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Review: Bonbons
When I was young, I used to play a memory game (like we all probably did) where playing cards were laid out face-down and you turned over 2 of them to try to find a matching pair. I was surprised that...
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Review: Santiago de Cuba
There are some designers that seem to be more stealthy than others – you know, the ones that one day you suddenly notice you’ve got a lot of games by them but never realised it as you acquired them....
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Review: A Fistful of Penguins
A Fistful of Penguins consists of lots of very cute, clear plastic penguins and some dice which have different animals on each face. On their turn, a player starts by rolling 4-6 dice (depending on...
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Review: Space Mission
Space Mission is a simple, space-themed game of planetary exploration, but there’s more to it than it first sounds. The goal is to score as many victory points (VPs) as possible which are scored by...
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Review: Montana
I like the idea of using poker hand mechanics in a game. At Spiel 2011, I played a game that used poker hands but it turned out to be average so I was really intrigued when, just 5 minutes later, I...
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Review: Sake and Samurai
Sake and Samurai is a card-based game where players are each drunk samurai fighting each other to the last man. In front of each player is a card showing their samurai and there are some wooden blocks...
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Review: Horse Fever
I’m usually a bit skeptical about horse racing games as I find they can be quite dry and/or overly complicated; however, Horse Fever surprised me. In Horse Fever, each player is trying to earn as many...
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Review: Singapore
Singapore is an interesting mix of tile-laying and economic/resource management. Players are aiming to score the most victory points (VPs) which are earned through moving your worker(s) and using...
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Review: Tzolk’in
Tzolk’in is a worker placement game with a difference. In this Mayan-themed game, players have around 26 turns in which to impress the gods the most, i.e. earn the most victory points (VPs). Each...
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Review: Tokaido
In Tokaido, players are travelling along a road visiting villages, seeing great vistas, visiting temples, staying at inns,etc. in order to earn victory points (VPs). The player with the most VPs at...
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Review: Robinson Crusoe
‘Robinson Crusoe: Adventure on the Cursed Island’ is a co-operative game where players are on a desert island and must fight for their survival whilst trying to achieve a goal (depending upon the...
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Review: Kolejka (Queue)
When someone suggests a game about queuing and shortages in Poland in the 1980′s, your first thought is probably to avoid eye contact and back away. However, Kolejka (which is Polish for ‘Queue’ and...
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Review: Ginkgopolis
Ginkgopolis is by one of the designers I really like – Xavier Georges (Carson City, Royal Palace, Troyes and Tournay). Ginkgopolis is a game with the theme of futuristic, city building. As with many...
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Review: Clash of Cultures
A player board can be seen at the bottom of the picture. Notice the cubes in the square holes marking the advances gained. Clash of Cultures is a civilisation building game by the designer of Merchants...
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Review: Desperados
In Desperados, one player is the marshal trying to protect the Wild West from the other players who are all outlaws working together to rob banks, fix poker games and hold-up stage coaches. If the...
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Review: Goblins Inc
In Goblins Inc, players are goblins creating giant war robots that will fight each other. First, players are placed in random teams – these teams will change after the first fight and new robots are...
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Review: Oddville
Oddville is a eurogame with a city building theme and a very compact game design. By that, I don’t mean its physical playing-size on the table; instead, I mean that the game mechanics are neatly...
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Review: K2
As you would expect, K2 is a game about climbing the mountain K2. Players each have two climber meeples and score points based on how high their climbers reach; however, any climbers that perish only...
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Review: Le Havre: The Inland Port
Le Havre: The Inland Port is a 2-player only game linked to the larger, original Le Havre game. I haven’t played the original Le Havre so will be reviewing this game on its own merits without...
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Review: Bora Bora
Stefan Feld’s games are known for having an interesting mechanic at their heart, which is one of the reasons I look forwards to his games. Bora Bora is no different and has a dice-placement-action...
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