[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/

bit risky to name a game "tearable" but hey I still had a good time with Tearable Quest (review) please appreciate how much work using all the discarded scrap paper for the photo was http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/09/08/tearable-quest/

it's games with a major horizontal component week on what's eric playing? (i'm running out of distinct themes) kick it off with a Time to Panic review from IV Studio! http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/09/01/time-to-panic/

squabblin? with my goblins? it's more likely than you think (a nuanced review of squabblin goblins) http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/08/25/squabblin-goblins/

I think the sign for this photo should be BOARD GAME REVIEW (this was funnier in my head) http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/08/25/caution-signs/

a murder mystery game, starring you! (dying message from oink games review) http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/08/18/dying-message/

I just really like bag-building games, y'all (let's check out the upcoming Satchel Quest!) http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/08/18/satchel-quest/

it's theme park time (let's talk about the new button shy game - lands of amazement) http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/08/11/lands-of-amazement/

(to the moonraker theme) moonrollers that actually might have been the goldfinger theme in my head, but here's the review anyways http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/08/11/moonrollers/

heard y'all were talking about hot game art

It's also worth talking about the accessibility issues on the show floor itself. I saw plenty of scooters, wheelchairs, and strollers that were having a Pretty Bad Time trying to get through the traffic flow, and that was causing downstream movement issues.

I can't wait to get back to Seattle and Pizza Pizza Yum Yum, which is the noise I make before eating a pizza (the game is fun too) http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/08/04/pizza-pizza-yum-yum/

fresh outta gen con, here's a pangolin hacker board game review (PWNED!) http://whatsericplaying.com/2025/08/04/pwned/

That's a wrap on Gen Con! If I got to see you, it was lovely, and if I didn't see you, hopefully I'll catch you at PAXU! Unfortunately I overestimated my energy and needed to rest haha. Until next time!, I said, logging off of social media for an indeterminate period of time. ❤️

Most ridiculously depressing thing today was someone who came up to our booth asking if we were selling a game. We were not, because we don't make that game! (And no, not Asmodee). Why did he think this? He showed phone with Gemini stating "Asmadi Games, producers of [game X], bla bla bla" (1/2)