27th Sep2024

‘Stranger Things: Upside Down’ Board Game Review

by Matthew Smail

CMON have a funny habit of releasing games we weren’t expecting with little or no warning – often at inexplicable moments in time. Designed by the master of remasters and campaign games himself (Rob Daviau), Stranger Things: Upside Down breaks the mould slightly by being neither a remake nor a campaign game – but nonetheless […]

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23rd Oct2023

A board gamer’s guide to ‘Cthulhu: Death May Die’

by Matthew Smail

Since Gloomhaven came along, with its ridiculous depth, 100+ missions and near-to-zero-luck gameplay, it’s been tough for other dungeon crawlers to make an impact. With most games in this genre relying on dice-rolling, random encounters and a load of other random factors, it’s tough to be taken seriously. However, when Eric Lang and Rob Daviau […]

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29th Nov2017

‘Seafall’ Board Game Review

by Matthew Smail

Since it was released last year, Seafall has experienced something of a stormy reception from core gamers and popular critics. If you take an aggregate view of every review out there, you’d find faults ranging far and wide encompassing everything from pieces that won’t stand up straight to a dull theme, too much luck of the dice […]

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