25th Nov2025

‘7 Wonders Dice’ Board Game Review

by Matthew Smail

Civilisation has always been a balancing act between planning and chance. In 7 Wonders, Antoine Bauza gave us a world of careful drafting, where every card was a deliberate step in shaping history. In 7 Wonders Dice, he asks a different question: what if the fate of your city rested on the roll of a […]

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03rd Jan2024

‘Waterfall Park’ Board Game Review

by Matthew Smail

Back in 1999, I was far more interested in getting drunk and listening to heavy metal than I was in board games, but for some people, the release of Karsten Hartwig’s Chinatown was quite a big deal. At almost twenty-five years old and over one million recorded plays, it’s no surprise that Chinatown was due […]

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