This five year period began with a game that simulates the spread of civilization and ended with one based on a war that almost ended civilization as we know it. In between, there were plenty of other notable titles, including … Continue reading →
Wormholes Designer: Peter McPherson Publisher: AEG Players: 1-5 Age: 14+ Time: 40-50 minutes Played with review copy provided by AEG – 5 times in during a COVID quarantine afternoon Well, I’m usually not one to pen such a quick review; … Continue reading →
Capital Lux 2: Generations Designers: Eilif Svensson & Kristian A. Ostby Publisher: Aporta Games Players: 1-4 Age: 10+ Time: 30-40 minutes Played with review copy provided by the publisher Capital Lux (the original) was a interesting tactical “trick taking” card … Continue reading ...
Bureau of Investigation – Investigations in Arkham and Elsewhere Designer: Gregory Privat Publisher: Space Cowboys Players: 1-8 Age: 14+ Time: the box says 90+ minutes per case; real life says 90-240 minutes (so far) Played 3 cases so far with … Continue reading →
Golem Designers: Simone Luciani, Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli Artist: Francesco Ciampi, Roberto Grasso Publisher: Cranio Games Players: 2-4 Age: 14+ Time: 90-180 minutes Times Played: 5 Golem is a new euro-game from my favorite designer group in Italy: Simone Luciani, … ...
Zapotec Designer: Fabio Lopiano Publisher: Board&Dice Players: 1-4 Age: 14+ Time: 60-75 minutes Played 3 times with review copy provided by Board&Dice Well, I’m still catching up from the 2022 releases from Board&Dice, a game company I once thought was … Continue reading →
Marvel Remix Designer: Bruce Glassco Publisher: Wizkids Players: 2-6 Age: 12+ Time: 20 minutes Fantasy Realms remains one of my favorite games, especially in the filler niche. Back when we first reviewed Fantasy Realms in 2017, I didn’t love it … Continue reading →
The introduction of A Feast For Odin on BGA led me to bring my physical copy out to much acclaim in a return to face-2-face gaming love. The thought of optimising a 100 different polyominoes on personal tableaus online gave … Continue reading →
The Spiel des Jahres jury announced their nominees and recommendations this morning. Congratulations to the nominees! We’ve listed the nominees below, but we’ve only put in the names of the German publishers (or what we assume is the German publisher). … Continue reading →
For the past few years, our group of gamers has taken their best guess at trying to read the minds of the Spiel des Jahres jury members. The nominations for the Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres will be … Continue reading →
