Destinies Review
Through a mixture of placing tiles and rolling dice, players assume the role of a character in each scenario, and choose how best to fulfil their own destiny, while others race to do the same.
Tag Solo
It might come as a surprise, but lots of board games can be played by one person now. Stories, automated opponents, and beating your own score are common themes.
Canine Capers Preview
One of those odd questions that people seem to ask is, "Do you prefer dogs or cats?". I'm not sure why it matters, but whether you prefer canine of feline, Atikin Games have you covered with their latest 3-in-1 Kickstarter for Playful Pets.
Blood of the Northmen Review
The aim of the game is to either grow your clan large enough to form the nation of Bjarmia (I googled it, it was a real thing), or kick enough ass to win through sheer dominance.
Why Not Just Play a Video Game?
Those three words on their own - "solo board gaming" - seem pretty paradoxical to many. Taking a hobby that relies on people around a table, and doing it on your own.
Sherlock Holmes: Four Investigations Review
Regular visitors to Punchboard know that I love mystery, and in particular, Sherlock Holmes. When Van Ryder offered me the chance to review one of the GNA series, I jumped at the chance.
Scythe Review
Scythe is Stonemaier Games' Euro-in-mechs-clothing game from 2016. It's a game that's been riding high in the BGG charts since its release, so it's about time I gave it a proper review.
Mazescape Labyrinthos Review
Daedalus built the famous Labyrinth, used to imprison the Minotaur. Mazescape Labyrinthos drops you into a maze more devious than anything the Minotaur faced.
Distilled Preview
In Distilled, you play the role of a character who has inherited an abandoned distillery. Your goal is to return it to its former glory, restoring your family's name, and earning yourself the title of Master Distiller.
Blind Luck – The Last Engineer Review
I'm going to tell you about a game where you're plunged into complete darkness, from start to end. A game where your blind fumblings are all that stand between a towns survival, and eradication at the hands (claws?) of creatures known as Scuttlers. Can you feel the hair on the back of your neck standing up yet?
Cooper Island Review
Cooper Island is an unusual Euro game that marries worker-placement and tile-placement, along with a bit of resource management.Each player is developing their own peninsula of the oddly-shaped island, and resources are in short supply.
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.
Pilfering Pandas Preview
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.