by Alex McKenzie | Jul 6, 2024 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
A complimentary copy of The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls was provided by the publisher for the purposes of review I am a big fan of the Roguelike video game genre, and while I’m not a huge fan of The Binding of Isaac specifically, it’s been impossible for me to ignore...
by Alex McKenzie | Jun 30, 2024 | Book Reviews, Reviews
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is the kind of book that tells you everything that you need to know about the titular character. Eleanor is completely fine. How’s work? Fine. How’s life? Fine. Should life be more than fine? Well, that’s the book, isn’t it? Eleanor...
by Alex McKenzie | Jun 29, 2024 | First Impressions
At the time of writing this, I was also working on my Knarr review, and in that review I reflected on how my gaming tastes have pulled back from playing really heavy games. Then the opportunity to play Indonesia came up, and I was instantly excited. Splotter’s Food...
by Alex McKenzie | Jun 27, 2024 | Blog
Over the last 6 months, my table has been somewhat inundated with the works of Vladimír Suchý. This wasn’t entirely on purpose, but his games have just happened to come into our possession. Last night (at time of writing) I played my 5th game of his, so I felt the...
by Alex McKenzie | Jun 22, 2024 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Not many games do this very well, but one of the mechanics that I absolutely adore is positive player interaction. When someone does a thing, and everyone benefits. Concordia does this incredibly well, a couple birds in Wingspan benefit all players, but give extra...