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Terra Mystica Big Box is a dry, heavy fantasy Eurogame – and it is brilliant!
It’s very unlikely that you can have been involved in hobby board games for long without at least encountering Terra Mystica. This ten-year-old game of terraforming, worker placement and pseudo-area control was designed by Jens Drögemüller…
Tiny Epic Pirates – Yo ho ho! It’s a tiny life for me!
I really liked how the action selection element of Tiny Epic Pirates worked, as you always had plenty of choices to make and a variety of ways to earn money. Moving quickly around the wheel allows you to do exactly what you want if you’re…
Pandemic Hot Zone North America is bite sized Pandemic
Pandemic Hot Zone North America is a smaller, standalone version of Pandemic, complete with a lot of the same concepts, but on a smaller scale, so you can play a bite-sized version. This game is for two to four players, working together, to…
The Court of Miracles pits you against everyone!
The Court of Miracles is a two-to-five-player medieval bluffing game where you and your fellow players each look to take over the town through claiming neighbourhoods and more. You'll spend your money on upgrades, and aim to use all of your…
Ninja Burger has you becoming the best delivery Ninja
Ninja Burger is a game that has been out for quite some time. It’s aged, but is still a very fun game that can be enjoyed! Our group had never played Ninja Burger before, so we took a swing at this three to six player dice rolling card game…
Merchants of Infinity – To infinity and beyond!
All this may sound a little complicated, but for each game I’ve played with different groups, everyone managed to get to grips with play by the end of the first round. The board looks busy, but most things are fairly clear, and whilst you…
Leopold Part 2 Of 3 White Sleep continues the story.
Coming straight off of part 1 of Leopold, called The Pendulum of the Dead, our group was left captivated and wanted to get into part 2. You see, the end of the first game leads right into this game, on a massive cliffhanger, so we were…
Leopold Part 1 of 3 The Pendulum of the Dead is a thriller!
The Pendulum of the Dead is a tabletop escape room that plays out in the style of a thriller. In it you are looking to escape an asylum and, from there, save the world from some sort of evil being, which isn’t quite explained at first. It’s…
Neuroshima Hex 3.0 – The Year of Moloch Edition is a celebration of a great game, but who for?
Sitting just outside the BoardGameGeek top 300 games of all time, Neuroshima Hex 3.0 is a game that has many fans. It is both an extremely deep and broad-sci-fi inspired duelling game and also a tight, fast-paced and relatively light…
Meeples & Monsters is worker placement and bag-building lite, but is it a de-light?
Recently fulfilled via Kickstarter and at retail during 2022, Meeples & Monsters has an awful lot going for it. Designer Ole Steiness has a lot of credit in the bank thanks to the excellence of Champions of Midgard, and publisher AEG is…