by Alex McKenzie | Aug 7, 2022 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Designers: Ted Alspach Artist: Alanna Kelsey, Ollin Timm Release Year: 2021 Mechanics: Pick up and Deliver, Tile Placement, Route Building Players: 2 to 4 Introduction Some signs of a man rapidly approaching middle age may include weight gain, hair loss, and a sudden...
by Alex McKenzie | Jul 30, 2022 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Number of Plays: 6 (since I started recording my gameplays, I have dozens more from 2017 and 2018 that are lost to time) Game Length: 15 minutes Mechanics: Hand Management, Hidden Movement Release Year: 2017 Designer: Tim Fowers Artist: Ryan Goldsberry Introduction...
by Alex McKenzie | Jul 16, 2022 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Designers: Jamey Stegmaier and Alan Stone Artist: Jacqui Davis, David Montgomery, and Beth Sobel Release Year: 2015 Mechanics: Worker placement Players: 1-6 Introduction Viticulture has a storied past. It started out as a project on Kickstarter way back in 2012, long...
by Alex McKenzie | Jul 9, 2022 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Designer: Lance Hill Artists: Tim Baron, Matthew Ebisch, James Lyle, Kaysha Siemens, Adam Stoak Release Year: 2014 Mechanics: Cooperative, Set Collection, Hand Management A copy of Kings of Israel was provided by the publisher for review purposes Introduction There’s...
by Alex McKenzie | Jun 26, 2022 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Designers: Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson Artist: Brigette Indelicato Release Year: 2018 Mechanics: Bag Building, Hand Management, Area Control Players: 2 or 4 Bigfoot and I played War Chest by Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson as it had been on both of our ‘want...
by Alex McKenzie | May 29, 2022 | Reviews, Board Game Reviews
Introduction Well, it’s May 2022 and my family and I have contracted COVID-19 for the first time. I thought I would spend our isolation time reflecting on the series of games with the name that no one really thought remarkable until it overtook our world; Pandemic....