When I first discovered boardgames, I was excited, ready to be part of a hobby that on the surface seemed inclusive and friendly. A hobby that would accept me for who I was and treat me the same as everybody else. The way I looked wouldn't matter, my gender wouldn't matter but what would matter … Continue reading The truth about sexual harrassment and boardgaming
1960: The Making of the President (GMT games) sees Kennedy and Nixon battle head to head in one of the most famous and tense elections in American history. Watch the events leading up to the 1960 election unfold as you try to gain popularity and the most votes across the country. The contest is fought … Continue reading A Few First Impressions [1960: The Making of the President]
Trick of the Rails, themed on the rise of the American railway period, combines 18XX-like portfolio management and a trick-taking card game. Players collect stock certificates and make the companies more valuable by laying a rail network. The game alternates between stock rounds and operating rounds. In stock rounds, the cards played become shares for … Continue reading Trick of the Rails
In the 2400s, mankind begins to terraform the planet Mars. Giant corporations, sponsored by the World Government on Earth, initiate huge projects to raise the temperature, the oxygen level, and the ocean coverage until the environment is habitable. In Terraforming Mars, you play one of those corporations and work together in the terraforming process, but … Continue reading My Favourite Boardgames [Terraforming Mars] A Quick Review
We're kicking off my June favourites with one of the best games I've ever played 1846: The Race for the Midwest. These blog posts are going to be slightly different to my usual kind of thing, I will give a brief overview of how to actually play the game but I really just want to … Continue reading My Favourite Boardgames [1846: The Race for the Midwest]
I have genuinely never played a GMT game that I didn't like, now I'm not saying that it won't happen but I've been pretty lucky so far and Time of Crisis did not let me down. Time of Crisis is a game published by GMT games, designed by Wray Ferrell and Brad Johnson and set … Continue reading A Few First Impressions [Time of Crisis from GMT Games]
The Awful Orphanage is a mildly evil tabletop game that sees you and your friends navigating winding corridors and rooms, searching for items, dodging orderlies and running from the nefarious Gaunt & Sinister Man all whilst searching for one of the hidden Magical Talismans to free yourself from this macabre prison! There can only be one winner … Continue reading Taking A Look Inside The Awful Orphanage [Kickstarter Corner]
