I picked up D.O.T at UK Games Expo bundled with Fetching Feathers. I will be honest: it was an afterthought. I preorderd Fetching feathers nad the bundle was an option. I knew nothing about it but Chris Priscott games are usually fab so i too a chance. I was there for the birds. D.O.T was … Read more
There is a version of a short board game that feels like a snack you did not really want. You finish it, check your phone, and quietly wonder why you bothered setting it up. Then there is the other kind: the one that ends and immediately has everyone reaching to reset, because twenty minutes just … Read more
There is a specific kind of evening where you have about two hours, everyone is already sitting down, and someone suggests a board game. This is the moment that separates quick setup board games from everything else on the shelf. A game that takes 25 minutes to set up has already lost half your table … Read more
Onitama is the game I describe as chess for people who find chess intimidating, and chess players usually agree it holds up. It is a two-player abstract played on a five-by-five grid, where both players move their pieces using a rotating set of movement cards. No memorising piece types. No decades-long theory to study. Just … Read more
The Brilliant Abstract Strategy Game You Need to Try Hive is one of those games that looks deceptively simple until someone pins your Queen Bee and you suddenly realise you have been outmanoeuvred for the past four turns. It is a two-player abstract strategy game with no board and no luck. Just you, your opponent, … Read more
