by Alex McKenzie | Sep 11, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Number of Plays: 34 Game Length: 5 minutes Mechanics: Push your luck Release Year: 2014 Designer: James Ernest, Heinrich Gumpler, Paul Peterson Artist: Like, 25 people. Depends on the version you buy. Intro My favourite book of all time is The Name of the Wind by...
by Alex McKenzie | Sep 4, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Over the past few weeks I’ve been playing Cascadia by Randy Flynn. One evening in particular I played Cascadia, then immediately after played Calico by Kevin Russ. While the two games share some similarities, the biggest thing they have in common is that they’re both...
by Alex McKenzie | Aug 28, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Number of Plays: 8 (Plus 30 games on Board Game Arena) Game Length: 20 – 30 minutes Mechanics: Hand Management, Set collection Release Year: 1999 Designer: Reiner Knizia Artist: Anke Pohl, Thilo Rick, and Claus Stephan Intro Once upon a time I had a roommate. He and I...
by Alex McKenzie | Aug 21, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Number of Plays: 15 Game Length: 30 minutes Mechanics: Push your luck, Dice Rolling Release Year: 1980 Designer: Sid Sackson Artist Heiko Günther, Gabriel Laulunen (II), Walter Pepperle, Klaus Wilinski Intro I am not a gambling man. Back when I lived in Winnipeg, I...
by Alex McKenzie | Aug 6, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Number of Plays: 11 Game Length: 30 – 45 minutes Mechanics: Tableu building, hate drafting Release Year: 2015 Designer: Dan Cassar Artist: Philippe Guérin, Chris Quilliams, Beth Sobel, Waldo Ramirez Intro In this wonderful hobby, lots of games exist with lots of...
by Alex McKenzie | Jul 31, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Game Length: 10 – 15 minutes Mechanics: Tile Laying, Set Collection Release Year: 2016 Designer: Bruno Cathala Artist: Cyril Bouquet Intro In 2016 I had been into hobby board games for a couple of years and was rapidly searching out the heaviest games I could find,...