Rookies Guide

Mountain Goats is a game very near and dear to my heart. This was a Kickstarter I backed in 2020 that is now available for order online. The selling point of this game, along with the other two I got at the same time, is that they’re quick to learn and don’t last too long. It

I put off reviewing this game due to the obvious connection to current world events and having been told by many friends that it is incredibly, tragically ironic that this is my favourite board game. But I love this game, a lot, and I want to share that with you. I was introduced to Pandemic

I was introduced to Werewolf by my best friend, but it wasn’t really until my first conventions that I fell in love with this game. Gathering 20 people in a small room, half of whom you’ve never met before, to slowly kill off based on first impressions. Plus one person gets to play God. It’s

I picked up numerous boardgames at the start of lockdown with the optimistic idea that I would have loads of time to play them all. Ironically the games I’ve been playing most, sometimes repeatedly, are those that can be finished in 20 to 40 minutes. The other, larger ones with novel-sized rulebooks keep staring at

When a friend suggested we play the bleak zombie survival game Dead of Winter, I was initially sceptical. My ingrained fear of zombies certainly didn’t help but the lack of joy and fun in the bleak-sounding game put me off. And then my friend mentioned that they were using this game as a lead-in to