100 Boardgames

This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: Spirit Island Designer: R. Eric Reuss Year: 2017 Country: U.S.A. Publisher: Greater Than Games In terms of the ideas it explores, Spirit Island feels like an antidote to games like Settles of Catan. You play as a mighty nature spirit guarding an island Continue Reading

This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: Alien: Fate of the Nostromo Designer: Scott Rogers Year: 2021 Country: U.S.A. Publisher: Ravensburger Ordinarily, when I see a boardgame based on a geek license, I make a series of assumptions. It’s going to be a reskin of some other game with the Continue Reading

This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: The Castles of Burgundy Designer: Stefan Feld Year: 2019 Country: France Publisher: Alea The Castles of Burgundy is a classic Eurogame originally published in 2011. It’s a resource management game where each player has a mini-board of their own where they collect resources Continue Reading

This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: Zombicide: Undead or Alive Designer: Raphaël Guiton, Jean-Baptiste Lullien & Nicolas Raoult Year: 2022 Country: France Publisher: Guillotine Games / CMON Zombicide: Undead or Alive is a Western-themed iteration of the popular zombie killing game Zombicide. The reason I wanted to play it Continue Reading

This is a series of posts where I play 100 boardgames. Game: Brass: Birmingham Designer: Matt Tolman, Martin Wallace & Gavan Brown Year: 2018 Country: U.K./Canada Publisher: Roxley I define “aspiring boardgaming” as a hobby where you buy boardgames with the hope of one day playing them, without actually ever Continue Reading