Board game reviews and previews
Board game reviews and previews
Strategy games
Thematic touches are all over the game's design, and while they're the sort of things wargame veterans might take for granted, newcomers - who VUCA have clearly invited to the party with Task Force - will be pleasantly surprised.
For most of the game your boats are in some kind of quantum state, which sounds ridiculous I know, and I'm almost certainly misrepresenting quantum mechanics, but that's where we are.
Dishing out clues to help the rest of the table figure out the identities - ringing any bells? That's right folks, Mysterium. Rear Window shares a lot of design DNA with Mysterium
Vaalbara shares some of Citadels' DNA but does it in a distinctly different way, resulting in a quick, lightweight game with a decent level of interaction
Over the course of a game, you're going to make seven railway lines with twelve cards. No more, no less.
Akropolis would be tricky enough if was just a case of planning your own city because there are a buttload of decisions to make with every single tile choice and every single tile placement.
Beyond The Sun is absolutely brilliant. I don't go around making claims like that without being able to back it up, so let's get into it.
Skymines is a blast. I've taught it to my regular group and they all had a great time with it. It's a strange game in as much as there's quite a lot going on, but it never feels like it's too much.
David Thompson has created an exciting, evocative game full of dice rolling, pushing your luck, and making do with insufficient actions.
The strategic action is brilliant. It's clever, engaging, thoughtful, and a lot of fun, but there's some thick armour that needs penetrating before you get there.