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Heat: Tunnel Vision is an enthusiast’s expansion that you don’t need, but you’ll…
As reliable as your favourite mug, Days of Wonder followed on from the successes of Ticket to Ride, Five Tribes, Smallworld and Memoir ‘44 when it released HEAT back in 2023. Designed by Asger Harding Granerud and Daniel Skjold Pedersen and…
The GoChess Lite Modern chessboard is smart and sleek, but comes at a high price
300 dollars doesn't go far in the modern world, but it still seems quite a lot for a chess set. That said, the GoChess Lite Modern is more than just an ordinary set. This is an attractive, well made set at competition size, with attractive…
Monaco 2 makes an unexpected reappearance 12 years after the original stole its way onto our screens
For the last few days, I’ve been searching the darkest corners of the internet for my 2013 review of the original Monaco: What’s Yours Is Mine. Alas, I can’t find it anywhere, but let me summarise it for you — back then, there were a lot…
Chasmal Fear – Afraid it’s a no from me
I quite like the mechanic of some monsters mutating and reviving after death unless you use your knife on them. This reminds me of the Crimson Heads from the remake of Resident Evil, with you needing to use your serum loaded knife if a body…
Centum – Actual Intelligence
I describe Centum as being more akin to a visual novel, as really there aren’t any serious puzzles to solve, inventory items to manage, or information to carry from area to area. This isn’t a knock on the game as it’s designed in this way,…
Between Two Castles Essential Edition offers fun, versatile tile placement
You don’t see many big box eight player games these days, but with Between Two Castles Essential Edition, Stonemaier Games offers up the perfect option for those occasions when you have a full house, and a smaller game won’t cut the…
Garden Heist will take over your table with its twist on Hide and Seek
In Garden Heist players race to rack up points by sneaking up the board in a clever twist on hide and seek. While I'm almost 100% certain that somebody has made a wargaming-style game that adapts hide and seek to the table, after all, they…
Revenge of the Savage Planet is the whackiest kind of fun!
I never played Journey to the Savage Planet, but if my experience with Revenge of the Savage Planet is anything to go by, I may well have missed out. Revenge of the Savage Planet is the product of Raccoon Logic, a newly minted developer…
Deep Deep Deep Nightmare – Charmingly Simplistic
If your parents were anything like mine then, as a kid, they used to tell you various little white lies that you can still remember even now. You know the ones: Don't go swimming thirty minutes after you've eaten, carrots are good for your…
Pokémon Trading Card Game Destined Rivals Build and Battle Box – A Player’s Perspective
I've played many, many, TCGs in my time. My main card game used to be Cardfight!! Vanguard, run by Bushiroad, before switching over to Magic: The Gathering in 2023. I've also indulged in Yu-Gi-Oh!, Flesh and Blood, Weiss Schwarz, Dragon…
Panzer Corps 2: Frontlines – Bulge is a great place to start your PC2 journey
It's odd to instantly go from the German Blitzkrieg to the American (defense ). All new equipment troops, and strategies, but, "Hey... let's just throw you into the deep end".
Ethnos 2nd Edition is prettier than the original, but are the improvements only skin deep?
Things move slowly in the world of board games, and the rumour mill is often turning long before anything actually materializes. This is often true when it comes to remaking older games — and in the case of 2017’s Ethnos, there seem to have…
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Trick-Taking – Chapter-based Hobbit
I am going to admit, this is the second Lord of the Rings board game I have played, and I have still not read the books or seen the movie. However, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Trick-Taking Game, is a simple to follow,…
Monster Train 2 – To hell and back
If you played the original, Monster Train 2 is more of that but with a few new twists. For the uninitiated though, your job is to complete eight fights on the way to the centre of heaven, picking up new cards and abilities between each…
Chains of Freedom is a tense and highly intriguing tactical RPG that is well worth your time
Where once the squad-based tactical shooter was a rarity, I feel that these days I’ve been inundated with them. This is a good problem to have as long as new entries to the genre, such as Chains of Freedom, pass the simple “is it as good as…
Pax Augusta is a (mostly) pleasing old-school city builder
While I much prefer the challenge of reviewing console-based strategy games, the dedicated Romanophile in me does occasionally surface in order to pick up the occasional, exceptional PC based strategy game. The last of these was 2019’s…
KIBORG – Updates Needed
Roguelikes used to be somewhat of an enigma to me. I never used to see the appeal of smashing my head against a wall over and over to progress in small increments. Then I got shown some very good ones, such as Slay the Spire, Cult of the…
Clair Obscura: Expedition 33 is an incredible modern take on the classic JRPG formula
From the moment Clair Obscura: Expedition 33 boots up and almost without fault across its 25 to 50 hour runtime, the player will be treated to a modern masterpiece that wows with its visual and aural delight — often in spite of its macabre…
Doomlings Techlings Expansion bolts new mechanics onto your winning strategy
The Doomlings Techlings Expansion adds modifications into the quick-play, set collection game, giving you the chance to refine and tweak your traits in cool new ways. The Techlings Expansions is one of a bundle of 'booster pack' style…
Joyride is an exciting, vibrant take on the racing genre that videogame fans will love
Well, here we are — no new or particularly exciting racing games in the board game world for ages, yet now we have HEAT: Pedal to the Metal, Thunder Road: Vendetta and finally Joyride all landing in rapid succession. For me, HEAT is still…