This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: Strategeti Designer: ? Year: 2025 Country: Belgium Publisher: FlexiQ Games A cross between tic-tac-toe and chess, Strategeti is a simple and fast two-player game in which you seek to lord over the savannah by moving and placing your hefty and tangible game pieces Continue Reading

This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: 5 Towers Designer: Kasper Lapp Year: 2023 Country: Denmark Publisher: Lautapelit.fi 5 Towers feels like the kind of game you’d play in a cabin somewhere in the middle of nowhere, which is good because that’s where I played it. It feels a Continue Reading

This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: Castle Combo Designer: Grégory Grard & Mathieu Roussel Year: 2024 Country: France Publisher: Catch Up Games Castle Combo consist of players buying cards and filling out a 3 x 3 grid. There are two types of cards, town and castle, and each has Continue Reading

This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: Murdle Designer: Rob Grom & Dexter Stevens Year: 2024 Country: U.S.A. Publisher: Endless Games Murdle (published as Murha! in Finland) is a simple deduction game based on the online mysteries and novels by G.T. Karber. It has a goofy, retro aesthetic of detectives, Continue Reading

This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: Pinched! Designer: Jonathan Gilmour-Long & David Gordon Year: 2025 Country: U.S.A. Publisher: Mighty Boards Pinched! is a set collection and social deduction game in which you are a thief looking to burglarize mansions to appropriate their wealth, or level the economic playing field Continue Reading

This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: Dungeon Poker Designer: Tuukka Joki Year: 2025 Country: Finland Publisher: Osakeyhtiö Pelikeisari Oy When I was a child, I loved Knightmare Chess. It added cards to chess, transforming the game into a chaotic melee where the circumstances could change at any moment. I’ve Continue Reading

This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: The White Castle Designer: Isra C. & Shei S. Year: 2023 Country: Spain Publisher: Lautapelit.fi Power and authority reside in the Himeji Castle, and the players each control a clan attempting to gain influence through whatever means they have at their disposal. Whether Continue Reading

This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: Bomb Busters Designer: Hisashi Hayashi Year: 2024 Country: Japani Publisher: Lautapelit.fi At its core, Bomb Busters is a really simple game. It’s about a team trying to defuse a bomb by cutting wires. Each player has a selection of numbered wire connections visible Continue Reading