by Alex McKenzie | Jun 5, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Number of Plays: 8 Game Length: 45 minutes Mechanics: Dice Rolling, Tile Placement, Action Selection Release Year: 2011 Designer: Antoine Bauza Artist: Nicolas Fructus, Picksel, Yuio Introduction – How I found Yin and Yang Takenoko was among the first designer board...
by Alex McKenzie | May 22, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Number of Plays: 12 Game Length: 30 – 45 minutes Mechanics: Tile Laying, Hand Management Release Year: 2006 Designer: Susan McKinley Ross Qwirkle! Travel-sized for your convenience! There are few games in my collection that get the chance to leave my doors once its...
by Alex McKenzie | May 8, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Journal: I Am Not A Solo Gamer, Reviews
Bullet♥︎ exploded into into my life from seemingly nowhere and consumed my soul for nearly 3 weeks. I was drawn in by the promise of fast paced shoot-em-up (SHMUP) action and a gorgeous anime aesthetic. What I got instead was a compelling puzzle game where the player...
by Alex McKenzie | Apr 24, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Number of Plays: 21 Game Length: 45 – 60 minutes Mechanics: Deck building, word building Release Year: 2014 Designer: Tim Fowers Artist: Ryan Goldsberry Before I Talk About the Board Game When asked about my hobbies, one of the first activities that I choose as the...
by Alex McKenzie | Apr 4, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Number of Plays: 14 Number of Players: 2 – 4 Game Length: 60 – 90 minutes Mechanics: Deck building, tunnel digging Release Year: 2015 Designer: Gavan Brown, Matt Tolman Artist: Gavan Brown, Scott Carmichael, Lina Cossette, David Forest It Always Goes Back to Games...
by Alex McKenzie | Mar 21, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Number of Plays: 25 Number of Players: 2 – 4 Game Length: 10 – 30 minutes Mechanics: Hand management, Route Building Release Year: 2002 Designer: Alan R. Moon, Aaron Weissblum Artist: John Kovalic, Cathleen Quinn-Kinney Alan Moon is a prolific game designer. With a...