Next up on playing our games in order of rank on boardgamegeek is Agricola. Agricola was one of the first games I bought after playing a few gateway games (mainly Carcassonne and Ticket to Ride). I was drawn in by the cute animeeples, but underneath the cute exterior is a much harder and unforgiving game. … More 6. Agricola
Wingspan combines two things I love – board games and birds. I feel this puts me at a disadvantage when playing as I’ll often choose a bird because I like it rather than it being useful for the game. Today it was the European Robin, my beautifully voiced back-garden friend, who must make it into … More 5. Wingspan
We got this game a few years ago. It is definitely our sort of game – no confrontation, no real blocking, just get on with your own plan. However you do need to keep an eye on your opponent, you can use their moves to your advantage with a well timed diplomat. You also gain … More 4. Concordia
This is a game that I was very excited to initially get, but then didn’t get played that much. I thought it ticked all the right boxes, small card game which doesn’t take that long to play. I have played 7 Wonders and enjoyed it. So what was the problem? It’s mean. I don’t enjoy … More 3. 7 Wonders Duel
The Castles of Burgundy was one of the earlier games that we added to our collection. We enjoyed playing it from the start, although I’m less keen on the slightly fiddly set up. In it you are building a map by adding hexes showing a ranges of different areas. You choose your hexes based on … More 2. The Castles of Burgundy
So last week we (my husband and I) came up with a plan to play every game we own in the order they are ranked on boardgamegeek. That means that first up is Scythe. To make sure it got played I set it up on the living room floor and then a couple of days … More 1. Scythe
Just before my husband’s birthday I popped into the local board-game shop to see if they had anything suitable to add to his birthday presents. As I didn’t have a game in mind I browsed the cheaper games and was drawn to the Isle of Trains as my husband likes steam trains. I followed this … More Isle of Trains
This is an edited version of a comparative review I wrote for the voice of experience competition on BoardGameGeek. My husband and I enjoy co-operative games, they are our go to option when we aren’t sure what we want to play. We have built up a reasonable number of co-operative games, but by far our … More Thunderbirds vs Pandemic: do I need both?
Memoir ’44 was one of the first modern board games we bought. We came across it as we enjoy Ticket to Ride and were looking at other titles published by Days of Wonder. Memoir ’44 was released to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings. In the game the Allies are facing the Axis … More Memoir ’44: playing with history
Hanabi is a different sort of cooperative game. Although you are working together to put on a firework display, the information you are allowed to share on a turn is limited. Each player draws five cards and holds them facing away from them. Therefore they do not know the content of their own hand but … More Hanabi: a clever little game
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