tabletop
Playing Pandemic
What you really need to know: Pandemic is one of the most fun board games I’ve played in quite some time. With that out of the way, let me explain. Players are …
The Fearsome Floors of Finstere Flüre
If you’ve ever played Chu-Chu Rocket! then you might have a very slight advantage into getting to grips with Finstere Flüre (or Fearsome Floors in …
Dead November
After sampling Pandemic, there remained a nagging question: are there any other cooperative board games and do they have the same quality? One of the titles …
Random stones
Over the years I’ve grown fond of boardgames that give the player control over his or her actions in some way. Games like the Game of the Goose and the Game of …
Tobago's treasure deduction
My local board game supplier had something nice to show me a few weeks ago: a treasure hunting game that looked suspiciously like Catan from afar. It turned …
Visit Forbidden Island
It's easy to see Forbidden Island as a cheap cash-in. After all, if you read through the instructions the first thing to pop into your mind should be Pandemic. …
That was an Heroica effort
About a year ago LEGO started a new line of their famous brick toys: LEGO Games. The idea was pretty simple; create board games using LEGO pieces. …
Power Grid - Lean Startup lessons in a board game
Some time ago I got together with friends for some alcohol, snacks and board games. One game caught my attention in a way that was quite unexpected. That game …
E-ink playing cards
Wyldcards are small plastic cards with e-ink screens (like a Kindle). When placed onto a plinth, the image on the card can be changed by a hidden computer. The …
Terraforming Mars movie in the works
While we're still waiting for the Monopoly movie and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is slated for 2023, someone seems to have picked up another …
Print & Speel
Wat een geweldig idee! Een spel dat je zelf kan uitprinten op een enkele pagina. Ontwikkelaar Postmark Games heeft twee van dit soort titels beschikbaar: …
The origin of hanafuda
Among friends, we know hanafuda as "that card game that made Nintendo what it is today". But like tempura and samurai using muskets, it finds its origins with …