by Alex McKenzie | Feb 8, 2025 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
I’m always on the lookout for interesting twists on action selection mechanics. From the most basic systems to interesting worker placement mechanics, to rondels, and everything in between, I find the way that games let you take actions to be a fascinating puzzle....
by Alex McKenzie | Jan 15, 2025 | Reviews, Board Game Reviews
A copy of Bark Avenue was provided by Good Games Publishing for review purposes The life of a dog walker seems like an envious one. Picking up playful pooches, giving them a job around the block in the sunshine, throwing a ball or a Frisbee at the park, then...
by Alex McKenzie | Jan 11, 2025 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
How many times have you almost been in a fight? How many times have you talked a big game only to realize, yeah, it’s probably smarter to sit back and let someone else take the hits? Scythe is all about that moment; the tension before the clash, the slow buildup where...
by Alex McKenzie | Dec 7, 2024 | Reviews, Board Game Reviews
Creating the Top 100 Games of All Time list back in March highlighted how I’ve never really covered some of my favourite games. I’m slowly working through that backlog by creating a review as I play these games again. In Flamme Rogue by designer Asger Harding...
by Alex McKenzie | Nov 30, 2024 | Reviews, Board Game Reviews
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...