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Review: Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea is a game about explorers fleeing from an erupting volcano. This is not a co-operative game so players will be stepping over each other to take the boats along with as many artifacts as they...
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Review: Om Nom Nom
Om Nom Nom is a very quick and light game of predicting what other players will do. On the table are 3 boards showing a different set of animals/food in predatory order: Wolf/Rabbit/Carrots,...
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Review: Amerigo
Amerigo is a game by Stefan Feld – a designer who has created some great game such as Bora Bora, Rialto, Trajan, Strasbourg, Die Speicherstadt to name just some that I’ve reviewed. THE GAME Like two...
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Review: Theseus
Theseus is a sci-fi game set on a space station where the different factions (soldiers, scientists, aliens and greys) are trying to take control. The setting and photos may give the impression it’s a...
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Review: Spyrium
Spyrium is a eurogame with an interesting worker placement game mechanic. It is designed by the creator of Caylus and Caylus Magna Carta (the latter being one of my favourite games) so I was keen to...
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Played: Byzantio and Coal Baron
As writing full reviews takes some time and I often play more games than I have time to review. As a result, there are many games that I play that don’t get reviewed for while, if at all. Therefore,...
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Review: Triassic Terror
Triassic Terror is a dinosaur-themed, area control game by Peter Hawes – designer of Francis Drake (I will be reviewing this soon), Wars of the Roses and Heads of State. THE GAME During the game,...
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Review: Artifact
Artifact is a worker placement game with a difference as players place a common set of action markers which are limited in number and the cost of using them varies. THE GAME Players are archaeologists...
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Review: 1911 Amundsen vs Scott
1911 Amundsen vs Scott is a simple, quick-moving, 2-player race to the South Pole which is full of small decisions. The game is based on the real events where Amundsen beat Scott to the Pole and Scott...
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Review: Legacy
Legacy (or Legacy: Testament of Duke de Crecy to give it its full name) is a very innovative game where players try to create the most successful 18th century family starting with a single family...
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Review: Rampage
Rampage is a brilliant concept for a dexterity game. It’s like a Godzilla-style movie with tall buildings to destroy and people to eat. The board is divided into several coloured areas called...
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Review: Quantum
Quantum is a light, space-themed game. Players have ships which are represented by dice that travel between the planets trying to colonise them (place cubes on them). The first player to place all...
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Review: Strajk (Strike)
Strike is a game about Lech Wałęsa – a Polish electrician who became a trade-union activist, co-founded Solidarity (the Soviet bloc’s first independent trade union) and eventually went on to become...
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Review: Concept
My attempt at ‘Wheel of Fortune’ using TV show with ideas as the main concept. Then, adding a sub-concept of Title with circle, rotate & cash. Then, adding a sub-concept of Country with Red,...
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Review: Packet Row
One of my favourite board games ever is Oregon (which was the game the designers of Rattus made before Rattus). So, after many Rattus expansions, I was very excited when the Bergs announced a new,...
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Review: Mount Everest
Mount Everest is a game by the designer of K2 which is a great game and you can read my review of K2 for more details. (This review assumes you have not played K2 and I will talk about comparisons at...
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Review: Rokoko
Rokoko is a euro-game about preparing for the ball at the Royal Palace. This may sound pretty light-weight but, do not be fooled, this is a euro-game with a lot of moving parts to work out, balance...
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Review: Freedom
Freedom: The Underground Railroad is a co-operative game of freeing slaves in 19th Century America. The board shows the Eastern United States with routes between cities. Slaves (represented by...
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Review: Lewis & Clark
Lewis & Clark is a game about the famous explorers’ journey across North America and the players race along the route from St Louis to Fort Clatsop (on the Pacific coast) which is a sequence of...
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Review: King and Assassins
King and Assassins is an asymmetric, 2-player game where the King player controls the king and his knights; whereas, the Assassin player controls the villagers in the town of which 3 are assassins who...
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