Nucleum? Nearly Killed’ Em!

Nucleum? Nearly Killed’ Em!

When it comes to giving me board games, Santa’s no slouch. He just seems more optimistic than i am about how much time i have to sit down and enjoy myself. My copy of On Mars: Alien Invasion that i received two Christmases ago is still in shrink, and the...
How to play Feudum

How to play Feudum

What in the great googly moogly even IS this game?  When i tried to watch their highly polished how to play video, i was completely lost. It seemed SO complicated and SO out of my reach, that i began to understand how non-board gamers must feel when i try to explain...
Voidfall Unboxing/Reboxing

Voidfall Unboxing/Reboxing

Back when it was announced, i gave you 5 Reasons You Should Be Excited for Voidfall. Now that it’s here, i’ll give you one reason to be less excited: the box, predictably, takes a few hours to organize. And it’s always difficult to sort through...
How to play Hadrian’s Wall

How to play Hadrian’s Wall

You may be familiar with roll n’ write/flip n’ write games like Welcome To…, but Hadrian’s Wall turns things up to 11 by sprawling over two huge sheets simulating Roman society, and your general efforts to manage a milecastle on the...
How to play An Age Contrived

How to play An Age Contrived

Designed by someone right here in Canadaland, An Age Contrived contains some of the most surprising components i’ve ever encountered: 3D magnetic sculptures that stick to metal frames poking up through the board, and spring-loaded metal player boards that make...
How to play Rolling Heights

How to play Rolling Heights

From designer John D. Clair of Dead Reckoning and Mystic Vale fame comes Rolling Heights, a deck-building game where the cards are replaced with meeples, which you roll like dice (a la Pass the Pigs), in order to build skyscrapers on a competitive map. (click to view...