Review of Ticket to London

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Next Stop London Bridge, Tickets please! The latest instalment in the hugely popular and successful board game series “Ticket to Ride” gets the “Swinging 60’s” London treatment (groovy baby!). Following the success of TTR New York, London is likewise designed for 2-3 players and a quicker game than the main game, taking around 15-20 mins […]

Altiplano

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Altiplano takes you to South American highlands of the Andes. It follows the proven mechanic of Orleans – the bag building. Altiplano isn’t a simple game, presenting players with new challenges time and again, thus permanently keeping them under its spell. There are various ways to reach your goal, so the game remains appealing to […]

Orléans Board Game

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During the medieval goings-on around Orléans, you must assemble a following of farmers, merchants, knights, monks, etc. to gain supremacy through trade, construction and science in medieval France. Every profession is associated with certain advantages. Each round is broken up into 7 phases, but the core gameplay is very simple: players start their turn by […]

Firefly Adventures: Brigands and Browncoats

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Firefly Adventures, Brigands and Browncoats, by Gale Force 9 This cooperative game was released as an anniversary game to run alongside Firefly Board game, where as the original game deals with exploring the Verse in your space ships, this game puts you into the action of the missions with your characters miniatures. I am a […]

Carcassonne Safari

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The lion roars from the shadows of the baobab tree as the zebra darts past. The ground shakes with the thunderous footballs of elephants. Looking through your binoculars, you zoom in on the towering giraffe slowly lowering its neck to the edge of a pool of clear water. The watering hole is key to survival […]

Clans of Caledonia

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Clans of Caledonia, is an economic game that takes place in 19th century Scotland. At this time, Scotland made the transition from an agricultural to an industrialized country that heavily relied on trade and export. In the following years, food production increased significantly to feed the population growth. Linen was increasingly substituted by the cheaper […]

My Little Scythe

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My Little Scythe is a competitive, family-friendly game in which each player controls 2 animal miniatures embarking upon an adventure in the Kingdom of Pomme. In an effort to be the first to earn 4 trophies from 8 possible categories, players take turns choosing to Move, Seek, or Make. These actions will allow players to […]

Cthulhu Wars Board Game: Tcho-Tcho Faction Expansion

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The Tcho-Tcho Expansion adds a new faction to Cthulhu Wars. The Tcho-Tchos are a human-based faction representing the physically advanced, but ethically repulsive Tcho-Tcho tribe with the ability to interfere with other players by worshipping their Great Old Ones! Your own Great Old One, Ubbo-Sathla, is a tool and slave, not an object of worship! The Tcho-Tchos […]