by Alex McKenzie | Sep 14, 2024 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
In Burgle Bros, you and your co-conspirators are tasked with breaking into a 3-story tower, cracking the safe on each floor, and escaping out the ceiling to the conveniently placed escape helicopter with the loot that you gathered from the safes. You’ll need to work...
by Alex McKenzie | Sep 11, 2024 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
A copy of A Gentle Rain was provided by Incredible Dream for the review purposes “Always changing, yet always itself” is the message from the game to the player on the front of the rule leaflet. Themed as a tranquil retreat to a quiet lake that will centre your mind,...
by Alex McKenzie | Sep 7, 2024 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
A few games have tried to capture the feeling of a roguelike video game, and in my opinion, no game does it better than One Deck Dungeon by Chris Cieslik, published by Asmadi Games. In One Deck Dungeon, one or two heroes take on a dungeon, guarded by numerous traps...
by Alex McKenzie | Aug 31, 2024 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Apparently I have a love hate relationship with dexterity games. It’s a love, because I adore games like Crokinole and Tokyo Highway. Flicking and building rickety structures makes me giddy and excited. But then I also harbour this utter hatred for Jenga. You’d think...
by Alex McKenzie | Aug 31, 2024 | Book Reviews, Reviews
Spoilers Ahead Equal Rites, by Sir Terry Pratchett was his 3rd Discworld novel, originally published in 1986 and tells the story of young Eskarina as she inherits magic from a dying wizard, and grows up with the innate ability to use magic, despite being a woman. The...