Latest Game Reviews
Picture Perfect – Board Game Review
Board game burnout has come up as a topic of conversation within my circles lately. A friend who has been out of the hobby for a few years recently asked, “What have been the new, fresh, must play games over the last 5 years? Games that are different and really do something that thing else has really done before?”
Massive Darkness – Board Game Review
Way back in mid 2016 I was in this precarious position of really falling deep into the hobby. My awareness of Kickstarter was ramping up dramatically, and the game that was generating a ton of buzz at that moment was Massive Darkness, designed by Raphaƫl Guiton, Jean-Baptiste Lullien, and Nicolas Raoult, and published by CMON.
The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth
I love 7 Wonders Duel, much more than the full 7 player game. In fact, it’s one of my most played games due to the fact that my partner and I played it over and over when it first came out, and it was one of my very first board game reviews on this site! Then we got the Pantheon expansion, and played it even more, falling in love with the new dynamics the expansion brought to the game. I think in total, I have something like 50 plays of the game, making it one of my most played games of all time.
Trolls and Princesses – Board Game Review
When it comes to getting excited about games, there aren’t many instances anymore where there’s some radical new mechanic that grabs my attention. What ends up capturing my attention is theme and aesthetic. Gorgeous artwork really isn’t enough all on its own anymore, as it seems every game is simply gorgeous, but what can set a game away from the rest is a unique and whimsical theme.
Fromage – Board Game Review
The photos in this review were provided by the publisher, Road to Infamy Games Cheese! Who doesn't like cheese? The lactose intolerant, I suppose. But even then, the few friends of mine who have issues with lactose still enjoy cheese, even though it causes them pain...
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands – Book Review
Spoilers Ahead Trigger Warning - Sexual Assault In the second page of Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton, she talks about how Cape Breton used to export fish, coal, and steel; but in 2005, its main export is people. Empty chairs around tables, fathers,...
Flick ’em Up! Dead of Winter – Board Game Review
While horror is not my vibe, flicking games, certainly are. Flick ’em Up! Dead of Winter is the board game marriage between the disc flicking western, Flick ’em Up! and the narrative crossroads game, Dead of Winter. Flick ’em Up! Dead of Winter is a cooperative game where players are striving to survive and explore a city of cardboard buildings in 10 different scenarios. The players take on the roles of survivors, each of which is named, has a default weapon, and their plastic figure has a backpack that helps you remember if they’ve been activated this round or not.
Port Royal – Board Game Review
I have a tenuous relationship with the games designed by Alexander Pfister. On one hand, I generally dislike Great Western Trail, Blackout Hong Kong, and Maricabo. On the other hand, two of his co-designes, Broom Service, and Isle of Skye are some of my favourite games ever. While I’ve learned to steer clear from his bigger euro games, I hold out hope that I’ll continue to find joy in his smaller games.