Kano Board Game First Impressions
A game about painting Japanese handscrolls where you compete to be the most prestigious artist of the Kano school. The…
War of the 3 Sanchos 1065-67 First Impressions
Three kings. One map of northern Spain. Someone is going to lose a castle and blame the cards.
Deckers First Impressions
Hackers versus a self-aware supercomputer in dystopian Japan. It's got a lot going on.
Square One First Impressions
A puzzle about splitting and merging coloured pieces to fill sequences. Do it at exactly the right moment.
Thurn und Taxis First Impressions
A 2006 Spiel des Jahres winner about building postal routes across 18th-century Germany. Which sounds like a terrible premise for…
The Druids of Edora First Impressions
A Stefan Feld euro set in an enchanted forest. If you know what that means, you already know roughly what…
Escape from Pompeii First Impressions
It is 79 CE. Vesuvius is erupting. Run! But first, answer a question about Roman architecture.
7 Empires First Impressions
You don't control an empire, you invest in one. Which is fine until someone else decides to invest more.
Middle-Earth Quest First Impressions
One player is Sauron. The rest are heroes trying to stop him. Someone is going to be here for a…
How to play Compania & Review
An area control, resource management game. How to play Compania and Review.