Deckchairs on the Titanic Review
The premise of this abstract game is simple. You play the roles of deckchair attendants aboard the infamous ship, and your goal is to appease the First Class passengers who want prime deck space for their deckchairs.
Punchboard
Board game reviews and previews
Punchboard
Board game reviews and previews
Game Type Competitive - high interaction
Competitive games with high interaction
Kombo Klash Review
Kombo Klash is a tile-laying, 'match three' game from Hub Games. Players battle by playing the cartoon animal tiles from their hands, using each creature's special abilities, and trying to make adjacent groups of three or more of the same type to score points.
Architects of the West Kingdom Review (+ Age of Artisans)
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 Review
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
Root Review (+ expansions)
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.
Blood of the Northmen Review
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.
Aggretsuko: Work/Rage Balance Review
Have you ever wondered what happens when a death-metal screaming red panda meets ladder-climbing poker?
Scythe Review
Scythe is Stonemaier Games' Euro-in-mechs-clothing game from 2016. It's a game that's been riding high in the BGG charts since its release, so it's about time I gave it a proper review.
Langskip Preview
So you're a Viking. And you're dead. You're a dead Viking. That's where Langskip starts off, in this light, small box game from Crab Studios. It holds the unusual honour of being the second Viking-themed race game I've played.
Pilfering Pandas Preview
Holy alliteration Batman, it's a Pilfering Pandas preview! It's the third game from the husband and wife publishing duo, Wren Games, and it's on Kickstarter as I type these very words.