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 […]
Category: Game Mechanics
Cascadia – Standard and Solo Variant Reviews
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 […]
Tapestry Review
Name: Tapestry Year of Release: 2019 Player Count: 1 – 5 Players Playing Time: 90 – 120 minutes Designer: Jamey Stegmaier Publisher: Stonemaier Games Primary Mechanisms: Variable Player Powers, Area Majority, Income, Tile Placement Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 2.91 Overview I received Tapestry as a Christmas present from my wife last year but until the other night, […]
Canvas Review
Name: Canvas Year of Release: 2021 Player Count: 1 – 5 Players Playing Time: 30 minutes Designer: Jeff Chin, Andrew Nerger Publisher: R2i Games Primary Mechanisms: Hand Management, Layering, Open Drafting Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 1.67 Overview I’m not much for Kickstarter, as of the time of this writing I’ve only ever backed 4 campaigns. […]
PARKS Review
Name: PARKS Year of Release: 2019 Player Count: 1 – 5 Players Playing Time: 30 – 60 minutes Designer: Henry Audubon Publisher: Keymaster Games Primary Mechanisms: Set Collection, Track Movement Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 2.15 Overview You know those games that you have on your list, and you find yourself looking at a lot, but […]
Notre Dame Solo Variant Review
Name: Notre Dame Year of Release: 2007 Player Count: 2 – 1 Players (1 Player with Fan-Made Variant) Playing Time: 45 – 75 minutes Designer: Stefan Feld Publisher: Ravensburger Primary Mechanisms: Area Majority, Open Drafting, Point to Point Movement Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 2.75 Overview For this review, I’ve chosen to try out a solo […]
Evolution Solo Variant Review
Name: Evolution Year of Release: 2014 Player Count: 2 – 6 Players Playing Time: 60 minutes Designer: Dominic Crapuchettes, Dmitry Knorre, Sergey Machin Publisher: Northstar Games Primary Mechanisms: Hand Management, Secret Unit Deployment, Take That Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 2.43 Overview Today I am trying out the solo variant for Evolution posted by AndAgainMA posted […]