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Tatsumi – Board Game Review
I’m a pretty antisocial kind of guy, which is not exactly conducive to building a community. I’m the perpetual lurker: always reading, always watching, rarely commenting. I show up to public events and hover near the wall, sticking close to the people I already know,...
Hungry Monkey – Board Game Review
I don’t know what’s changed about me lately, but I often found myself preferring the shorter card games instead of the big, heavy, rules-dense board games that used to dominate my life. Maybe it’s just the phase of life I’m in, the fatigue that comes with raising...
Heat: Pedal to the Metal – Board Game Review
I think one of the byproducts of growing up in a town that was basically 2 km long and half a kilometre wide is that I never really developed a need for a car until I was in my early twenties. And as a result of not having a car for the entire first half of my life,...
The White Castle – Board Game Review
I'm Canadian, so any jokes about White Castle as a fast food chain are pretty lost on me. Although, thanks to Harold and Kumar, the references are not completely lost in translation. The White Castle, in my context, is a die drafting game designed by Sheila Santos and...
Recall – Board Game Review
Sometimes I wonder how much designers end up living in the shadow of their own biggest hits. Does Agricola loom large in the mind of Uwe Rosenberg, affecting everything he touches? Is every new Stefan Feld release inevitably compared to The Castles of Burgundy? And...
Vantage – Board Game Review
Disclaimer: a copy of Vantage was provided by Stonemaier Games for review It’s kind of hard to know how to approach Vantage. The box is big, black, and heavy. Physically heavy, sure, but also weighed down by expectation. This is a project that Jamey Stegmaier spent...
Seashells – Board Game Review
Disclaimer: This review is based on plays of the game on Board Game Arena. I don't usually like to review games solely based on a Board Game Arena play. I recognize that the platform has some sincere benefits, from the wide variety of games, the plentiful amount of...
Kronologic: Paris 1920 – Board Game Review
Last week I wrote about Turing Machine, a deduction puzzle that fascinated me with its cardboard computer but ultimately left me a little cold with the multiplayer experience. This week I'm talking about designers Fabien Gridel and Yoann Levet's follow-up game,...
Turing Machine – Board Game Review
I’ve always had a soft spot for puzzle games. From Tetris to those logic puzzles you find in the Penny Press game books, to word games and Sudoku puzzles. I love the moment when I sit down in front of one, utterly clueless, then start teasing at the edges, working the...
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