by Alex McKenzie | May 4, 2024 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
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...
by Alex McKenzie | Apr 27, 2024 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
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...
by Alex McKenzie | Apr 20, 2024 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
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...
by Alex McKenzie | Apr 13, 2024 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
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...
by Alex McKenzie | Apr 6, 2024 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
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...
by Alex McKenzie | Mar 2, 2024 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
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...