Black Sonata Review

Black Sonata puts you in London in the early 1600s, tracking down Shakespeare's elusive temptress and trying to determine her true identity.

Black Sonata puts you in London in the early 1600s, tracking down Shakespeare's elusive temptress and trying to determine her true identity.

If you're a regular visitor, you've probably noticed that things look a bit different around here now. I've refreshed the site with a redesign, and given it a lick of paint, and I think it's looking a lot nicer for it.

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

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.

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.

As part of my ongoing series of interviews with people involved in the board game industry, I was fortunate enough to have some of Keith Matejka's (Thunderworks Games) time.

I've got to start this review with a bit of a bombshell. Quacks of Quedlinburg (which I'll shorten to Quacks for the rest of the review) has NOTHING to do with ducks.

The third in the Escape Tales series - Children of Wyrmwoods - takes place in a world beyond our time, in villages, towers and thick forests.

Low Memory is the second game in the Escape Tales series from Board&Dice. It eschews the paranormal setting of its predecessor - The Awakening - and takes us into the near future

The Escape Tales series from Board&Dice are games in the 'escape room in a box' style. Follow the story, solve puzzles and make decisions to see how what happens in your adventure