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...
by Alex McKenzie | Feb 17, 2024 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
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...
by Alex McKenzie | Feb 10, 2024 | Board Game Reviews, 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...
by Alex McKenzie | Jan 27, 2024 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
I sometimes forget that Kickstarter isn’t a thing that’s as well known outside of the board game circles. Every now and again I mention that I saw a project on Kickstarter to a work colleague or a parent at the playground, and I often get a “what’s a Kickstarter?”....
by Alex McKenzie | Jan 20, 2024 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
I’ve often thought I’m very good for not judging a book by its cover. Some of my favourite books have the most boring covers, but I don’t let that deter me! The Book of Flying by Keith Miller comes to mind specifically. The cover to that book has some porcelain...
by Alex McKenzie | Jan 6, 2024 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Alright, this game is better than it has any right to be. At the very least, consider me charmed. Bag of Chips, designed by Mathieu Aubert and Théo Rivière and published by Blue Orange Games, looks like a literal bag of chips, a plastic/foil pouch with a resealable...