by Alex McKenzie | Feb 26, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Journal: I Am Not A Solo Gamer
The question that comes up when I make the choice to play a solo game is ‘what differentiates a game from a puzzle’? I could also question why do we even play games in the first place, but I’m here to write, not to think. I tried the Solo mode for Sagrada the other...
by Alex McKenzie | Feb 19, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Number of Plays: 29 Game Length: 30 minutes Mechanics: Card drafting, set collection, tug of war Release Year: 2015 Designer: Antoine Bauza Bruno Cathala Artist: Miguel Coimbra Publisher: Repos Production 7 Wonders is a pillar of the board game community, often a...
by Alex McKenzie | Feb 16, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Number of Plays: 29 (Mostly 3 players, equal amount of 2 and 4) Game Length: 30 minutes Mechanics: Dice Rolling Release Year: 2017 Designers: Adrian Adamescu, Daryl Andrews Artists: Adrian Adamescu, Daryl Andrews, Peter Wocken Publisher: Floodgate Games I love...
by Alex McKenzie | Feb 13, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Number of Plays: 11 Game Length: 20 – 30 minutes Mechanics: Abstract Strategy Release Year: 2016 Designer: Gord! Artist: Lina Cossette, David Forest Publisher: Roxley Games Named after a city in the Aegean Sea, known for it’s bleached white buildings and brilliant...
by Alex McKenzie | Feb 10, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Number of Plays: 8 (+13 more on Yucata.de) Game Length: 45 – 75 minutes Mechanics: Bag building, racing Release Year: 2016 Designer: David Short Here’s an odd confession to make as an adult man. I don’t like driving cars. I’ve actively avoided getting a drivers...