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Dann Sullivan May 13, 2022 0

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 theme of hopelessness running through it, and it subsequently turned a lot of classic fantasy-setting RPG…

Why you should pull the trigger on Colt Express Big Box

Matthew Smail May 9, 2022 0

Big Box versions of popular board games can be a bit of a mixed, erm, box. It can be extremely tempting to think of…

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Clash of Cultures Monumental Edition is the Civ VI of board games

Matthew Smail May 6, 2022 0

Whilst I’ve previously gone on record to say that Through the Ages might be the ultimate civilization-building…

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Maglev Metro has some beautiful pieces!

Jupiter Hadley May 2, 2022 0

We have a person in our board game group who just loves trains, so we have started playing a bunch of train games…

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Sheriff of Nottingham (Second Edition) takes bluffing games to a whole new level

Matthew Smail Apr 29, 2022 0

Bluffing has always been a cornerstone of traditional card games, with games like Go Fish, Bluff and S**thead (or…

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Stardew Valley: The Board Game is a great adaptation of the video game

Jupiter Hadley Apr 25, 2022 0

I have spent hundreds of hours in Stardew Valley the video game. I spent so much time cultivating my land, fishing,…

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Ankh: Gods of Egypt: Pharaoh expansion adds little complexity, but lots of fun

Matthew Smail Apr 22, 2022 0

If you’ve read my recent review of Ankh: Gods of Egypt, then you’ll know how big a fan I am of Eric Lang’s epic…

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Ticket to Ride: 15th Anniversary Edition is a very special thing indeed

Matthew Smail Apr 18, 2022 0

If you’re reading this review, then I’d be willing to bet a lot of money — maybe even a crisp fiver — that you’ve…

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Happy City is the small box city builder that has universal appeal

Matthew Smail Apr 11, 2022 0

How do you define a happy city? Is it the number of shops and banks a city has? Is it the public spaces; the parks…

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Ankh: Gods of Egypt completes the Eric Lang trilogy, but does an increase in…

Matthew Smail Apr 8, 2022 0

Along with several other games that have really “changed” the scene for me (including Scythe and Terraforming Mars)…

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Flotilla is a theme-heavy eurogame from Wizkids, but does it sink or swim?

Matthew Smail Apr 4, 2022 0

Although apparently in the minority, I used to consider Kevin Costner’s Waterworld one of my favourite films. I…

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