Is it Spicy enough for you? Dune: Imperium is the game that convinced several people in my regular group that deck-building was actually interesting. It does something clever: it takes the card-acquisition loop of a deckbuilder and fuses it with a worker placement layer, so the cards you buy determine what your workers can do. … Read more
If you’re a fan of tile-laying games, chances are you’ve come across Kingdomino at some point. Kingdomino Duel takes the tile-laying puzzle of the original Kingdomino and strips it down into a two-player roll-and-write that plays in about twenty minutes. It is a leaner, faster, more portable game that sacrifices some of the original charm … 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
The push-your-luck bag-building game where exploding is part of the experience, not a failure of it The Quacks of Quedlinburg is a push-your-luck bag-building game for 2 to 4 players in 45 to 75 minutes. Each round you draw ingredient chips blindly from a bag and place them along a spiral cauldron track. Draw too … Read more
Everdell is the game that gets commented on before anyone has taken a turn. The Ever Tree centrepiece dominates the table. The resource tokens are smooth, chunky, and satisfying to handle. Andrew Bosley’s artwork on every card is detailed and warm and feels genuinely hand-crafted. And then, once you start playing, you discover the game … Read more
Parks is a route-building, resource-collection game for 1 to 5 players in 40 to 70 minutes. Two hikers travel along a seasonal trail of action spaces, collecting resources and spending them to visit US National Parks. Each hiker blocks an action space, so the order you move in and where your opponent is constantly shapes … Read more
I’m a little late to the party with an update of games played in 2025 so it hought i’d write a 1st quarter update rather than doing 3 seperate monthly updates I didn’t realise how many games of Azul i had played this year so far but i’m a big fan of the game and … Read more
Twenty minutes, sixteen cards, and more decisions than you expect What Is Love Letter? Love Letter is a card game that fits in a small cloth bag and plays in about 20 minutes. It was designed by Seiji Kanai, first published in Japan in 2012, and has since sold millions of copies in dozens of … Read more
Board Game Arena (BGA) is, genuinely, one of the best things that has happened to me as a board gamer. That is a strong opening. I stand by it. I play on BGA most weeks, I have discovered games there that I would never have tried otherwise, and I have kept friendships going with people … Read more
Wyrmspan is an engine-building game for 1 to 5 players in around 90 minutes. You are an amateur dracologist excavating underground caverns and attracting dragons to fill them. Three cavern rows form your sanctuary. Each dragon card has an ability that chains to others, building a more efficient engine as the game progresses. It plays … Read more
