by Alex McKenzie | Oct 28, 2023 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Designers: Peer Sylvester Artist: Deirdre de Barra Release Year: 2011 Mechanics: Trick Taking, Area Majority Players: 3-5 Introduction Brian Boru: High King of Ireland is an area majority game utilizing a trick-taking mechanism as a way for players to earn the right...
by Alex McKenzie | Oct 21, 2023 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
In Applejack players are… actually, don’t worry about the theme. The goal of the game is to earn the most honey by growing cultivating collections of apples in your orchard, and arranging beehives to produce the most honey. I think it’s safe to say we’re firmly in the...
by Alex McKenzie | Oct 14, 2023 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Roll & Write games! Remember when these little gems were considered novel and few and far between, just a few years ago? Well, Nao Shimamura’s first kick at the can is a little title called Mind Space and is being published by Allplay. Is it a mind-blowing...
by Alex McKenzie | Oct 7, 2023 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Have you ever walked through a jungle and thought to yourself, “I love how colourful this place is! The vibrant green, red, purple, and blue ferns?” and “Wouldn’t this bright yellow fern look lovely if it had an equally yellow parrot on it?” No? Me either. Rainforest,...
by Alex McKenzie | Sep 30, 2023 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
I’ve never made anything that’s been massively popular, and as a by product, I’ve never had to follow up a massively popular project. I have sympathy for those who have, like Patrick Rothfuss and Scott Lynch, both of whom are authors who created excellent and popular...
by Alex McKenzie | Sep 23, 2023 | Reviews
Lucky Duck Games has announced that they’re bringing a special edition of Splotter’s hit game, Food Chain Magnate, to Gamefound on November 14th, targeting a late 2024 delivery. Lucky Duck Games reports that the gameplay will be untouched and that this special edition...