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6 Nimmt
I wonder if every gamer experiences an overcorrection in their hobby life. When I first got really into the board game hobby, I wanted to play the biggest, most complex game. The drier and crunchier the game, the more excited I got. But over time, I found myself...
El Grande
It's difficult trying to review a game like El Grande. For one, it's quite revered. Some of the biggest names in board games call it their favourite game. El Grande was released in 1995, and to this day still sits in the Board Game Geek's top 100 games list. My...
Cryptid – Board Game Review
There aren't a lot of deduction games that I enjoy. At least, competitive deduction games. I really enjoy solo logic puzzles, but when deduction becomes a competition, I freeze up and my brain becomes a puddle. It probably doesn't help that the people who make up my...
SCOUT
SCOUT by Kei Kanjino and published by Oink Games has got to be one of the most widely popular little box of cards Oink games has published so far. Each card in SCOUT is double-sided, with different numbers on either side. Each round begins by dealing out the whole...
Ticket to Ride
Sometimes I feel like I'm becoming a curmudgeonly old man. Bitter at the world and have a deep disdain and loathing for 'fun'. Soon I'll be chasing the roaming street youths off my lawn with a stick, how dare they play? Everyone should be out working! No one wants to...
Millennium Blades
Way back in 2003 I picked up my first manga. The Monthly Shonen Jumps just started getting stocked at the local pharmacy and while my mom was looking over the newest set of romance novels that had just come in, the bright colours and exciting cover lured me in. I was...
Nyet!
If you've been following some of board games largest and best creators on social media, you may have noticed that trick taking games are enjoying a bit of a renaissance at the moment. With dozens of fascinating games appearing, all with their own interesting spins on...
Castles of Mad King Ludwig
I feel like everywhere I look, people are expressing their distress at the#666666 amount of stuff we all have. Our kitchen counters are full of air fryers, coffee machines, and tea kettles, our drawers are overflowing with knickknacks, and our board game shelves are...
Voidfall – First Impressions
Preamble I'm writing this post as a first impression, mostly because I don't actually know if I'm going to be returning to Voidfall or not. Not because it's a bad game, quite the opposite. It's a fantastic game that I really enjoyed, but the reality of my gaming life...
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