by Alex McKenzie | Oct 29, 2022 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Designer: Andrew Looney Publisher: Looney Labs Year: 2017 Introduction I’ve always preferred the fantasy side of fiction. Sci-fi is great and all, but it’s never been my preferred flavour. Doctor Who is a series that I never bothered with until I met a girl who...
by Alex McKenzie | Oct 22, 2022 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Introduction Should games be reviewed in a vacuum? When I consider a game, should I be looking at it as a product as if no other games exist, or should I be comparing it to similar games? Does this change if the designer of the game already has a similar game on the...
by Alex McKenzie | Oct 15, 2022 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Introduction Once again, I’m confronted with the question, “Should games be reviewed in a vacuum?”. When considering a game, should I look at it from the perspective of when it was released? Should I compare it to similar games, or to the past works of the...
by Alex McKenzie | Oct 8, 2022 | Blog
Every year I encourage the members of my regular game group to create a top 100 games of all time. Today I’m finishing the series in which I explore my friends favourite games and specifically look at the games they chose to put onto their top 100 that I dislike. Hate...
by Alex McKenzie | Oct 2, 2022 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Number of Plays: 16 Game Length: 30-45 minutes Mechanics: Tile Placement, Auction Release Year: 2007 Designer: Michael Kiesling Artist: Harald Lieske, Michael Menzel Introduction It’s pretty rare that I learn a game digitally. I find it so much harder to learn a game...