Today Firestone reviews Dungeon Petz, a heavy worker-placement game from publisher Czech Games and  designer Vlaada Chvatil. In a flash of inspiration, you've decided to open a pet shop in town. Unfortunately, a bunch of other imps had the same flash, so now you're all competing. In each of the five Rounds you'll send out imps to gather the necessary supplies for your endeavor. If your pets don't break out of their cages, disappear into another dimension, or poop themselves into despair, you just might earn enough money to make this thing work!

So is Dungeon Petz all it's crapped up to be? Or is it just a steaming pile...? Let's find out!

We can't believe it's been a year since we last posted our Top 10 list of 2015. Tempus fugit. (Which means "Time is Italian," we think.) This year Jeremiah and I each offered up five games that we played in 2016. We tried to stick to games that came out in 2016, but sometimes a game actually came out in late 2015, or wasn't broadly available until 2016. Ergo ipso facto: These are the best, newish games we played in 2016. Also, there are some games we just didn't get a chance to play. We wanted to try Star Wars Rebellion, and Inis, and Great Western Trail, and so many others. They might be on the list if we'd played it, but we just didn't!

As a bonus, we asked you, our readers, to weigh in, too, so we have a separate Top 5 Readers list, too. Without further ado, let's look at the best board games from 2016!

Last week we reviewed the physical edition of Colt Express, so today we're taking a look at the new digital edition of Colt Express. It's available for Steam, Android, and iOS, and costs between $4.99 and $6.99, depending on format. We're not going to go over the basic rules or gameplay, since we already did that in the review of the physical game. But the digital edition adds plenty of new stuff to talk about--including Let's check it out!

Last week we reviewed Broom Service, which won the Kennerspiel des Jahres last year. So today we thought we'd stick with that theme and review the 2015 Spiel des Jahres winner: Colt Express. It's a hand-management and card-programming game with some serious take-that aspects--designed by Christophe Raimbault and published by Ludonaute/Asmodee. It's for 2-6 players, and plays in 45-60 minutes. So is Colt Express a rip-snortin' good time, or a steaming pile of mule fritters? Let's find out!