Every review I’ve ever done all in one unsortable list. Have a browse, pick out a few to read, you might find something you never thought you would.
If you missed it, I’ve already reviewed Raccoon Tycoon. The TL:DR was it’s a good game with quite a few rough edges. This review will cover The Fat Cat Expansion and everything else found within Raccoon Tycoon Deluxe Edition. Including what’s been added, and if it improves the game, or makes it worse.
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This is a standalone expansion released for the previously reviewed Welcome to the Dungeon. The rules and monsters are the same, but there are some MONSTROUS changes when it comes to heroes and special monsters.
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Raccoon Tycoon gives players a family friendly introduction to the often impenetrable 18xx genre. It has stocks, it has markets, it has auctions, but it also has a fox in a top hat. And if that doesn’t get you excited for a board game. I don’t know what will.
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Weeks ago I wrote a review calling Pandemic the best gateway game ever. I may have spoken too soon. There’s a new kid on the block. You might know them. Average build, colourful board, kind of scary looking, goes by the name Horrified. How do they compare? And who’s going to come out on top […]
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A lot of the older games have found their modern day replacements. No more Monopoly, we have Settlers of Catan. No more Trouble, we have King of Tokyo. But what about Scrabble? Could a game about evil villains stealing the worlds most prized possessions take on the reigning champion?
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It’s said that everyone has their price. Have you ever asked yourself what the price of yours is? A million dollars? Fame of a Hollywood movie star? Respect from your peers and colleagues? Achievement of mindfulness and enlightenment? Well, what about four victory points?
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CO2: Second Chance tackles one of the toughest battles we face today: climate change. Which is a huge, massive, impossible challenge we all face. And to accurately capture it we need a huge, massive, and impossible board game. Welcome to CO2: Second Chance.
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We are living in a golden age of board games. There are literally thousands of games being created and released every year. It’s only fitting that some great games get overlooked, and buried under the sheer amount of plastic and cardboard produced. But what kind of board game do we find when we unearth… Unearth.
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Both are small box cooperative board games. Both have you putting cards down in a particular order. Both require limited communication. The big difference between the two is in Okey Dokey, your hand faces you, instead of your teammates. Is that enough to turn my negative review of Hanabi into a positive?
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You’ve just scored the big one. After this you’ll disappear to a beach somewhere with no extradition, and yes, pina coladas. But that has to wait. Right now, you need to escape; quickly. Can you avoid the cops and find the most money before they close in? Find out in Escape Plan.
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Pandemic: In the Lab is the second expansion to Pandemic. In order to get the most from this expansion, you’ll need to own Pandemic, and Pandemic: On the Brink. There’s also Pandemic: State of Emergency expansion for the base game, then 7 other stand alone variations. It’s like there’s a pandemic of Pandemic out there.
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Pandemic: On the Brink is the special sauce that turned the great board game of Pandemic into a classic for the ages. In this review we’ll break down what gets added in the expansion and why it makes a good game great.
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