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Caverna: The Cave Farmers
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...
The Pillars of the Earth – Board Game Review
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...
Vikings – Horned Helmets and Real Estate Management
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...
Draft & Write Records
Designer: Bruno Maciel Artist: Pedro A. Alberto Publisher: Inside Up Games Players: 1 - 6 Mechanics: Draft and Write A prototype of Draft & Write Records was provided by the publisher for review purposes Introduction A great shame in my life is that I never grew...
Familiars and Foes Review – My Little Roguelike
Designers: Christopher K Lees and Jordan E Perme Artist: Jordan E Perme Release Year: 2022 Mechanics: Cooperative, Dice Rolling Combat, Variable Player Powers Players: 1 to 5 A prototype copy of the game was provided for review purposes How to Play Familiars and Foes...
Race for the Galaxy
Plays: Physically, 2. On Board Game Arena, 148 Game Length: Physically, 30 – 45 minutes. On Board Game Arena, 10 minutes Mechanics: card drafting, tableu building Release Year: 2007 Designer: Thomas Lehmann Artist: Martin Hoffmann, Claus Stephan, Mirko Suzuki...
Bullet❤️ – Multiplayer Review
Designers: Joshua Van Laningham Artist: Collateral Damage Studios, Sebastian Koziner, Usanekorin, and Davy Wagnarok Release Year: 2021 Mechanics: Pattern Matching, Push Your Luck Players: 1-4 Introduction I've been playing hobby board games since about 2015. I started...
Viticulture World: Cooperative Expansion
Designer: Mihir Shah and Francesco Testini Artist: Andrew Bosley Publisher: Stonemaier Games Mechanics: Worker Placement, Cooperative Release Year: 2022 Introduction Viticulture has the privilege of being a top 10 game for one of my most frequent gaming partners (698...
Maglev Metro
Designers: Ted Alspach Artist: Alanna Kelsey, Ollin Timm Release Year: 2021 Mechanics: Pick up and Deliver, Tile Placement, Route Building Players: 2 to 4 Introduction Some signs of a man rapidly approaching middle age may include weight gain, hair loss, and a sudden...
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