Adam

Adam

Adam is a board game critic with over 15 years of experience in the hobby. A semi-regular contributor to Tabletop Gaming Magazine and other publications, he specialises in heavyweight Euro games, indie card games and transparency in board game media.

Earth Review

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Earth is the ideal game to play while you're sitting around a table with people you like, having a chill time making little wooden towers.

Books Of Time Review

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Books of Time hit me right in the nostalgia. Not because I've played another game like it, because I'm not sure I have, but because of the sound.

Malum Hortus Preview

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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?

An interview with Fred Serval

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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!

Barrage Review

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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 Review

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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

Midhalla Preview

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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.