by Alex McKenzie | Jul 24, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Board game expansions come in two flavours. One type adds small twists to the existing gameplay, enhancing the existing mechanisms and perhaps addressing some of the complaints of the base game. The other type of expansion makes huge changes. The mental toll of the...
by Alex McKenzie | Jul 16, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Number of Plays: 13 (since I started recording games, I’m sure actual number of plays is 50+) Game Length: 5 minutes – 3 hours (however long your group feels like playing Mechanics: Real-time, Card game Release Year: 1960 Designer: Werner Ernst George Muller Intro...
by Alex McKenzie | Jul 9, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Number of Plays: 27 Game Length: 30 – 50 minutes Mechanics: Tile laying, auction Release Year: 2015 Designer: Andreas Pelikan, Alexander Pfister Artist: Klemens Franz Intro I come from a Scottish family. My grandpa proudly displays our family crest emblazoned with the...
by Alex McKenzie | Jul 2, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Game Length: Each mission is between 5 and 15 minutes Mechanics: Where’s Waldo/Wally, Cooperative Release Year: 2020 Designer: Johannes Sich Artist: Daniel Goll, Tobias Jochinke, Johannes Sich Intro As a kid, I was a big fan of Where’s Waldo. The cornucopia of colour...
by Alex McKenzie | Jun 26, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Journal: I Am Not A Solo Gamer
Calico by Kevin Russ is the first physical board game that I purchased since the COVID-19 pandemic ended my in-person gaming group in March 2020. It’s also the first game I’ve purchased since I launched MeepleandtheMoose.com and started playing my physical games solo....
by Alex McKenzie | Jun 19, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Number of Plays: 12 Game Length: 30 minutes Mechanics: Pick up and Deliver, Hand Management Release Year: 2013 Designer: Jason Kotarski Artist: Brian Buckley, Christopher Kirkman Preface Great Heartland Hauling Co., designed by Jason Kotarski and published by Dice...