Artisans Of Splendent Vale Review
Artisans of Splendent Vale gives us a watercolour world full of diverse, non-stereotyped, pastel protagonists, breathing fresh life into tired tropes.
Game Length Long (90+ mins)
Long games
Revive Review
Revive picks the things it wants to do - and there are a lot of them - and does each of them really well. Is it enough to revive the interests of those of you bored-to-death of Euros full of mechanisms?
Task Force: Carrier Battles in the Pacific Review
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.
Atlantic Chase Review
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.
Beyond The Sun Review
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 Review
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.
Spruance Leader Review
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.
Superclub Review
Superclub has its sights set firmly on a very particular niche in our hobby. It's a game for fans of football manager games who aren't tabletop gamers
Fire In The Lake Review
Fire in the Lake is the 4th game in the COIN (COunter-INsurgency) series, initially known to me as "That Vietnam one with the great box art".
Eleven Review
Eleven surprised me. Eleven has shown me that it is possible to make a good game based around a sport, as long as it doesn't try to directly mimic the sport itself.