How many thousands of words have I written about worker placement games so far this year? I’ve lost count. It’s a great mechanic which many of the best games are built upon — but it feels like there are just SO MANY of them in the BGG Top 100. So, at this point, I think… Read More Review: The Gallerist
There are a lot of really comprehensive reviews of Terra Mystica out there. This is not one of them. Terra Mystica is a game of incredible depth, and I’ve barely scratched the surface. So far I’ve only had a chance to try out seven of the fourteen available factions, which each come with their own… Read More Review: Terra Mystica
Battlestar Galactica has been pretty high up on my board gaming to-do list for a while now. A heavily thematic social deduction game with hidden traitors — that’s right in my wheelhouse. So a couple of months ago when a new friend mentioned that he owned a copy of BSG, I scheduled a time to… Read More First Impressions: Battlestar Galactica
Today we’re going to take a look at A Feast for Odin, one of Uwe Rosenberg’s latest worker placement classics. While upon first glance this may appear to be a game about Vikings, I’m here to posit an alternative ‘fan theory’. In A Feast for Odin, you’re not playing the role of a Nordic jarl… Read More Fan Theory: A Feast for Odin is Actually a Commentary on Hoarding
I’ve got to tell you about this game I tried recently. It appears to be set in the 19th century and it’s about capitalists seeking to make it rich. You move your playing piece around a board, and can pay money to claim spaces. Those spaces can make you money and help you win the… Read More Review: Great Western Trail
Today we’re taking a look at one of the oldest games on the BGG Top 100, predating 96 of the other games on the current list. Released back in 1996, Tigris and Euphrates was once ranked #1 overall. Over the years it has dropped to #60, but it has stood the test of time better… Read More Review: Tigris and Euphrates
In today’s review, we take a journey to a time far in the past. A simpler time, when every game did not need to be defined as “a mix of ____ and ____”. Way back when today’s “gateway games” were considered groundbreaking. Join me as we visit the era of Stone Age — the year… Read More Review: Stone Age
I love when board game designers draw inspiration from other mediums. Among my favorite games are ones that feel a lot like reading a mystery novel (Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective), wandering through an art museum (Mysterium), or watching a serial TV thriller (Pandemic Legacy). So I was very excited when I got a chance to… Read More First Impressions: Mechs vs. Minions
I’m now 5 months into my expedition to play and review every game in the BGG Top 100, and am over 20% of the way there. It has been a challenge to write a new 1,000 word review each week, but it has also been a really enjoyable creative outlet. My experiences learning and reviewing… Read More Review: War of the Ring (2nd Ed.)
A slight tangent before I get into this week’s review– Last week, popular reviewers Shut Up and Sit Down released a six-part special feature in which they took on the BoardGameGeek Top 100 in a single week, providing brief thoughts on each game and linking to many past reviews. It goes without saying that this was right… Read More Review: Puerto Rico
The Top of the Table 