Board game reviews and previews
Board game reviews and previews
Strategy 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.
Agriculture and board games make good bedfellows. There's something very satisfying about taking a patch of land and watching your little business or farm grow.
Poleis is a war game, but not one with a ton of cardboard chits, or worrying about attack and defence values. In fact, it looks and feels more like a Euro game
Cubitos is a racing game from John D. Clair (Dead Reckoning, Mystic Vale, Space Base) and Alderac, which mixes frenetic jockeying for position with bag-building.
Designer extraordinaire - Reiner Knizia - created this deck-building game of exploration and adventure. Does it scratch that mosquito bite yearning for jungle escapades?
Dice as workers, a historical theme with an unusual name beginning with the letter T, and tons of depth - it's all in there. Let's take a look at Tabannusi.