Emily Rowe

I was gifted a collectors’ edition of Everdell for Christmas a few years back and it has remained a favourite and regular at the table ever since.  I have a soft spot for games involving woodland animals (Root is another favourite of mine), but Everdell is also a fantastic worker placement that plays smoothly and […]

From evil industrial capitalist cats to the rebellious Woodland Alliance, Root artfully brings together excellent worldbuilding with intriguing asynchronous play.  I have a soft spot for Root, largely driven by Kyle Ferrin’s fantastic and perfectly on-theme art. That said, Root is difficult to play, and asynchronous board games aren’t for everyone. Read on to find

You’ve seen the big box. Maybe it was weighing down a shelf in your local games store or hiding not-so-inconspicuously amongst a friend’s games collection. Gloomhaven is a beast of a game.  This campaign board game, first released via Kickstarter in 2017, has a cult following. If you’re trying to decide whether to fork out

Everyone has that game that turned them into a tabletop gamer. For some it’s CATAN, for others it’s Magic the Gathering. For me, it was Dominion. After playing this game for many years, I’m excited to tell you everything you need to know about Dominion. Dominion: a Quick Overview No. of players: 2-4Designer: Donald X. VaccarinoApprox.

Shail Mehta is the CEO of co-founder of The Last Gameboard, a tech startup that’s digitizing and democratizing board games with Gameboard, an immersive gaming tablet. It’s been a long two years for The Last Gameboard since their Kickstarter launched in December 2019. Everything was running smoothly until 2020 happened and the world, including their