Board game reviews and previews
Board game reviews and previews
Cogito Ergo Meeple are the brains behind the Philosophia titles Dare To Be Wise and Floating World, and the upcoming Sci-fi epic, Solar 175. I had the chance to grab some time with them to ask a few questions about the team, their games, and their taste in biscuits.
If you've read The Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights) collection of stories, you might be familiar with the fate of the sultan's bride, Scheherazade. In Almadi, rather than kill her as he intended to, the sultan is won over by her tales, and decides to build her her own realm - Almadi.
There's been a lot of fuss in the board game world over the last couple of months. Kickstarter announced that they are moving to a blockchain protocol
The word canopy conjures up three images for me. Parachutes, rainforests, and misheard hors d'ouevres. Canopy in this instance is about the one in the middle - rainforests.
I recently hit 1,000 followers on Twitter, and it was a little milestone for me. I wanted to do something to mark the occasion
Anno 1800 has made the transition across the ethereal planes between digital and physical, and thanks to Martin Wallace and Kosmos Games, we can now play it on a table
Lots of good things come in bags. I'm a big fan of crisps, for example. But now, now dear reader, you can get a whole freaking dungeon in a bag! Bag of Dungeon is a dungeon-crawler game from Gunpowder Studios, which, unsurprisingly, comes in a bag.
Ahau: Rulers of Yucatan takes the Maya civilisation as its inspiration, delivering a Euro game mixture of area influence and engine-building. During the game you'll be expanding your city state, building pyramids, and if push comes to shove, asking the gods for a helping hand
One of the things I hear from people when I tell them I review games is "Well I know not to play against you then, you must be great at them". While it's flattering that that's their assumption, they're also wrong. Oh boy, are they wrong.
You play as entrepreneurs who have bought derelict space stations, and aim to turn them into the swankiest holiday resorts in the cosmos. This isn't your Airbnb style holiday, think about it more like Space Vegas. (note to self - trademark 'Space Vegas', it sounds awesome)