Crusaders Games

Reviewing fantasy themed board games

Nemo’s War

Nemo’s War is a game designed specifically for solo play and was upgraded and released in its current form in 2017. Its theme is firmly based in the Jules Verne’s classic novel, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, following the…
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Smallworld

Small World is a conquest game released in 2009, where fantasy armies are trying to control a world map that is too small to accommodate them all. Players will seek to earn gold which is the victory point currency, by…
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Altar Quest

Altar Quest is a miniatures dungeon questing game designed by the Sadler brothers, who created the great Warhammer Quest Adventure Card Game. It’s overall design pays homage to HeroQuest, particularly with its use of a set board to play on, rather…
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Aeons End

This co-operative deckbuilding game has been around since 2016, and tended to have an annual release schedule for a new starter box. Whilst there are a number of core sets now, the original second edition printing with updated artwork remains…
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Thunderstone Advance

Thunderstone Advance was released in 2012 as the second incarnation of the dungeon themed deckbuilding game, and was fully compatible with the original. It came with new card design, and its excellent artwork style was still similar to the original…
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Middara

Middara is a huge anime based campaign adventure game, set over three story acts, of which the first act only is available currently to play. The game like Sword & Sorcery is actually more a scripted set of scenarios to try…
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Tainted Grail

Tainted Grail: the Fall of Avalon is a solo or cooperative story adventure experience. You will play as a flawed hero in a dying land which is sinking into wyrdness and searching for a way to save it. Guardian menhirs are…
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