Tabletop Reviews

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 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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Bluffing has always been a cornerstone of traditional card games, with games like Go Fish, Bluff and S**thead (or your local variant thereof) all being popular classics the world over. But sometimes, a game like Sheriff of Nottingham comes…

I have spent hundreds of hours in Stardew Valley the video game. I spent so much time cultivating my land, fishing, mining, befriending everyone, and otherwise ensuring my farm is perfect. So when I heard there was going to be Stardew…