Board game reviews and previews
Board game reviews and previews
Medium length games
We're heading back to Garphill Games' West Kingdom, taking a look at the first game in the trilogy. I started the series with Paladins, then Viscounts, and now I'm looping back around to the game that started it all - Architects of the West Kingdom.
Ride The Rails, from Capstone Games, takes the 'invest in a train company' formula and boils it down into a much simpler, quicker game. It's from a sub-genre known as Cube Rails, and it's number 2 in Capstone's Iron Rail series
Through a mixture of placing tiles and rolling dice, players assume the role of a character in each scenario, and choose how best to fulfil their own destiny, while others race to do the same.
Looks can be misleading. The first time you take a look at Root's box and artwork, you could be forgiven for thinking this is a cutesy woodland game.
The aim of the game is to either grow your clan large enough to form the nation of Bjarmia (I googled it, it was a real thing), or kick enough ass to win through sheer dominance.
Santa Monica is a game where you're trying to develop a neighbourhood in South California, and trying to choose the features which will score you the most points.
In Distilled, you play the role of a character who has inherited an abandoned distillery. Your goal is to return it to its former glory, restoring your family's name, and earning yourself the title of Master Distiller.
Cooper Island is an unusual Euro game that marries worker-placement and tile-placement, along with a bit of resource management.Each player is developing their own peninsula of the oddly-shaped island, and resources are in short supply.
Black Sonata puts you in London in the early 1600s, tracking down Shakespeare's elusive temptress and trying to determine her true identity.
The first Chronicles of Crime game was set in present time, then came the follow-up, set in 1400. Fast-forward half a millennium, and we're looking at the latest game - Chronicles of Crime: 1900