The year is 1920. Clumps of ash waft from the sky, darkening already muddied snow. You stand in your field. Exhausted workers scramble to provide much needed resources for your Faction. Their clothes are tarnished, but warm. Their breath rises above them, coiling over their heads. Glancing to the left you watch ominous hunks of …
Are you a Fallout fan? Then maybe you have heard about the Fallout board game that Fantasy Flight came up within 2017. This is a franchise that has evolved and grown a lot in the past few years. Fans that have loved previous editions were not so hot on Fallout 76 and this game is …
Dark Souls the board game attempts the fairly difficult task of translating a video game directly into a board game. This is never easy, especially with a franchise like Dark Souls that is mainly beloved for its frustrating difficulty but it is an impressive translation to a new format. It manages to recreate the feel …
Dungeons and Dragons were the height of board games for me until I actually played Tomb of Annihilation from the same franchise. Who knew the franchise that shaped my teenage years with virtually impossible medieval quests would wow my adulthood with such easy to understand adventure board game. Having played Castle Ravenloft without a campaign …
Gloomhaven is a fascinating puzzle sandwiched between surprisingly fun worldbuilding. It’s an intricate tactical simulation organized by a machine of well-designed interlocking components. It’s an exercise in squeezing every possible drop of content out of every component, clothed in stunning art. It’s a greatest hits of modern board game design that sometimes ends up feeling …