that will satisfy the box-shaped hole in your heart.

Eight weeks, eight games. The best and brightest of my living room collection. Be warned: here, 'board games' doesn't just mean "Sorry" and "Monopoly". Anything that comes in a box, from sinking islands to haunted caves, from cards and dice to tokens and tiles, risks being subjected to the praises and criticisms of GAME SOUL.

Stay tuned.

Marlow Tracy