Digital Game: Origame Digital: Penguin Colony (New Zealand 2026) H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness is one of the great classics of Antarctic literature, especially if judged by how many adaptations in other media it has inspired. Penguin Colony is one of the most original ones I’ve seen, transforming the Continue Reading
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100 Boardgames: Agricola: Farmers of the Moor (72/100)
This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: Agricola (1st Edition) Expansion: Farmers of the Moor Designer: Uwe Rosenberg Year: 2007/2009 Country: Germany Publisher: Lookout Games Agricola is soon going to be 20 years old, but I find that its design remains as strong as ever. Trying to keep your family Continue Reading
Research Blog Antarctica #186: The Ship Beneath the Ice
Non-fiction: Mensun Bound: The Ship Beneath the Ice (Pan Macmillan 2022) The Endurance is, alongside the Fram, perhaps the most famous ship in Antarctic history. It was the ship Shackleton and his crew sailed on to Antarctica on an ill-fated expedition which was to see them shipwrecked and marooned on the Continue Reading
100 Boardgames: The Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation (71/100)
This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: The Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation Designer: Reiner Knizia Year: 2005 Country: Germany Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Designed by the amazingly prolific Reiner Knizia, The Confrontation belongs to the large family of games based on The Lord of the Rings. It’s a Continue Reading
100 Boardgames: Strategeti (57/100)
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
100 Boardgames: 5 Towers (58/100)
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
100 Boardgames: Castle Combo (59/100)
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
100 Boardgames: Murdle (62/100)
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
100 Boardgames: Pinched! (61/100)
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
100 Boardgames: Dungeon Poker (64/100)
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