Competitive games with high interaction
Maybe it's a generational thing, but when I first heard of Moonrakers, I assumed it was something to do with the strangest James Bond film - Moonraker. It's not though, it's a deck-building semi-coop game from publisher IV Games, and it's very clever.
There's something about seeing how far you can push the whims of Lady Luck, in a safe environment, that appeals to pretty much everyone.
Not too many games put you in charge of your own cult. Fewer still task you with collecting the souls of the host city's inhabitants by killing them all.
BCE 44 builds on the infamous events of the eponymous year when Julius Caesar was assassinated on the floor of the Senate, by a group of senators who worried that he had too much power over the empire
The Gig is a new mixture of genres to me. When it comes to board games, regular readers know I love roll- or flip-and-writes. While I’ve tried lots of different kinds, I’ve never played one with a real-time element.
Every so often a game comes along, and I think "That sounds like the name of a Black Metal concept album", and this is one of them. Book of Skulls - Slayers of Eragoth wasn't named this way accidentally, either.
The abdication of the Russian Tsar is causing ripples in Finland, and the prospect of civil war looms large. What will the outcome be? That depends on the choices you make.
When pictures of the box art for Cryptid: Urban Legends began surfacing, it's fair to say I was a teeny bit excited. More Cryptid? Be still my beating heart!
"Ooh, it looks like Monopoly! Is it like Monopoly?". No, friend, this game is Magnate: The First City, and it's nothing like Monopoly
A War Of Whispers turns area-control on its head, with a game full of subterfuge, misdirection, and cunning.