Tabletop

I know, I know, you’re probably already bored (or maybe board) of all this Ankh: Gods of Egypt content, but hear me out — this is the last review, and possibly, maybe, the most important one except for the base game itself. Today, I’m going…

It doesn’t seem long since I first reviewed Ankh: Gods of Egypt from Eric Lang, marking the final chapter in his epic “Mythic Trilogy” with what I believe to be the best in the series. In fact, I liked it so much that I followed that review…

Whether we’re talking about board or video games, remakes, remasters and reskins are increasingly common, however in most cases, the original version of any game targeted for such treatment will be at least four or five years old. Not so…

Our tabletop group has played a large number of train related games recently. From Maglev Metro to Ticket to Ride, there are just a lot of different train games out there. Whistle Stop is the newest train game to our tabletop group; it has…

When it comes to easy to play, card-based games, Cabo Deluxe Edition has a lot to offer. It’s simple to understand, quick to set up, and very easy to play round after round. You see, you are looking to get the lowest amount of numbers on…

It can be a bit of a challenge to review games that are subject to a remake. Sometimes I have a strong opinion, or on other occasions I’ve never even heard of a particular game. In some cases, I didn’t like the original game, or at the very…

Cults, curses and a couple of campaigns, Mörk Borg Cult: Heretic is a supplemental zine that brings together some community-created content to deepen Mörk Borg including some useful tables and ready-to-play scenarios. Mörk Borg had a big…

Big Box versions of popular board games can be a bit of a mixed, erm, box. It can be extremely tempting to think of the “value” you’re getting when investing in a box that includes a base game and any number of expansions, both in terms of…

Whilst I’ve previously gone on record to say that Through the Ages might be the ultimate civilization-building simulator, there’s no doubt that it does its thing in a fairly abstract way — as do other Civ builders such as Civilization: a…

We have a person in our board game group who just loves trains, so we have started playing a bunch of train games when they are around! Maglev Metro is a train related tabletop game where you and your friends are all competing to be the…