Yotei Review – Hot potato!
Imagine if you took a game like Splendor and filled it with potatoes instead of gems. That's Yotei! Review's over, on you go.
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Knitting Circle Review – A darn good game
Knitting Circle is still a fantastic puzzle that fans of games like Calico, Azul, and River Valley Glassworks will really enjoy
The Great Evening Banquet Review – Fine dining with Saashi
Celeste can't sit with her back to the window, and Grandpa smells. So how do you arrange the seating so that everyone is happy? Saashi & Saashi have taken the concept with The Great Evening Banquet and turned it into a game
Play Something Old: Notre Dame
I’m winding back the years again today with another in the Play Something Old series of retrospectives. This time it’s the turn of Stefan Feld’s oft-overlooked 2007 game, Notre Dame. Notre Dame takes place in the French city of the…
Carnuta Review – My new favourite tableau-builder
I picked Carnuta up on Friday evening. It's now Monday afternoon, and I've honestly lost count of how many plays I've racked up.
Stamp Swap Review – One for the collectors’ collections?
Is it worth taking those single blue stamps and forgoing everything else on offer? Are the cherries on those pieces of cake big and juicy enough?
Fetching Feathers Preview – Ornithological refinement
It's a familiar game, for sure, but I think it's more like a refinement than anything else. It's like making the most amazing sandwich, then someone saying, "You know what, let's see what happens when we add fewer flavours of crisps in this".
Boreal Review – A pyramid scheme for two
Sometimes a game is good enough to stand on its own. It has a theme, but that theme is like a dog wearing a bumblebee costume - it's cute, but it's not fooling anyone.
Overparked Review – Lots of fun
I've introduced Overparked to three separate groups since I bought it at UKGE, and it's been a hit with each and every person who's played it.
Sankoré Review
Sankoré is fantastic, staging a successful coup d'etat against Merv and claiming the crown as my favourite of Fabio's games. There's a lot going on though, so be forewarned.