[7 Wonder Dice review] are there seven 7 Wonders games yet http://whatsericplaying.com/2026/02/23/7-wonders-dice/

[Forage preview] mushrooms! http://whatsericplaying.com/2026/02/23/forage/

[Glimmerdeep review] engine-building? flip-and-write? why not both? http://whatsericplaying.com/2026/02/16/glimmerdeep/

[Honeypot review] secret agent bears secret agent bears they're not particularly subtle http://whatsericplaying.com/2026/02/16/honeypot/

[The Daily Weather preview] i feel like posting a photo of this game to instagram with the audio from "it's raining men" was very funny, so I'm glad I did that http://whatsericplaying.com/2026/02/09/the-daily-weather/

[Logic & Lore: Variance review] i mean, it adds dice; dice are fun http://whatsericplaying.com/2026/02/09/logic-lore-variance/

[Botswana review] unfortunately you can tell that I used to work in computers by the way I keep reflexively trying to capitalize safari http://whatsericplaying.com/2026/02/02/botswana/

[In Front of the Elevators review] The second-most fun you'll have successfully cutting in line the first most is just cutting in line; thrilling http://whatsericplaying.com/2026/02/02/in-front-of-the-elevators/

[Burgle Bros. Blackjack review] you got burgle bros in my blackjack you got blackjack in my burgle bros and that's great http://whatsericplaying.com/2026/01/26/burgle-bros-blackjack/

[Splendor Kids review] even the kids these days can have splendor http://whatsericplaying.com/2026/01/26/splendor-kids/

[Downtown Las Palmas review] /mobster voice/ he's got the whole town in his hand guy turns around in seat revealing Downtown Las Palmas http://whatsericplaying.com/2026/01/19/downtown-las-palmas/

[Up or Down? review] the most fun you'll have in an elevator without hitting any buttons http://whatsericplaying.com/2026/01/19/up-or-down/

[Leaders review] abstract strategy game with a little claw-wielding menace? very in. http://whatsericplaying.com/2026/01/12/leaders/

[The Sandcastles of Burgundy Review] ain't no beach party like queen crab's beach party because queen crab's beach party is just an unbelievable amount of sand http://whatsericplaying.com/2026/01/12/the-sandcastles-of-burgundy/

[A Dragon's Gift preview] the real presents were the dragons we gifted along the way, probably http://whatsericplaying.com/2026/01/05/a-dragons-gift/

[Cat's Gambit: Queen Aurelia review] you gotta protect her meowjesty http://whatsericplaying.com/2026/01/05/cats-gambit-queen-aurelia/

[Bombastic review] look, making tic-tac-toe fun is difficult and should be celebrated. http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/12/29/bombastic/

[Super Meow review] I don't really have any cat puns stored up for this one, whoops blame the holidays http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/12/29/super-meow/

A reader also requested I update my Top 15 / Hot 15, so I expanded them to Top 20 and Hot 20. Seems fair; inflation hits us all. Let's start with the Top 20: whatsericplaying.com/top-20/

[KADO review] every day is a gift and that's why they call it Christmas presents wait no I biffed that http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/12/22/kado/

[MicroMacro: Crime City - All In review] I think if you continue living in crime city it starts to beg the question of what you're expecting the mysteries are fun to solve though http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/12/15/micromacro-crime-city-all-in-micro/

[EXIT: The Intergalactic Race review] If you're trying to win a race where Christmas becomes your responsibility if you win, aren't you just working to potentially earn the right to work from here on out? Exploitative. http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/12/15/exit-the-intergalactic-race/

[Umbrella review] this is a review of the board game, not the Rihanna song or the Tom Holland lip-sync I've made my thoughts on those clear http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/12/08/umbrella/

[Pyramido: Forgotten Treasures review] seriously though are all pyramids cool? does anyone know a bad one? http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/12/08/pyramido-forgotten-treasures/

[Take Time review] hey friends what's a clock's favorite social media app it's tick tock i'll be here all week http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/12/01/take-time/

[Dustbiters: Pocket Edition review] you're allowed to yell your favorite fury road quotes while you play probably thunder road too but don't tell restoration http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/12/01/dustbiters-pocket-edition/

[Fifty Fruity review] rejected names: Fruit by the Feint Gaslight Bananas I Lied; It's Coconuts http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/11/24/fifty-fruity/

Time for my annual Get Back On Social Media for the Duration Of PAX Unplugged If you're looking for me** I'll be wearing cool* sweaters *subjective but I'm right *don't make weird comments about my hair

[Championland: Track & Field review] putting the hurt-le on your opponent is some of the best text I've ever written and it's only available in a blurb that nobody sees http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/11/17/championland-track-and-field/

[Mega Jackpot review] big money AND whammies? sign me up http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/11/17/mega-jackpot/

Oh that's not how that emoji is colloquially used

[Chomp Review] If you lose badly enough you have to be a chomp chump I'll be here all week, folks http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/11/10/chomp/

[Piña Coladice review] Honestly this entire game made me wonder why I don't keep a few piña coladas somewhere in the house. There are so few thematically-appropriate drinks for games. http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/11/10/pina-coladice/

Dice Words Cool off with Dice Words, a quick and chill word game for the entire family that's a great entry point into the genre (and uses that ice font from ice storage from my childhood, which I like). 7.25 / 10

[Championland: Volleyball review] only way you're gonna catch me playing sports http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/11/03/championland-volleyball/

[Oddland review] honestly they had me at pigehorse or whatever http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/10/27/oddland/

[Cascadia: Landmarks review] i just really enjoy talking about Cascadia, y'all http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/10/27/cascadia-landmarks/

Tag Team Pair up for a beatdown in Tag Team, a fantastic deck-building auto-battling hybrid game. 8.75 / 10

Tranquility: The Descent [Preview] You've searched for peace on the sea and in the mountains; maybe you can find it in the caves below in Tranquility: The Depths, another great entry in a fun series. 8.25 / 10

i'm just saying if they can make a cyberpunk looney tunes they can make a cyberpunk this for other sequel ideas, hit me up (fliptoons review) http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/10/13/fliptoons/

we're going up, up, up, to the lakes Cascadia: Alpine Lakes preview, specifically http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/10/13/cascadia-alpine-lakes/

there are two types of people people who think terrariums are cool and liars (glass garden review) http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/10/06/glass-garden/

it's another cool art week at What's Eric Playing?, but it's almost always cool art week heeeere's beasts http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/10/06/beasts/

are you looking for both information on an EXIT game and a good example of what a "fine." review looks like from me? well EXIT: The Venice Conspiracy has both http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/09/29/exit-the-venice-conspiracy/

look if you can trust What's Eric Playing for one thing it's that I'm not gonna let y'all go without seeing games that are really pretty to look at so here's my review of Mercurial: Alchemia, hitting KS soon http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/09/29/mercurial-alchemia/

Fuck off with that large language model horseshit

i sincerely hope that they keep making sports dice games until I'm dead and buried (sports dice: basketball review) http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/09/22/sports-dice-basketball/

pushy pushy penguins would have been a fun name too, though it would have brought to mind hungry hungry hippos (this is a review) http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/09/22/push-push-penguin/

I have no idea why I kept typing twonkle twonkle when I was writing this review, but if you catch any instances of it please let me know thanks maybe I'm just sleepy http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/09/15/twinkle-twinkle/

all this magical city needs is motorcycles and then we're really cooking (duel for cardia review) http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/09/15/duel-for-cardia/