Monthly Archive: December 2020

Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef is a worker placement game with dice upgrading, which arrived in 2020 and is set on a beautiful island resort. The game is strikingly stunning with the artwork arguably some of the best you…
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This is a summary of the board games that saw my most interest, investment, hobby time, playing and enjoyment in 2020. It is not necessarily a direct reflection of my all time favourite games. This was a year of lockdown and…
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Runebound has been a massive brand from Fantasy Flight games since 2004 and the 2nd edition is so well loved, and rightly so with great artwork, a beautiful map to explore and the largest numbers of expansions of any game…
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Battlelore is fantasy flight game from 2013 based in the Terrinoth world, and is a two player fantasy miniatures strategic battle that has a boardgame feel and an accessible play style. Played on a hex based board with terrain overlays,…
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A living card game is a solo or co-operative collectable expanding game where set packs of cards are issued to expand on a core set, with the same content available for every buyer. This means the game is consistent with…
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Abyss is a card drafting game where your goal is to gain the most influence and rule the undersea world. Its original release in 2014 came with five different box covers to choose from and i ended up in my…
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Everdell is a worker placement game which was released in 2018 where you construct your village adding buildings and fill it with cute woodland critters, gaining points for card combinations and achieving goals. There are a number of beautiful looking…
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This dungeon crawler was originally a kickstarter release in 2017, and subsequently has been released retail via a main core set and many add on expansions. It is a scenario based co-operative campaign game, where each quest mission is laid out…
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City of Kings was a kickstarter that delivered in 2018, a co-operative tactical role-playing board game blending character development with worker placement and resource management. Characters explore a world called the Ageless Realms which is being overrun by monsters, discovering…
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Darkest Night board game has been around for a number of years, slowly increasing its presence via a number of small expansions until in was kickstarted as a second edition arriving in 2018. It is a tactical co-operative game with…
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