by Alex McKenzie | Mar 29, 2025 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
I don’t know if it’s still true, but Otter has said that cooperative games are his favourite games to play. He loves the collaboration, and especially, the discussion that most cooperative games feature. Creating a plan together, and seeing it all come together, is...
by Alex McKenzie | Aug 13, 2022 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Designer: Mihir Shah and Francesco Testini Artist: Andrew Bosley Publisher: Stonemaier Games Mechanics: Worker Placement, Cooperative Release Year: 2022 Introduction Viticulture has the privilege of being a top 10 game for one of my most frequent gaming partners (698...
by Alex McKenzie | Apr 10, 2022 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Plays: 14 Designer: Nathan I. Hajek and Grace Holdinghaus Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Release Year: 2019 Mechanics: Deck Building, Narrative Adventure, Co-op Introduction My wife and I are huge Lord of the Rings fans. We love the books and we love the trilogy of...
by Alex McKenzie | Jul 2, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Game Length: Each mission is between 5 and 15 minutes Mechanics: Where’s Waldo/Wally, Cooperative Release Year: 2020 Designer: Johannes Sich Artist: Daniel Goll, Tobias Jochinke, Johannes Sich Intro As a kid, I was a big fan of Where’s Waldo. The cornucopia of colour...
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...