Board game reviews and previews
Board game reviews and previews
I have a lifelong fascination with submarines. I don't know where it came from, or why it persists, but something about underwater warfare just does it for me. With my recent foray into wargames, it seemed like the perfect time to take the plunge, if you'll pardon the pun
Every so often a game comes along, and I think "That sounds like the name of a Black Metal concept album", and this is one of them. Book of Skulls - Slayers of Eragoth wasn't named this way accidentally, either.
The abdication of the Russian Tsar is causing ripples in Finland, and the prospect of civil war looms large. What will the outcome be? That depends on the choices you make.
When pictures of the box art for Cryptid: Urban Legends began surfacing, it's fair to say I was a teeny bit excited. More Cryptid? Be still my beating heart!
Origins: First Builders puts you in a world where these aliens have popped over to say hi, and are willing to teach us all about building and warfare, and all that good stuff.
"Ooh, it looks like Monopoly! Is it like Monopoly?". No, friend, this game is Magnate: The First City, and it's nothing like Monopoly
A War Of Whispers turns area-control on its head, with a game full of subterfuge, misdirection, and cunning.
Real-time worker-placement?? What on Earth were they thinking? As Dr. Malcom said in Jurassic Park: "your scientists were so precoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should". I'm not sure there were many scientists involved with designing Pendulum, but you get the idea.
If you think of Board&Dice, you probably think of heavy Euro games with ancient historical themes. Traditionally, these have always started with 'T', so I wondered what I'd find when I received Zapotec in the mail.
Peer Sylvester is the designer behind one of my favourite games ever: The King Is Dead. When Brian Boru: High King of Ireland was announced, I got excited.