Snow Planner Review – Off-piste worker-placement fun
Snow Planner takes the concept of a dice-as-workers game, layers on a lovely theme, and delivers a really solid Japanese import special.
Tag Asymmetric
Asymmetric games usually give each player a different set of actions or abilities, making the game very changeable and future-proof.
Orbs vs Drones Preview – The lesser of two evils?
The aliens have sent their orbs to our home, our planet, our blue marble. Earth. They want to wipe out the population to build big factories, or farms, or theme parks - I'm not really sure what they want. But they want us gone.
Ironwood Review
The struggle between nature and progress is delivered beautifully in the best two-player board game I've played in a long time.
The Old King’s Crown Preview
The Old King's Crown has been sending ripples across my radar for a few years now, and with those ripples turning into waves after big showings at conventions like the UK Games Expo, I had big expectations
The Shores Of Tripoli Review
The Shores of Tripoli is a two-player, event-driven wargame from Fort Circle Games. It's set on the Barbary coast of North Africa at the turn of the 19th Century, and it's great.
Crescent Moon Review
Wargames tend to do asymmetry best. Crescent Moon is the new kid on the block, moving the strategy to a non-specific Caliphate, somewhere out in the desert.
44 BCE Preview
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
All Bridges Burning Review
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.
Cryptid: Urban Legends Review
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!
Vast: The Mysterious Manor Review
Spooky is a great word. It conjures up images of ghosts, ghouls, monsters and horror, but does it through the lens of something safe and fun. It's kid-friendly, it's all things Scooby-Doo, and it's one of my favourite feelings. Vast: The Mysterious Manor aims to recreate that feeling in the poster child for all things spooky - a haunted mansion.
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.