Board Games Reviews

In the first part of our Kingmaker The Second review, we took a look at some of the changes you’ll find from classic Kingmaker. In this second article, we are going to look at the components included in the box! Let’s take a look. The changes to Kingmaker for The Second version of the game are very positive in my opinion, and make the game of Kingmaker move much quicker. This is huge for players who don’t want to spend…

It is the War of the Roses in England, and everything is in turmoil. You will work to be crowned King of England, but be wary, as others are after the same pursuits! This 2023 version of Kingmaker improves on the original (and subsequent reprints) in many ways, so let’s run down a few of those changes. This is Part 1 of my Kingmaker The Second review, looking at some of the changes to the board and the game. We…

After much work we finally had the opportunity to see how Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi worked in combat situations, and after a lot of humming and hawing, I have a few thoughts. Obi-Wan is particularly interesting here, and while he has some insanely powerful abilities, it comes with a major drawback. Vader has his own abilities, but I think in this pack Obi-Wan is an intriguing addition to your squad. Darth Vader, Jedi Hunter As you would expect, Darth…

The Grand Inquisitor has landed for Star Wars: Shatterpoint, an brand new unique abilities are being added to the game with this fantastic set. We finally got to see how these characters performed in-game situations, so let’s see what we thought of them! The Jedi Hunters pack is unique in that you will only be controlling 3 figures on the field for this squad. All squads to date have had 4 characters – one primary, one secondary, two support. However,…

There are a ton of different genres of board games available, including deck building, worker placement, area control, and more. Very often, games choose one of these features and build an entire experience around that. Seas of Havoc went a different route. Combining worker placement, deck building, and a quasi area-control mechanism, they have created one of my favourite experiences of the past couple years. How to Play In Seas of Havoc, players will play the game across two phases,…

When I first saw Marvel D.A.G.G.E.R. I wasn’t really sure what to think. In fact, I even saw it laid out on a table at a recent trade show and wasn’t overly impressed. Was this really worth $95 Canadian? Even if the cost of the game doesn’t feel quite right to me, that doesn’t mean it won’t be right for you. Regardless of the price, Marvel D.A.G.G.E.R. is a phenomenal game that I could play again and again – and…

The Binding of Isaac is an immensely popular video game franchise, and when the game was adapted into a card game many years ago, it was again quite popular. With the release of promo cards and expansions, the game has evolved from its early state, and now all of that content is available in a beautiful collectors edition case, with so much room for more stuff! Before we dive into the actual collectors edition, it’s worth taking a high level…

So here we are, near the end of #hamletweek and ready to dump our thoughts of the game onto the page for you to read. This won’t be a how-to-play – we’ve always felt that for more complex games like Hamlet, you are better off watching a how-to-play on YouTube rather than reading about it here! But what do we think of how the game works? Let’s take a peak. The concept behind Hamlet is really good – you are…

One of the downsides of buying a tabletop war game like Star Wars: Shatterpoint is that you never can play it the same day you get it. Atomic Mass Games and Asmodee Canada were nice enough to send over Star Wars: Shatterpoint Core Box about 10 days ago, and after some hard work, we finally got all the miniatures and terrain painted and where ready to go. It was great that the day we began playing Shatterpoint was the day…

Ever wonder what a world without books and words would be like? No, me neither, and hopefully I never will have to! Illiterati is a board game of making words, and there are a group of individuals – the Illeterati – who want to stop the forming of words and the making of books! So, with the help of friends, you will use tiles to make words, bind books, and save literacy around the world. It’s a silly premise, sure,…