Malum Hortus Preview

Malum Hortus is a cooperative game where you play nymphs, lured to a beautiful garden to frolic, or do whatever it is when nymphs have a few hours to kill. Some weeding, maybe?
Board game reviews and previews
Board game reviews and previews

Malum Hortus is a cooperative game where you play nymphs, lured to a beautiful garden to frolic, or do whatever it is when nymphs have a few hours to kill. Some weeding, maybe?

A game about solving a mystery in a game factory, solving puzzles with parts of board games? Be still my beating heart.

Conquer all before you, or Gilgamesh your way out of trouble. Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East lets you do both.

You might know Fred best as the face of Homo Ludens, his historical- and wargame-focused Youtube channel. What you didn't know, however, is that I'm pulling a double switcheroo on you today!

Daaaaam! Literally, dam, because that's what you're building in Barrage - dams. Also conduits, powerhouses and elevations, but 'Coooonduit!' doesn't have quite the same ring.

Barcelona is the latest Euro game from Board&Dice. It's a mixture of tile-placement and action-selection, and while that sounds like a relatively easy mixture to cope with, there are a lot of things going on

Ever wanted to eliminate randomness in the combat in a crawler? How about adding tower defence elements? Ahh, got your attention now haven't I? Buckle-up, Midhalla is a ride.

Cadaver is a quick, easy, set-collection game with a generous helping of take-that thrown in for good measure

how about a new trick-taking game where you expressly have to not follow suit? Do I have your interest now?

Other players will know where you're looking, and what you're looking for, but not the outcome. It's time to employ some logic.