Board game reviews and previews
Board game reviews and previews
Ayar does things differently from its predecessors, but still retains the feel and atmosphere of them while offering something wholly different. I think it might be the best of the bunch.
Different coloured hollyhocks at either end of the garden? Go for it. You want the lavender under the tree? Do it your way, Titchmarsh.
Skedaddling represents a passenger choosing to get off at an unplanned stop, impulsively. This is the true joy of riding a bus
Tokaido is still Tokaido. It was a great, light game thirteen years ago, and it's still a great, light game.
In the Footsteps of Darwin is a game which will have you cursing your fellow players. You'll catch yourself muttering "I can't believe you took my wombat!", and no one will bat an eyelid.
Explorers of Navoria is a concise, streamlined, tableau-building game, and I really like it.
Sea Salt & Paper is a great game which now happily nestles in my travel back of 'card games to play anywhere with anyone' along with the likes of Scout and 6 Nimmt.
Blasting through the Spiel Essen 2023 small box noise like a double-barreled shotgun comes a new game from the double-barrel surnamed Phil Walker-Harding.
Deep dive is a quick, light, push-your-luck game which takes a minute to teach and fifteen minutes to play
Books of Time hit me right in the nostalgia. Not because I've played another game like it, because I'm not sure I have, but because of the sound.