Eclipse – It’s a Euro-y War Game, I Swear!

by Alex McKenzie | Nov 27, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews

Number of plays: 3 Designer: Touko Tahkokallio Artists: Ossi Hiekkala and Sampo Sikiö Release Year: 2011 Mechanics: Dice Rolling, Modular Board, Direct Conflict It’s always fascinating when a piece of media tries to cross barriers between genres. I’m thinking of games...

Can’t Stop – Won’t Stop, Don’t Stop!

by Alex McKenzie | Aug 21, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews

Number of Plays: 15 Game Length: 30 minutes Mechanics: Push your luck, Dice Rolling Release Year: 1980 Designer: Sid Sackson Artist Heiko Günther, Gabriel Laulunen (II), Walter Pepperle, Klaus Wilinski Intro I am not a gambling man. Back when I lived in Winnipeg, I...

Tiny Epic Quest – Thematically Pleasing, Mechanically Lacking

by Alex McKenzie | Mar 19, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews

Number of Players: 1 – 4 Game Length: 30 – 60 minutes Mechanics: Push your luck, Dice Rolling, Area Movement Release Year: 2017 Designer: Scott Almes Artist: Miguel Coimbra, Adam P. McIver Intro – In where I try to not talk about The Legend of Zelda If you walk around...

Journal #2 – Sagrada – Be Better Than the Sum of the Rejected Dice

by Alex McKenzie | Feb 26, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Journal: I Am Not A Solo Gamer

The question that comes up when I make the choice to play a solo game is ‘what differentiates a game from a puzzle’? I could also question why do we even play games in the first place, but I’m here to write, not to think. I tried the Solo mode for Sagrada the other...

Sagrada – A Game of Dice Drafting & Window Crafting

by Alex McKenzie | Feb 16, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews

Number of Plays: 29 (Mostly 3 players, equal amount of 2 and 4) Game Length: 30 minutes Mechanics: Dice Rolling Release Year: 2017 Designers: Adrian Adamescu, Daryl Andrews Artists: Adrian Adamescu, Daryl Andrews, Peter Wocken Publisher: Floodgate Games I love...