An old favourite game nowadays, this is a gateway game into the deeper world of board gaming which came out in 2004, and has multiple new maps and expansions since. It features a great premise of building train routes across…
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This is a summary of the board games that saw my most interest, investment, hobby time, playing and enjoyment in 2023. It is not necessarily a direct reflection of my all time favourite games. This year saw few newcomers, where…
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Forest Shuffle is a smaller box card game that is eco friendly and has a nature theme to match. Players will be building their own forest, planting trees and building an ecosystem of creatures and animals around it. It has…
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Kingsburg is a worker placement game, where players become lords of a kingdom, seeking to build their section in the best way to gain the appreciation of the king. You will be choosing what buildings to invest in, each bringing…
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While i do not regularly play Warhammer Underworlds, the warband sets are so good for dungeon and fantasy games i own. Of all the main box sets i have seen, it is Gnarlwood that looks the best one in terms…
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Dice Throne was originally a competitive dice battling game based on the yahtzee three roll mechanism to activate character abilities and wear down your opponent. The adventures box is a co-operative expansion upgrade that turns it into a dungeon crawl experience…
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Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark is an synth electronic group that became famous in the 1980’s, and has been one of my favourite artists. There have been an amazing 14 studio albums, with an emphasis on tuneful pop songs mixed…
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Later years is relatively speaking in the 2000s and beyond, because my reading over the last decade has been quite minimal after i stopped my commuting. These books represent the most recent series i have read and are therefore becoming…
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Within the next period of reading, most likely in the 90’s but while i was still reading lighter fantasy books, these tended towards a darker or more complex fantasy worlds. These reads came with more mixed results compared to the…
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As a long time train commuter i read a lot of fantasy books from my teenage years onwards, but in the last decade or so i have read much less. I am ranking the various book series i have completed,…
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