by Alex McKenzie | Apr 13, 2024 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Sometimes I feel like I’m becoming a curmudgeonly old man. Bitter at the world and have a deep disdain and loathing for ‘fun’. Soon I’ll be chasing the roaming street youths off my lawn with a stick, how dare they play? Everyone should be out working! No one wants to...
by Alex McKenzie | Apr 6, 2024 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Way back in 2003 I picked up my first manga. The Monthly Shonen Jumps just started getting stocked at the local pharmacy and while my mom was looking over the newest set of romance novels that had just come in, the bright colours and exciting cover lured me in. I was...
by Alex McKenzie | Mar 31, 2024 | Book Reviews, Reviews
Spoilers ahead I don’t often delve into the world of book reviews, but when something leaves me in a heightened state of emotion, I find the best resolution for myself is to blog about it. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver is the story of the titular character,...
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...