The industrial revolution, reconstructed in card and wooden disc form. Brass: Birmingham is the kind of game that takes about ninety minutes to teach someone properly and then about three years to fully understand. It is a two-phase economic network builder set in 18th and 19th century Birmingham, where you are building industries, connecting cities, … Read more
The Zoo Game That Earns Every Inch of Table Space The Quick Summary – TL;DR Ark Nova looks like a spreadsheet fell off a desk. It covers your entire table, takes the better part of an evening, and has a card pool so large that no two games feel the same. And yet the core … Read more
A Cosy Yet Cunning Two-Player Board Game Patchwork is one of the games I recommend most often for two players. It is an easy teach, plays in about thirty minutes, and manages to pack a genuinely clever economy into what looks on the surface like a cosy quilting game. Do not let the theme put … Read more
Few two-player board games manage to hit the perfect balance of strategy, tension, and replayability quite like 7 Wonders Duel. Whether you’re a seasoned strategist or a newcomer to the world of board games, this modern classic delivers an experience that keeps you coming back for more. 7 Wonders Duel is a game I have … Read more
An excellent Cooperative Board Game for Two Sky Team is the kind of game that gets your heart racing. You and a co-pilot are landing a commercial aircraft. You cannot discuss your dice. One wrong placement and you are spiralling into the runway. Every round the tension builds and the final approach feels genuinely stressful … Read more
We first played 7 Wonders at UK Games Expo in 2023 and were not sure what to expect. By the end of the first game we were already negotiating a rematch. After that we played it constantly on Board Game Arena for months until we picked up our own copy. Designed by Antoine Bauza and … Read more
The most strategic game in the Azul serie, and the one that needs the most explanation before you can enjoy it What Is Azul: Queen’s Garden? Azul: Queen’s Garden is the Azul series at its most complex. If the original Azul is a satisfying afternoon puzzle, Queen’s Garden is what happens when designer Michael Kiesling … Read more
The dice-placement Euro that looks approachable and quietly becomes one of the most satisfying strategy games you own Castles of Burgundy is one of those games that has quietly earned its place in the top ten of most respected board game lists for over a decade. It does not shout. It does not have dramatic … Read more
Cyclades is an area control game for 2 to 5 players where bidding for divine favour replaces standard action selection. Each round, the five Greek gods go up for auction. Win Ares and you can fight. Win Poseidon and you can sail. Win neither and you spend a round generating income and hoping everyone else … 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
