by Alex McKenzie | Jul 31, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Game Length: 10 – 15 minutes Mechanics: Tile Laying, Set Collection Release Year: 2016 Designer: Bruno Cathala Artist: Cyril Bouquet Intro In 2016 I had been into hobby board games for a couple of years and was rapidly searching out the heaviest games I could find,...
by Alex McKenzie | Jul 24, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Board game expansions come in two flavours. One type adds small twists to the existing gameplay, enhancing the existing mechanisms and perhaps addressing some of the complaints of the base game. The other type of expansion makes huge changes. The mental toll of the...
by Alex McKenzie | Jul 16, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Number of Plays: 13 (since I started recording games, I’m sure actual number of plays is 50+) Game Length: 5 minutes – 3 hours (however long your group feels like playing Mechanics: Real-time, Card game Release Year: 1960 Designer: Werner Ernst George Muller Intro...
by Alex McKenzie | Jul 9, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Number of Plays: 27 Game Length: 30 – 50 minutes Mechanics: Tile laying, auction Release Year: 2015 Designer: Andreas Pelikan, Alexander Pfister Artist: Klemens Franz Intro I come from a Scottish family. My grandpa proudly displays our family crest emblazoned with the...
by Alex McKenzie | Jul 2, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Game Length: Each mission is between 5 and 15 minutes Mechanics: Where’s Waldo/Wally, Cooperative Release Year: 2020 Designer: Johannes Sich Artist: Daniel Goll, Tobias Jochinke, Johannes Sich Intro As a kid, I was a big fan of Where’s Waldo. The cornucopia of colour...