Name: Psychic Pizza Deliverers Go to the Ghost Town Year of Release: 2018 Player Count: 3 – 5 Players Playing Time: 30 – 45 minutes Designer: Hayato Kisaragi Publisher: One Draw Primary Mechanisms: Paper and Pencil, Pick-Up and Deliver, Race, Deduction Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 1.75 In an effort to review games of all kinds […]
Obsession Review
Name: Obsession Year of Release: 2018 Player Count: 1 – 4 Players Playing Time: 30 – 90 minutes Designer: Dan Hallagan Publisher: Keyenta Games Primary Mechanisms: Worker Placement, Open Drafting, Deck Building Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 3.14 Overview Obsession has been one of those games eluding me for years now. I see it mentioned a […]
Ghost Blaster Review
Name: Ghost Blaster Year of Release: 2014 Player Count: 1 – 4 Players Playing Time: 15 minutes Designer: Wolfgang Dirschel Publisher: HABA Primary Mechanisms: Cooperative Game, Modular Board, Memory Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 1.25 In an effort to review games of all kinds and being fathers to children who love to board game, this review […]
Furnace Review
Name: Furnace Year of Release: 2020 Player Count: 2 – 4 Players (1 with Fan-Made Variant) Playing Time: 30 – 60 minutes Designer: Ivan Lashin Publisher: Hobby World Primary Mechanisms: Auction, Bidding, Open Drafting, Engine Building Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 2.23 Overview Earlier in 2022, I watched the multi-part YouTube series that the Dice Tower […]
The Lost Ruins of Arnak – The Expedition Leaders Review
Name: Lost Ruins of Arnak – Expedition Leaders Year of Release: 2021 Player Count: 1 – 4 Players Playing Time: 30 – 120 minutes Designer: Min & Elwen Publisher: Czech Games Edition Primary Mechanisms: Worker Placement, Hand Management, Variable Player Powers Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 3.05 Overview Now the secrets will be revealed. Now the […]
Cascadia – Standard and Solo Variant Reviews
Name: Cascadia Year of Release: 2021 Player Count: 1 – 4 Players Playing Time: 30 – 45 minutes Designer: Randy Flynn Publisher: Flatout Games Primary Mechanisms: Tile Placement, Open Drafting, Pattern Building Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 1.88 This post contains two reviews, beginning with the general overview of Cascadia and discussing, in detail, thoughts on […]
Wingspan Solo Review
Name: Wingspan Year of Release: 2019 Player Count: 1 – 5 Players Playing Time: 40 – 70 minutes Designer: Elizabeth Hargrave Publisher: Stonemaier Games Primary Mechanisms: Engine Building, Resource Management, Hand Management Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 2.45 Overview In August of 2020, my wife and I celebrated our ten-year anniversary. In any other year, I […]
Viticulture – Tuscany Essential Edition Review
Name: Viticulture – Tuscany Essential Edition Year of Release: 2016 Player Count: 1 – 6 Players Playing Time: 60 – 150 minutes Designer: Jamey Stegmaier, Alan Stone Publisher: Stonemaier Games Primary Mechanisms: Worker Placement, Variable Player Powers Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 3.28 Review originally written on 03/27/2021 and posted as a part of the “Historic […]
Viscounts of the West Kingdom Review
Name: Viscounts of the West Kingdom Year of Release: 2020 Player Count: 1 – 6 Players Playing Time: 30 – 60 minutes Designer: Shem Phillips, S J Macdonald Publisher: Garphill Games Primary Mechanisms: Deck Building, Rondel, Hand Management, Variable Player Powers Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 3.45 Overview This game is my first foray into the […]
Tzolk’in – The Mayan Calendar Solo Variant Review
Name: Tzolk’in – The Mayan Calendar Year of Release: 2012 Player Count: 2 – 4 Players (1 Player with fan-made variant) Playing Time: 90 minutes Designer: Simone Luciani, Daniele Tascini Publisher: Czech Games Edition Primary Mechanisms: Worker Placement, Rondel Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 3.67 Overview For this review, I played the 1-player variant posted by […]