Tile awhile – Azul Review
Who doesn’t love tiling? Hours upon hours spent planning (you do plan, right?), cutting, tiling (of course), grouting, sealing, and then stepping back, admiring the whole crooked and wayward mess, hiring an expert to come in, take the whole thing apart and then put it back together again properly. Tiling is, let’s face it, nothing but fun, and given that we know that board games … Continue reading Tile awhile – Azul Review
Light filler? – Silver & Gold Review
Silver & Gold is a new flip and write offering from Phil Walker-Harding, a designer whose games have tended to be in the light to medium range as far as complexity is concerned, but which are usually accessible and easy to understand. The likes of Sushi Go! (and its Party! sequel) and Bärenpark have done enough to become part of the gaming landscape, and Silver … Continue reading Light filler? – Silver & Gold Review
Floored – Menara Review
There is something about a dexterity game that tends to bring people to the gaming table. Maybe it is the desire to subvert the laws of physics, or maybe it is simply the need to show off just how well you understand those laws, but watching that infinity of possible futures collapse into a single outcome can be a genuinely thrilling experience, especially if that … Continue reading Floored – Menara Review
My own patch of land – Forbidden Island Review
When it comes to cooperative games there are certain names that crop up time and time again. Pandemic still pretty much rules the roost, there towards the start of the gaming boom and still going strong, powering through various incarnations and introducing new wrinkles in its game play to keep seasoned Pandemicists happy as well as satisfying the needs of more modern players who might … Continue reading My own patch of land – Forbidden Island Review
You just need a little patience – Onirim Review
Hands up if you have never played a game of Patience in your life. So that would be no hands in the air, then. We have all been there, I am sure, all found ourselves stranded with a pack or two of playing cards and nothing to do but try to dig the rules for a solitaire card game out of the dusty recesses of … Continue reading You just need a little patience – Onirim Review
Roll with it – That’s Pretty Clever Review
Do you remember what it was like for dice in the twentieth century? They were the bugbear of every serious gamer, the villains of the piece. You rolled them and then you moved, whether in Monopoly or Snakes And Ladders, or you rolled them and then maybe did other stuff, like in Risk. Horrible, horrible things they were, cast out from gamer society and forced … Continue reading Roll with it – That’s Pretty Clever Review
A time to every purpose – Seasons Review
The first thing that will hit you about Seasons is that it is colourful, and I mean really colourful. There is no drabbery here, no pale hues, no hiding in plain sight – instead Seasons is big and bold and brash and inviting. You may not always be able to judge a book by its cover, but this one certainly makes a good impression, and … Continue reading A time to every purpose – Seasons Review
The night terrors – Letters From Whitechapel Review
Letter From Whitechapel is the gruesome forerunner to the recent Fantasy Flight release Whitehall Mystery. Both deal with the kind of subject matter probably best not talked about in front of the children, namely the grisy murders of women in late nineteenth century London. Whitechapel goes so far as to place one of its players in the role of Jack The Ripper him(presumably him)self, while … Continue reading The night terrors – Letters From Whitechapel Review
And out the other side
Something very strange happened to this gamer in the month of April, and it crept up on me slowly, stealthily, and when my attention was pointed in a totally different direction – I went an entire evening without once thinking of board games. To be more precise, I went an entire evening without getting onto the internet and looking mindlessly at BGG for a bit, … Continue reading And out the other side
My top 5
Last time I posted I wrote about my ever-changing collection and how I constantly adapt and refine it in order to reflect my current game-playing needs. Even in the few days since I wrote those words two further games have gone to new homes, maybe to be replaced by shinier and more suitable candidates in the future, but we shall see. I did post that … Continue reading My top 5
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