Games

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

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