Finspan Review
Whether you're sick of -span games or not, Finspan is here, and you know what? It's good.
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Rebirth Review
Three years ago I wrote a post about whether Reiner Knizia could stay relevant as a modern designe. I should have known better than to doubt him.
Spectral Review
Ryan Courtney has put together a cracking deduction game which, despite only taking half an hour to play, delivers a fully-fledged brain-burning experience
Kronologic: Paris 1920 Review
The designers have built the game on the back of a cool card masking gimmick, helping it deliver a cracking deduction game in half an hour. Think Clue meets The Search for Planet X and you're getting somewhere close.
Inventions: Evolution of Ideas Review
Inventions is a great game. It's a very expensive game, so make sure it's one that will fit with your group, but if does, you'll love it. It's an ever-changing puzzle which your brain will simultaneously love and hate while you try to solve it.
El Grande Review
I've loved El Grande from the first time I played it. It's a classic for a reason, and this reprint just makes it better in my opinion.
Courtisans Review
What's on the menu? Hors d'oeuvres of influence & backstabbing, followed by a main course of skullduggery and shenanigans.
Tenpenny Parks Review
My chosen board game world is one of muted beige and dry themes, so Tenpenny Parks stands out like a neon helter-skelter in the middle of it. I love it for that.
Battalion: War Of The Ancients Review
Battalion is a game which masquerades as a wargame, has all the theme and trappings of a war game, but plays more like an asymmetric dueling card game.
Civolution Review
Slamming into 2025 with a portmanteau then. A game about the evolution of your civilisation – that’d be Civolution then! It’s a heavily abstracted game about exploring and exploiting a fictional continent while your civilisation evolves and improves. It’s from…