Board game reviews and previews
Board game reviews and previews
Pearladora is a game set around a series of lagoons, and in these lagoons are piles of pearls, just waiting to be claimed. The inhabitants of the islands, dotted around the lagoons, want to be the best and to collect the most pearls.
In the first of a series of reviews of new French games, this is Hiroba. Hiroba is a quick and light game from publisher Funnyfox which leans heavily on the gameplay concepts of Sudoku.
Terracotta Army is based on the creation of the army of statues for the mausoleum of Qin Shi Shuang, who was the first emperor of China. In the game, the emperor has died, and you play the role of one of his craftspeople.
When is a T-game not a T-game? The answer is... I'm not sure. Board&Dice have a line of games that are lovingly referred to as the T-games, and I've covered some of them before. Let's take a look at Tiletum.
I'd love to stroke a bumblebee, they look sooo fluffy. Waggle Dance is a new version of the classic game from Mike Nudd, from Bright Eye Games.
All too often I've seen the hype for new games fade quicker than a cheap sparkler, but here we are, a year later, and people are still talking about Ark Nova. Mathias Wigge might not be a name you knew a year ago, so should you know it now?
Manifest is a '20s-themed pick-up-and-deliver affair. Rival shipping companies aim to be the best, making money by shipping goods and passengers around the globe.
Basilica is another new game which puts you in the role of cathedral builder extraordinaire. It's a game where two of you battle to be the best builder, and let me tell you, when I say battle, I mean battle. Things are going to get feisty
Today I'm upping the ante with my recent dive into wargaming. Putting on my big boy trousers and stepping up to 'hex and counter' games. My first foray proper into this world is with Salerno '43, a game from GMT Games and designer Mark Simonitch.
For such a simple action set to choose from, and with only three roles available in the entire game, Oath has no right to tickle your brain in the way it does.