Narrative and story games
The best kind of mystery is the one that doesn't reveal the culprit at the start. It leaves you to work out whodunnit for yourself, either by pulling you along through a story with the protagonist, or giving you the clues to do it yourself. The Detective Society takes this concept and runs with it.
Through a mixture of placing tiles and rolling dice, players assume the role of a character in each scenario, and choose how best to fulfil their own destiny, while others race to do the same.
The first Chronicles of Crime game was set in present time, then came the follow-up, set in 1400. Fast-forward half a millennium, and we're looking at the latest game - Chronicles of Crime: 1900
The third in the Escape Tales series - Children of Wyrmwoods - takes place in a world beyond our time, in villages, towers and thick forests.
Low Memory is the second game in the Escape Tales series from Board&Dice. It eschews the paranormal setting of its predecessor - The Awakening - and takes us into the near future
The Escape Tales series from Board&Dice are games in the 'escape room in a box' style. Follow the story, solve puzzles and make decisions to see how what happens in your adventure
If you listen to podcasts, you may have heard of The Adventure Zone. The McElroy family put together a podcast chronicling their adventures in a Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) campaign called The Bureau of Balance. It was a smash hit that spawned graphic novels and a huge fan following, and now, a game. This game.
Update - Video review added.
Nemo's War 2nd Edition pays homage to Jules Verne's classic novel, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea. It's a game designed from the ground-up to be a solo experience, and uses the content of the original book to create a narrative game that's unlike any I've played before.
The Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective series of games have been around for nearly 40 years now, and this year saw the release of the latest of the bunch - The Baker Street Irregulars. Let's see how good it is.
Legacy games, if you're not familiar with them, tend to have things happen which permanently change the game as you play. Aeon's End Legacy takes this format and applies it to this fanstasy deckbuilding franchise, so let's have a look at the game.