Munchkin 4 – The Need for Steed: Munchkin’s Best Expansion

Munchkin is a game with a heap load of expansions and spin-offs, though the spin-offs are just the same with a different theme, and the expansions generally just add more cards. In previous reviews I have expressed my disappointment with how the Munchkin expansions are packaged thematically. In other words, there was no rhyme or […]

K2: Reaching Thematic Heights

When K2 was released in 2010, it didn’t cause much of an uproar, more of a small trickle than an avalanche. However, it deserves far more attention than it has been given. It is a wonderful race game which is heaped in its mountain-climbing theme. If you like thematic games, pay attention. K2 is rich […]

Puerto Rico: The Ultimate Eurogame

The board game boom in the last decade was ushered in by the rise of eurogames: games designed for deep strategy with interesting mechanics, a de-emphasis on the role of luck, and tighter gameplay. Settlers of Catan kicked off the trend, and ever since games have been released which have tried to master the elegance […]

Cosmic Encounter – Cosmic Incursion: The Universe Expands

Cosmic Encounter is one of the greatest board games out there. It’s fun, interactive, and full of variety. So hey, why not more of all of that stuff? The first expansion to the Fantasy Flight reprint of Cosmic is called Cosmic Incursion and adds to the game in three different ways: new alien races, a […]

Munchkin 3- Clerical Errors: An Error in Theming

Munchkin is a game which thrives from the addition of new expansions, as card variety can only enhance the game experience. And the second expansion for Munchkin is Clerical Errors which adds… well, more cards. Whenever I’m writing expansion reviews, I always need to ask myself, what is it we should expect from an expansion? […]

Memoir ’44 – Pacific Theater: Missing in Action

Memoir ’44 is one of those games which has grown far beyond the basic game box it was first released in. The Memoir series, based on the battles and campaigns of WWII, has expanded into a massive franchise with new additions representing the different fronts of the war, tons of new battle scenarios, and even […]

Cyclades: Get Your Greek On

Theme is an important aspect of board games. Of course some simply don’t have a theme, such as Backgammon, and others have tired themes which are vastly overused, like the annoying influx of dungeon crawl games out there. But when you see a game with a theme based on one of your other interests, it’s […]

A Game of Thrones: In the Game of Thrones You Win or You Pay for the Pizza

George R.R. Martin’s “A Game of Thrones” has reached quite a peak of popularity in the last couple years, stemming from the arrival of the HBO television series. For fans of the series like myself, this was great in a number of ways. First, we got to see our favourite book series brought to life […]

Munchkin 2 – Unnatural Axe: Get Geekier

Ever since Munchkin was released in 2001 it has grown into a mini-empire in the gaming world. Now there are all sorts of versions of munchkin: space Munchkin, Munchkin Zombies, Munchkin in the wild west, pirate Munchkin, and many more. But what if you want to stick within the fantasy realm and spirit in which […]

The Resistance: Treachery and Deception that Fits in Your Pocket

So you think you can trust your friends, huh? You think they’re on your side? How do you know that? Well, guess what: you don’t know anything! You can’t trust any of them, and they can’t trust you. But somehow, just somehow, you have to make them trust you… make them see the truth… The […]

Survive! 5-6 Player Expansion: Feeding Frenzy

The reprint of the classic game Survive is simply awesome. It’s a splash of fun with almost any group… as long as that group is 3 or 4 people. If there are 5 or 6 people in your group however, you are out of luck, even though it seems like it would be a great […]

Munchkin: Get Your Geek On

I have a confession to make: I am a geek. Now let’s be clear: I am not a geek for everything. I am a movie geek, a board game geek, a Star Wars and Lord of the Rings geek. But even though I’m only a part of a few different realms, I have a certain […]

Memoir ’44 – Eastern Front: Oh, Those Russians…

Memoir ’44 brought the battles of the western front of WWII to life on the… tabletop. If you consider bringing to life to be moving around plastic army men. But now, the makers of the Memoir series take us to the other side of the battle with the Eastern Front expansion. We now get to […]

Vinhos: An Excellent Vintage

Many popular board games today are praised for being highly accessible and easy to learn, simple yet fun. Vinhos is not one of those games. It seems fitting that such a rich and complex game is about wine; a beverage which is notorious with being connected with elitists and enthusiasts, whose value seems to only […]

Memoir ’44: History in a Box

To honour the 60th anniversary of D-Day in 2004, Days of Wonder released a game called Memoir ’44. The purpose was to give players a sense of the history behind the battles in France at that time while also being accessible to anyone who wanted to play. Mission accomplished. Memoir ’44 as a wargame manages […]