The long and winding node – Renegade review
Somehow the gaming world seems almost worryingly keen to embrace dystopian futures, and those visions of unbalanced years to come tend to tie in nicely with the idea of the individual versus some nameless larger entity. Perhaps many of us already feel this in our interactions with whichever social media giant has most recently sold on our data, and play out our frustrations in gaming … Continue reading The long and winding node – Renegade review
Hidden depths – By Stealth And Sea review
There are some themes that have been done to death. You want dungeons? We have dungeons. You want aliens? We have aliens. You want zombies? Yes, zombies have been done to undeath. You want Italian human torpedo attacks during the Second World War? We have…oh, hang on, let me have a look. Yes, indeed we do have Italian human torpedo attacks during the Second World … Continue reading Hidden depths – By Stealth And Sea review
Has beans – Coffee Roaster review
Coffee is one of my little luxuries, one of those daily pleasures that helps to make life just a touch better. I would hardly describe myself as a connoisseur, but I have certainly got to the stage where I prefer to buy the beans from specialist suppliers and then grind them at home before partaking of a morning brew. I know the chap who owns … Continue reading Has beans – Coffee Roaster review
Vowel play – Hardback review
Over there, sitting at the back of the cupboard in your non-gamer friend’s house, in with the jigsaws and the scrapbooks and the forgotten magazines from years ago, lies their copy of Scrabble. It is missing a tile or two, emerges into the light maybe once every year or so, most likely at Christmas, gets played, erratically and grumpily, and then goes back into the … Continue reading Vowel play – Hardback review
Do be afraid of the dark – Horrified review
And whosoever shall be found without the soul for getting down must stand and face the hounds of hell and rot inside a corpse’s shell. Is Horrified a thriller or is it just some abandoned take on a greater concept? How has this game appeared seemingly from nowhere to terrorise gaming tables across the world and, perhaps more importantly, will it sink back into the … Continue reading Do be afraid of the dark – Horrified review
Diced and cured – Pandemic: The Cure review
For some reason I have still not quite got around to reviewing the original Pandemic, but, in a nutshell, it is one of the great original cooperative games in which players band together to attempt to beat the design itself, a concept that was entirely alien to me when I first got into the hobby in depth until I played…Pandemic. This game, ancient in cardboard … Continue reading Diced and cured – Pandemic: The Cure review
Lab’s labours lost? – Infection: Humanity’s Last Gasp review
If you want to save the world in your games then you are certainly not short of choices, the only really issue being the nature of the threat you are trying to stave off. Zombies, aggressive forces, hackers, aliens, it is all there, while those who would like to save humanity from the onset of some terrible, rampaging virus (where would you get that idea … Continue reading Lab’s labours lost? – Infection: Humanity’s Last Gasp review
I need a hero – Sentinels Of The Multiverse review
You may well be able to name a few superheroes off the top of your head, the likes of Superman (hyphenless), Wonder Woman (two words, no hyphen) or Spider-Man (two words, one hyphen), but only the more ardent devotees will be able to deep further into the lore and bring out names such as Green Lantern, while you have to delve into the darkest recesses … Continue reading I need a hero – Sentinels Of The Multiverse review
A horizon full of events – Lux Aeterna review
In those growing up moments when I was not haring around a playground with a coat buttoned only around my neck pretending to be Batman I wanted to be an astronaut. Whisper it, but nearly half a century later I still would love love love to go into space. Not necessarily to the moon or anything, but just high enough to be able to see … Continue reading A horizon full of events – Lux Aeterna review
Veggie table – Point Salad review
Let’s address the elephant in the room immediately and talk about Point Salad‘s title, a tongue in cheek reference to the Feldian characteristic of every action you take in a game worth a few points here and a few points there. Want to sell some goods? Here, have some points. Would you rather move your ship to another port? Points for you, madam. Sheep for … Continue reading Veggie table – Point Salad review
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