I wouldn't trust google reviews too much. My understanding is that they can be pretty easily manipulated, which is likely the case if a company has nothing but five stars and no reviews elsewhere. Like you said, every company will have a few mediocre or bad reviews--those people tend to be the...
Oregon def has it's share of kooks, but they're both pretty out there in my estimation. I think a lot of the bigfoot lore is in the PNW so it's right on brand.
Not so much a board game really, but we like playing Rummikub around our house. It's fun, a little challenging, but not to hard to learn so it's good for when we have people over. For card games, I really enjoy Cribbage.