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The word game where giving a clue your team understands is only half the problem What Is Decrypto? Decrypto is the Decrypto board game review I keep coming back to when someone asks which word game to play with a group who already knows Codenames. It is the same broad category: two teams, clue-giving, deduction. … Read more
For when three isn’t a crowd. The Three Player Problem Two player gaming has had a golden decade. Designers have leaned into the format and produced some of the best games in the hobby specifically for two people. Five player gaming is well served too: most modern euro games scale to five, and party games … Read more
I first saw SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence in the flesh at UK Games Expo 2024, and it immediately caught my eye. This was before it had been widely released, and the setup alone stopped me in my tracks. A rotating board representing the night sky. Antenna tokens being placed to scan sectors of space. … Read more
A Classic of Strategy and Survival,The best worker placement game to play before you play Agricola What Is Stone Age? Stone Age board game is the worker placement game I recommend to everyone who wants to try the genre but is not sure they are ready for Agricola or Viticulture. It has the same satisfying … Read more
The Game That Started the Modern Board Game Revolution Catan is the board game that introduced millions of people to modern gaming. It is the game that proved to the world that board games could be genuinely interesting, social, and worth playing again and again. I was one of those people. My first game of … Read more
The bluffing game that needs no luck, no strategy, and still manages to end friendships What Is Skull? Skull is a bluffing game for 3 to 6 players that plays in around 15 to 45 minutes and teaches in under two minutes. I bought it on the way to a pub, opened it at the … Read more
Tsuro is one of those games you can explain in thirty seconds and play for years. On your turn, you place a tile, follow the path it creates, and try not to fall off the edge of the board. That is genuinely it. And yet, at a table of six, it produces some of the … Read more
A Fresh Take on a Modern Classic Azul: Summer Pavilion is the third standalone game in the Azul series, and the one I would call the most forgiving. That is not a criticism. Sometimes forgiving is exactly what you want. The original Azul can be ruthless. Take too many tiles you cannot place and the … Read more
A Stunning Sequel with a Strategic Twist Azul is one of my favourite games, so when Stained Glass of Sintra arrived I was both excited and slightly nervous. Sequels to beloved games have a habit of fixing things that did not need fixing, or adding complexity for its own sake. This one does neither. Azul: … Read more
The Area Control Game That Is Actually Fun. It’s The area control game that works for people who think they hate area control. Not to be confused with the ride at Disneyland. What Is Small World? Small World is the area control game I recommend to people who bounced off Risk or heard the words … Read more
