A while ago I finally caved and purchased a copy of the Deluxe edition of World In Flames. I’ve been contemplating it for some time but the high price had always been enough to deter me. So, while setting up and playing a bit of OCS Tunisia over the last Christmas with my son we…
It has taken some time to get to this happy day, but the game I’ve been studiously (lol) working on for nearly a year is now finally available to the masses… Well, 5 physical copies are until I get more components. There is also the option of grabbing the game as a digital download for…
Having spent rather a lot of time playing numerous games I guess it’s no surprise that the ones that have lasted thousands of years are actually rather good. I’m a fan of chess, but it requires a level of commitment I don’t have plus I’m not overly fond of the analysis paralysis it induces in…
After too long testing by myself I finally got to see the game played with real players (the promise of pizza seems to help gather willing participants). This friendly test didn’t go to completion – unfortunately only about 4 hours of slow play – but it did go a long way to helping me understand…
One of my more recent passions in the area of board gaming has been the 18xx series of games. The first game, 1829 by Francis Treasham, was released in 1974 and now probably number in the hundreds of different adaptations, sometimes bringing their own flair – or “mcguffin”, other times marrying several together from different…
