Zenith Review – A planetary tug-of-war for two
Zenith is a tableau-building game with multi-use cards, tracks to climb, and five fronts to compete on, a la Lost Cities. If that sentence doesn't get your heart racing, you must be dead inside.
Game Complexity Medium
Medium-weight games
Excursions Preview – Got space for a little one?
Within 90 minutes, you've had a really engaging, fast-paced, enjoyable game. It doesn't feel like you're making do. It's not like when you go, "Oh, we're six? Better dig out 7 Wonders again
Snow Planner Review – Off-piste worker-placement fun
Snow Planner takes the concept of a dice-as-workers game, layers on a lovely theme, and delivers a really solid Japanese import special.
Here Lies Review – The game is afoot
I went into Here Lies with no preconceptions and with barely any idea what the game was about, and came away both surprised and delighted.
Greylune Review – Let’s set the story straight
The little box makes it feel like it's going to be something smaller and lighter, but there's a thick, juicy game here.
Salamandra Review – Worthy of worship?
Call it a toy, call it a gimmick, call it a quality-of-life improvement, call it what you want, but the sucker dart in the Salamandra box is genius.
Eternal Sevens Review – Seventh Heaven
Eternal Sevens does for Sevens what Eternal Decks did for games like The Crew or Hanabi.
Ringyo Preview – Pining for something new?
Ringyo (Ringyō / 林業) is a game about forestry in Edo-period Japan. Well, kinda. It’s more accurate to say that it’s a game where you’re a Daimyo in Japan overseeing a province covered in trees and floodwaters. I can honestly…
Joraku Review – Go West!
It's a cliché to say that Japanese designers a) love trick-taking games, and b) do trick-taking better than anyone else, but when you play a game like Joraku you understand where it comes from.
Play Something Old: Caylus
Caylus was different. Caylus was difficult. Caylus was mean. And you know what? I bloody love it for it.
Play Something Old: Village
It's the life and death cycle which really makes Village stand out, though. There's no portrait of Dorian Gray, so the reaper is coming for everyone at some point.
Terraria: The Board Game Review – Video game and board gamer summaries included
Terraria is a huge game based on a video game franchise with a big, hardcore following. So, for this review, I've added two separate sets of final thoughts. One for Terraria video game fans, and another for board gamers who don't know the game.