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Lord of the Rings: The Card Game — Revised Core Set is a great place to begin your Fellowship
A little while ago, I was lucky enough to review the Lord of the Rings Adventure Card Game on Xbox and I really enjoyed it. As I was researching that review, I realised that the digital release was actually based on a board game — Lord of…
Martha is Dead — Or is she?
Without spoiling too much, Martha is Dead focuses on Guilia’s attempt to find out precisely what happened to her sister, whilst also trying to come to terms with her loss, and the events of the war that play out around her. All is not as it…
Melty Blood Type Lumina is a challenger for the title of best anime fighter
Full disclosure, I have always been a traditionalist when it comes to fighting games — my talent ran out somewhere around the time Tekken 3 was released, and I definitely have more of an affinity with slower, more traditional fighting games…
Hotel Transylvania Scary-Tale Adventures is a new twist on fairy tales.
Our household don't just play games together, we also make sure that we watch a great variety of films and shows at home when we're stuck in. We love watching the Hotel Transylvania series, which has had a whole bunch of different movies!…
Does Reiner Knizia’s Mille Fiori shatter Azul’s reign as the abstract game of choice?
In general, when Dr Reiner Knizia sets his mind to something, the outcome tends to be good. Knizia is responsible for some of our favorite games, with the likes of The Quest for El Dorado, Yellow & Yangtze and Lost Cities among his…
Tales from the Loop The Boardgame is a great scenario-based 80s sci-fi delve
Tales from the Loop The Boardgame is a cooperative, story-based dive into a light science-fiction setting that overlays a tiny pocket of land in 1980s Sweden. It's a sweeping adventure where each player takes on the role of a stereotypical…
The Quest for El Dorado is part deck builder, part race, but all Knizier
Dr Reiner Knizia is without doubt one of the most prolific and talented board game designers that has ever lived. Perhaps one of the best things about the sheer number of games Knizia has produced is that his back catalogue is just as good…
50 Years: A turn-based strategy battle simulator playable in 30 minutes!
50 Years is the perfect turn-based strategy battle simulator game to play if you only have a few minutes, but be warned, the desire to achieve a fifty-year victory could have you replaying for hours on end!
Ziggurat 2 — Zigga Zig Aggghhhh!
Unlike the original game, Ziggurat 2 has a full campaign with a plot. The plot is very simple, with good mages and bad mages trying to save or destroy the world, with you heading up the good guys. You’ll complete quests around a map to…
Food Truck Simulator has a heartwarming story, but needs optimization
It is no secret that I love food-related games. In another life, I myself would be running a food truck, flipping my own burgers, or well, probably making tacos if I am honest! So, I am always excited to dive into a new food-related game.…
Galaxy Trucker — A Game for the Ages
Review updated on March 14th, 2022- adding in thoughts about newest version of Galaxy Trucker. When it comes to legendary board game designers, few are more renowned than Vlaada Chvatil. Among his many accolades, Vlaada held BoardGameGeek’s…
Lacuna — Branching A Jazzy Future
A bit of an odd one, Lacuna. On the one hand it's a classic slice of Noir played straight, with scifi flourishes. It plays simply, until you hit an investigative sequence. At this point it may well not be as twisting and winding as it seems…
Doomlings brings lots of fight to evolution
Doomlings is a simple to understand but challenging to win card-based game where you and your friends are all looking to evolve to their best form before the world ends. Using cards in your hands, you need to select and play traits, so that…
Project Wingman — 5 Minute Read
300 multi-purpose missiles, forty bombs and over one thousand rounds of heavy-machine gun ammunition. That, believe it or not, is a relatively modest payload for the airplanes you'll fly in Sector D2's excellent Project Wingman — a clear…
Minecraft Pets Collection brings the cute pets!
While Minecraft is perhaps best known for its mods, or even its core survival experience, there's another part that doesn't get written about quite as much: A collection of marketplace creations, made by users, that can be added to your…
Kardboard Kings — Many cards. Left bored?
The bulk of Kardboard Kings has you checking online to buy individual cards or card packs which you put on display in one of six slots in your shop. Whilst you can’t set the price yourself, rumours in the news will hint at which cards are…
Tyrants of the Underdark — underground, no one can hear you scream
Because board games are usually printed in limited numbers of perhaps up to a few thousand (for a standard retail release) there can be a big difference between versions when a reprint comes several years later. In the case of Tyrants of…
The Company Man — Its Rage Against the Machine!
Tired of the nine to five grind? Can't take another performance review? Finally had enough of your overbearing, inconsiderate boss? Well, now thanks to The Company Man, you can finally bring down the machine in this stylish, fast-paced, yet…
Thea 2: The Shattering brings Slavic-inspired, 4X strategy to Xbox Series X
If you know the original Thea at all, then you'll probably already know that there's no way I could do it justice in a brief article intended to take five or so minutes to read through. The reason that I've chosen to cover Thea 2: The…
The Resistance — figure out the spys
The Resistance is a short, deception based game that makes for a good ice breaker and is fun in groups, especially those that are well established and where everyone knows each other! Who doesn’t want to try and defeat a traitor? In The…