Games

This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: The Battle of Five Armies Designer: Roberto Di Meglio, Marco Maggi & Francesco Nepitello Year: 2014 Country: Italy Publisher: Ares Games War of the Ring is an excellent asymmetric strategy game looking at the events in Lord of the Rings at a grand Continue Reading

This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: Scythe Designer: Jamey Stegmaier Year: 2016 Country: U.S.A. Publisher: Stonemaier Games I’ve seen Scythe described as a worker-placement strategy game, and that feels accurate. The game is set in an alternate history 1920s after the end of the Great War, the setting driven Continue Reading

This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: Space Base Designer: John D. Clair Year: 2018 Country: U.S.A. Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group Space Base is a scifi-themed spread-building game where you start with 12 space ships in slots numbered from 1 to 12. On your turn, you roll dice to see Continue Reading

This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: Ankh: Gods of Egypt Designer: Eric M. Lang Year: 2021 Country: U.S.A. Publisher: CMON Toy value is a term referring to the toy-like enjoyment derived from physical objects. If an object is fun to handle and play around with, it has high toy Continue Reading

This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: Firefly: The Game Designer: Aaron Dill, John Kovaleski & Sean Sweigart Year: 2013 Country: U.S.A. Publisher: Gale Force Nine The slogan of Firefly: The Game is: “Find a crew, find a job, keep flying” and it summarizes the experience surprisingly accurately. The board Continue Reading

This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: Star Wars: Outer Rim Designer: Corey Konieczka & Tony Fanchi Year: 2019 Country: U.S.A. Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Outer Rim is the Star Wars Arkham Horror. Or not really, because design-wise they’re quite different. Arkham Horror is a classic co-operative boardgame whereas Outer Continue Reading

This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: Lost Ruins of Arnak Designer: Elwen & Min Year: 2020 Country: Czechia Publisher: Czech Games Edition Lost Ruins of Arnak is a mid-weight game in which each player commands a rival expedition exploring an uninhabited island and its ruins and mysteries. There are Continue Reading

This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: 7 Wonders Expansion: Cities Designer: Antoine Bauza Year: 2010/2012 Country: France Publisher: Repos Production Cities adds several new mechanics to 7 Wonders and also includes a new type of card, color coded black, that’s added to the decks of all three eras. It Continue Reading

This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: 7 Wonders Designer: Antoine Bauza Year: 2010 Country: France Publisher: Repos Production 7 Wonders is a light and easy to learn civilization game in which you develop your manufacturing base, upgrade your armies, develop trade and construct your wonder by playing cards from Continue Reading

This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: Brass: Lancashire Designer: Martin Wallace Year: 2007 Country: U.K. Publisher: Roxley I played Brass: Birmingham and Brass: Lancashire backwards in the sense that I started with Birmingham and played Lancashire only now. Brass: Lancashire was originally published as simply Brass in 2007, and Continue Reading