Today I’m reviewing Galactic Era, a 4X sci-fi board game game of space exploration and domination. It has technology research, exploration, expansion of your civilization, epic space battles, but also brings its own twist to the 4X genre, in particular with an interesting “light vs dark” game mechanic that...

Hey Everyone, in this article we’re looking at 40 essential board games for cooperative play. A few rules before we start: As much as possible, I’ve tried to only include games that are available on retail or on the publisher’s site at the time of publishing. I’ve excluded games...

I recently backed the Black Hole Kyrum Kickstarter for a physical copy of the game, knowing nothing about it, but having read glowing reviews. Black Hole Kyrum is an exclusively SOLO Sci-Fi Board Game, which was originally a free Print and Play. In Black Hole, you play as Jakub,...

Final Girl is a solo horror board game which is very thematic… and a bad dice roll can lead to a very brutal ending for your beloved character. Some people have claimed the game involves too much luck, but in my opinion there is a lot of strategy and...

Hey everyone, in this article we’re looking at 40 essential board games for solo gamers. A few rules before we get started: this list contains only games that are available on retail or on the publisher’s site at the time of publishing . You won’t find expensive out-of-print Kickstarter...

I love Final Girl and its very thematic horror atmosphere. And, although after a few gameplays I was totally fine with improvising with the rules, early plays in particular have been a bit frustrating for me, as I felt the rules were sometimes a bit too “open to interpretation”....

Magic the Gathering has been an undeniable success since its release more than 30 years ago, and it keeps growing in popularity, with more than 40 millions players worldwide, with its recent growth in part due to the success of its digital version, MTG Arena. Magic the Gathering, released...

A huge part of the hobby for me is to look for new games. I like to feed on “Top 100” recommendation lists for this or that kind of board games, then build my own opinion from various sources of board game recommendations. I found “Mage Knight” in a...

The 2022 “People’s Choice” top solo games are out on BGG, and I’ve used the opportunity to snatch a few more board games for my collection (I really shouldn’t!). In particular I’ve bought a bunch of Print and play games from Button Shy, for $1 each (not a typo!)...

BoardGameGeek’s 2022 “People’s Choice Top 200 Solo Games” list has landed! Those of you who’ve been following this blog might know that I’m big on solo gaming, and this list in particular has been a huge source of inspiration for my board game purchases over the past year. Well,...