How To Build A Gaming Coffee Table

When I wanted a gaming table for the living room, I couldn't find one I liked, so I made one. Here's how.
Board game reviews and previews
Board game reviews and previews

When I wanted a gaming table for the living room, I couldn't find one I liked, so I made one. Here's how.

A lot of Eurogames involve building up a town, a city, a land, or an empire. But what happens when the formula gets flipped on its head? What happens when we actively try to prevent the growth and expansion? Let's find out with R. Eric Reuss' 2017 game, Spirit Island.

Silver & Gold. Designed by Phil Walker-Harding and published in 2019, this small box flip and write game promises treasure island fun for the family, but does it deliver? Let's have a look.

In a change from my usual style here, where I review games that tend to cover an entire table, today we're going to look at one that fits in the palm of your hand. Jon Mietling's 2018 game Palm Island comprises of just 17 cards, but can it contain a game worth buying in such a small package? Let's find out.

If two of your favourite things are worker placement games, and anthropomorphised woodland creatures, then you're in for a treat

For a long time I've been trying to work out what it is that really excites me when I take a game box in my hands. Don't gt me wrong, I get excited about playing the games, but there's something less tangible, something really on the tip of my brain.

Legacy games, if you're not familiar with them, tend to have things happen which permanently change the game as you play. Aeon's End Legacy takes this format and applies it to this fanstasy deckbuilding franchise, so let's have a look at the game.

Balancing workers and materials in an increasingly unstable construction site - what could possibly go wrong? Let's take a look at Pretzel Games' 2019 dexterity game, Men At Work, and find out.

I'm going to say right at the outset that I know 1970s American politics isn't a theme that's going to set everyone's heart a-flutter. However, I'd urge you to read this review all the same, because to turn your nose up at Watergate without looking deeper could be doing your collection a major disservice.

What's special about Teotihuacan? Lots of Eurogames give you the feeling of building something. but how many let you physically build something magnificent, right there on the board?