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Food Chain Magnate: The Ketchup Mechanism & Other Ideas – First Impressions
Food Chain Magnate is my favourite board game of all time. I get physically excited when pulling this game off the shelf, and before the expansion was announced, I would have argued that it was a perfect game. I've owned the Food Chain Magnate: The Ketchup Mechanism...
Slay the Spire: The Board Game – First Impressions
Introduction Slay the Spire: The Board Game, designed by Gary Dworetsky, Anthony Giovannetti, and Casey Yano and published by Contention Games is currently running a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. As a fan of the video game it's based on, I have been eagerly...
Pandemic: Fall of Rome
Introduction I guess this is my new tradition. Get sick, review a Pandemic game. I didn't catch Covid like last time, but I was sick enough that I cancelled my weekend plans. I chose to spend my time thinking about Pandemic: Fall of Rome instead of spreading the...
Doctor Who Fluxx
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...
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...
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