Fans of card battling games like Magic: The Gathering have had no shortage of choice in the last few years and it’s also hard to make a bad example of the genre, thanks largely to the amount of inspiration on offer. This can make it difficult for titles to differentiate themselves, however almost every game […]
Bearing in mind that some of my defining memories of childhood come from playing board games that predate even 8 Bit videogames, much of my fascination with ancient and fantastic worlds came from board games. The first time I saw Petra was probably in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, but it wasn’t long after […]
I’m told that the only two things in life that are certain are death and taxes. Indeed, even in space it seems, the latter is true. Scorpius Freighter is a brand new game from Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) in which players each control freighter crews that work for the governing body of the Scorpius System. […]
If you travel back in time to the earlier days of popular, modern board gaming, you will recall that several recurring themes would often appear. Trading in the Mediterranean is perhaps the most obvious of them, but it would also be fair to suggest that various takes on construction, Vikings or embarking upon a great […]
Fans of the Legendary series of games will likely remember that we previously covered Legendary: Buffy The Vampire Slayer here at Nerdly earlier last year, but beyond Buffy, the Legendary series spans a number of popular universes including Marvel, Alien and Predator, among others. The Marvel series of tie ins represent perhaps the most well […]
One of the most rewarding aspects of playing analogue games is the fact that they can bring generations of players closer together. If you pick the right game, then parents, children and extended family can all play together whilst sitting around the table laughing and joking. Few games capture the required level of simplicity to […]
If everything the players experience during a game of Firenze were true, then slightly questionable structures such as The Leaning Tower of Pisa suddenly begin to make sense. Players act as master builders in 13th Century Florence, each of whom will be gainfully employed by the wealthy elite of the city in order to build […]
In Polynesian society, the Arioi were a secretive society of men and women who revered the war god Oro. These Arioi would gather great offerings and celebrate their ascension to more and powerful status with great offerings. Their ever more elaborate tattoos would mark their official rank, with only the most well respected and generous […]
The Vietnam War has been depicted in numerous ways over the years and remains the subject of much discussion for armchair generals all over the world. Whilst there are hundreds of documentaries, movies and to a lesser extent, video games about Vietnam, board games are fairly infrequent. Whilst this may be because The Vietnam War […]
The Quacks of Quedlinburg (which I think I’ll just call Quacks from now on) is a rather unusual bag building and push your luck game that centres on the idea that players are charlatan doctors, selling their wares to the highest bidder. To do this, they’ll use a wide variety of weird and wonderful ingredients […]
In Newton, two to four players will travel Europe’s greatest universities, study and send their students out to work in order to score points. In doing so, they’ll prove themselves to be among the greatest minds of the 17th Century. Newton is a fast-paced, mid-weight eurogame for one to four players designed Simone Luciani and Nestore […]
Trains, vital resources and the race of ancient demons that H.P. Lovecraft dubbed The Old Ones – could a game be any more Martin Wallace? Well, perhaps if it was card driven, which Auztralia surprisingly isn’t. Even so, this modern hybrid of A Study in Emerald and Brass takes a number of classic Wallace systems […]
Love him or hate him, The Walking Dead’s Negan is one of the most iconic characters to be introduced into Fox’s long-running TV series. Of course, Negan has been known to fans of the original comic book series for a long time and even starred in his own feature length graphic novel back in 2017. […]
Heroes of Terrinoth is the latest game to join the ranks of the ever-expanding number of card driven adventure games that have recently exploded in popularity. Games in this genre aim to replicate bigger, more expansive dungeon crawling and RPG experiences without the same commitment in time, effort and often money that come with games […]
In my house, my wife and I are huge fans of Emerson Matsuuchi’s work. Century: Spice Road remains one of our favourite games and whilst Eastern Wonders wasn’t quite as well received, the combined game (From Sand to Sea) has ensured that we’ve kept both copies on our most played shelf. In Reef, Matsuuchi’s latest […]
Fans of Mesoamerican history and heavy euro games have reason to rejoice with the release of Teotihuacan: City of Gods from Daniele Tascini, David Turczi and NSKN Games. This impressive looking dice placement game uses a number of interlinking mechanics to create a thematic “point salad” that offers players several ways to win, all of […]
Zombies, Run!, was originally a hugely popular app that is still used to “gamify” the activities of walkers, joggers and other sporting types on a daily basis. The premise of the original game was simple – take the concept of a pace runner, but make the pacer into a zombie horde. Add objectives and global […]
Whilst Fantasy Flight Games’ Keyforge has been making a big splash with its procedurally generated decks and fast, fliuid gameplay, Richard Garfield’s latest effort is not the only game to use the technology that FFG call their “Unique Game” system. Discover: Lands Unknown boasts a designer who is almost as illustrious as Richard Garfield (and […]
Whenever I open a new board game these days, I hardly know what to expect. Among all of those which I’ve played this year, there’s been a myriad of card, paper, wood and plastic – where Forbidden Sky is concerned, I was met with a pleasant surprise. Not only are all these standard components present […]
If you’re familiar with Fantasy Flight Games catalogue, then you must have encountered one or more of their Lovecraft inspired games by now. Among them are some of the most recognisable lines in FFG’s catalogue, including Mansions of Madness and the Arkham Horror Living Card Game (LCG). There have also been two editions of the […]
In Champions of Midgard (Champions) the players will draft warrior dice by placing workers, in order to then gain Glory by fighting various monsters including trolls, draugr and much more exotic fauna. Theme is everything in some games and it masks a huge difference to the way a game can make you feel about playing […]
