by Alex McKenzie | Sep 25, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Number of Plays: 16 Game Length: 120-240 minutes Mechanics: card drafting, economic market, action selection Release Year: 2015 Designer: Jeroen Doumen, Joris Wiersinga Artist: Iris de Haan, Ynze Moedt Introduction Let’s flash back to 2008. I was 17 and had just moved...
by Alex McKenzie | Sep 18, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Number of Plays: 4 Game Length: 15 – 30 minutes Mechanics: Tile Placement, Puzzle Release Year: 2019 Designer: Michal Mikeš, Jan Soukal, Adam Spanel Artist: Jaroslav Jurica, Marek Loskot, Pavel Richter Intro Let me tell you a bit about my mom. Some of my earliest...
by Alex McKenzie | Sep 11, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Number of Plays: 34 Game Length: 5 minutes Mechanics: Push your luck Release Year: 2014 Designer: James Ernest, Heinrich Gumpler, Paul Peterson Artist: Like, 25 people. Depends on the version you buy. Intro My favourite book of all time is The Name of the Wind by...
by Alex McKenzie | Sep 4, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Over the past few weeks I’ve been playing Cascadia by Randy Flynn. One evening in particular I played Cascadia, then immediately after played Calico by Kevin Russ. While the two games share some similarities, the biggest thing they have in common is that they’re both...