Game Guides

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

Welcome aboard to a brand new board game ranked list. With thousands of board games out there, it may seem daunting to pick up a new game, so why don’t we narrow our scope of games and look toward rating and ranking a franchise? Let’s get on track as we look at the Best Ticket

The year is 2315. Earth is overpopulated, and resources are dwindling. Oh no! On the plus side, global peace and unity have been achieved. The World Government has started funding the terraforming of Mars, attracting corporations to compete to expand their businesses to be the most influential on the soon-to-be habitable planet. Terraforming Mars has been

Zathura: Adventure is Waiting is a board game based on a movie based on a board game (adapted from a book). What a great sentence. It was written as a sequel to the much better-known Jumanji. The 2005 movie Zathura: A Space Adventure did reasonably well with critics. However, without the charm of Robin Williams as a

Introduction Resurrection is an exciting topic. Most people would consider coming back to life to be an incredible blessing. However, to the heroes of Dark Souls, returning to life is a responsibility. It represents a duty they have yet to fulfill. That’s the role that players who enter the world of Dark Souls take on. Gamers of all

People don’t like endings. It doesn’t matter what it is. A good book. An excellent game. Life itself. If a thing is good, people usually want more of it. Sometimes, that can be bad, like if you were trapped in a dark fantasy setting, cursed to live again and again until you brought the gift

I’m pretty proud of this title. It sums Ark Nova up perfectly. This Ark Nova guide will explain why it’s worth adding to your board game arsenal. If you’re anything like me, you’ll need to give it some time before you really grasp its brilliance. Once you get there, though, the clever mechanics and scoring system can be truly

Some time ago, I experienced playing Survive: Escape from Atlantis for the first time, and we had a blast playing it. The game made me feel the race against the clock as the island slowly sank. We also played Taboo and Scattergories since we are a fan of word games that make us laugh. However,