Game Length Long (90+ mins)

Long games

Atlantic Chase Review

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Cuba Libre Review

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If you found your way here as the result of looking for a review of Cuba Libre, there's a good chance the question fuelling your Googling was: "Is this the best COIN game for a newbie to the series?". The short answer is yes.

Terracotta Army Review

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Terracotta Army is based on the creation of the army of statues for the mausoleum of Qin Shi Shuang, who was the first emperor of China. In the game, the emperor has died, and you play the role of one of his craftspeople.

Tiletum Review

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When is a T-game not a T-game? The answer is... I'm not sure. Board&Dice have a line of games that are lovingly referred to as the T-games, and I've covered some of them before. Let's take a look at Tiletum.