Game: Gloomhaven

Hi everyone, today we’re running through 2024’s edition of the Top 100 solo board games of all time, according to the BoardGameGeek 1-player guild. This is a vote that happens on BoardGameGeek every year[1], so keep in mind that this list is not necessarily my personal opinion. And I’ve...

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...

If you’re a fan of the Arkham Horror Card Game, its horror campaigns and strategic card deck construction mechanics, and that for some reason you’ve exhausted all the content that game has to provide (or if you’re looking for a bit of a change), I have a recommendation of...

Dune Imperium is one of the recent examples of how a popular franchise can be turned into excellent board games. It has a lot of great expansions as well, but if you’re looking for something fresh we’ve got 15 games recommended for you if you like Dune Imperium. In...

We have evolved as a species and thanks to that we don’t have to suffer through terrible board games anymore. But with so many good family games nowadays it can be tough to choose. I’ve also seen multiple times that my kids actually enjoy games that most tabletop fans...

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...

Disclaimer: this is an early review of a work-in-progress game. Reviews always represent the personal opinion of the writer of course, but in this case you need to add another bucket of salt to your critical-reading meal: it is possible that some of the elements of the game that...

TL,DR: Middara is a solid Dungeon crawler with tons of contents and an interesting story (provided the “Anime” style of the characters and come-of-age story doesn’t completely annoy you). So if what you’re looking for is a modern dungeon crawler with a massive campaign and characters you’ll get attached...

I’ve been on a “Print and Play” (PnP) streak recently as I’m trying to curb my board game spending. What I’m finding as I dig more and more into PnP board games is that there are a lot (a lot!) of them, and some of them are basically AAA...

Here’s a huge secret: not all board games work for all people. If you’re not entirely new to the hobby, it must have happened to you: you just came home from the store, with that huge box game that everybody around you, from your favorite hobby youtuber to your...