by Alex McKenzie | Jul 25, 2024 | Lists
I’ve become the guy whose known as “The Boardgamer” amongst my friend groups. I kind of delight when people who are unaware that board games can even be a hobby come to visit, and they open the doors to reveal my board game collection and see them be just a little...
by Alex McKenzie | Mar 20, 2024 | Lists, Top 100 2024
I know in the last post I said I don’t like to faff about with the partial rankings, but these games are all 8.5 for me. They’re better than the riffraff that came before them, but they aren’t quite a 9/10 for me. Still, I love all these games, and some of them I’m...
by Alex McKenzie | Dec 4, 2021 | Top 100 - 2021
I feel compelled to complete this series before 2021 ends. I had no idea how much effort it was to write about 100 games when I started this series! Luckily this is the point where I move from games that I list as ‘like’ to games that I ‘like like’. These are the...
by Alex McKenzie | Jul 31, 2021 | Board Game Reviews, Reviews
Game Length: 10 – 15 minutes Mechanics: Tile Laying, Set Collection Release Year: 2016 Designer: Bruno Cathala Artist: Cyril Bouquet Intro In 2016 I had been into hobby board games for a couple of years and was rapidly searching out the heaviest games I could find,...