Board To Death

Hey kids! Are you ready to shill out for the government? Think you've got what it takes to kill innocent people and then claim it's for national security? Then do we have the game for you! That's right, this is Project CIA: The Secret Formula. I'm not gonna pretend that this games mere existence isn't surprising, because it really truly is. I mean, most of the time board games are fantasy based, make believe, something ridiculous and over the top that is so far removed from reality that you could never imagine it coming true, like, for instance, how you can supposedly own property in Monopoly. But no, here's a game centered around a very real thing in our world. The CIA. Let's just get one thing straight right from the get go...this box is hideous. The artwork is so ugly, and the almost baby puke green color is an awful choice. Usually a board games box is often better than the game itself, but for once, we have the opposite situation here. This might in fac...

"She walked into my office, you know the type...the quiet but questionable dame, the one you show off to the boys at the club but don't bring home to mother. She told me she was in need of two things; a good detective and a stiff drink. Lucky for her both things could be found in my office." I have to admit, there aren't enough mystery type board games. Oh sure, we have "Clue", and we have...well..."Clue", but that really does run the gamut it seems like. Perhaps I'm not taking into consideration the amount of new board games that come out on the regular (and I'm not because this blog is primarily about classic board games) so maybe that niche has been somewhat filled out more, but I really like the idea of a noire styled board game, and I feel like it's a genre that really hasn't been touched on quite enough in recent years, for any sort of content, really. And it's a shame, because there's a lot you could do with it, espec...