Review: Ultimate Warriorz
Becoming one of the Ultimate Warriorz isn’t going to be easy, but it will be a lot of fun. You will need to be clever, make the dice behave, and beat up your friends to become the last one standing. What is Ultimate … Continued
Designer Spotlight: Jamey Stegmaier
Jamey Stegmaier has been behind some of the most successful boardgame Kickstarters, both in terms of critical reception and well run campaigns. These days the Kickstarter campaign for Scythe is blowing up and has seven days in to the campaign … Continued
Review: Kumo Hogasha
A fighting game where you don’t fight, a dice game where you don’t roll dice. Kumo Hogasha is an excellent abstract game that you really should try out. Abstract games are games where there is a very thin theme or … Continued
Essen SPIEL ’15
Essen SPIEL ’15 is over now. 4 days of glorious madness has ended. So many games have been played and so many games have been bought. It has been a wonderful ride, but now the only thing that remains is to find … Continued
Essen SPIEL ’15: Most Anticipated Expansions
Expansions are often a vital part of our hobby. But they are also difficult to develop. If I have previously liked the base game, so I don’t want the expansion to change the game in a way that I won’t … Continued
Essen SPIEL ’15: Most Anticipated Games
Essen SPIEL ’15 is right around the corner. With over 1.000 new releases confirmed, it can be a jungle to find out what games are worth looking into. So to help you through that jungle I have included 6 of … Continued
Essen SPIEL ’15: Preparations
Essen SPIEL is like Christmas when I was a child, except better. I get to try out the presents, and the ones I like I can just buy right there. It’s one of the few things about being an adult … Continued
Review: New York 1901
The year is 1901, the city is New York. You start of with only a small property in Lower Manhattan, but at the end of the game you’ll feel like a you have build and empire of giant skyscrapers. What … Continued
Designer Spotlights: Ryan Laukat
Ryan Laukat has for a long time been one of my favorite designers. He makes very interesting games that are both very thematic and beautiful to look at. One of the reasons the art of his games work so well … Continued
Kickstarter: Trove: The Crystal Caverns
An ancient dragon sleeping in a deep forgotten cave filled with hordes of goblins, and of course the brave knight that will try to kill the dragon. All in all it sounds like a pretty good start to any game, … Continued
Review: Yardmaster Express
A perfect game for that 15-minute break, Yardmaster Express does little, but does it very well. What is Yardmaster Express like? In Yardmaster Express you are, well yardmasters, trying to organize your train in the best way possible. Trains are cool … Continued
Review: Codenames
It’s not easy being a spymaster, but it is a lot of fun. Using one-word hints you must help your team find all your agents in the field before the other team find theirs. What is Codenames like? At its heart Codenames … Continued