Overruled
The old topic of "house rules" keeps cropping up.
It depends
As a board game reviewer, you need to have access to board games.
Reviews reviewed
The longer we enjoy our hobby and the more games we play, the more our taste in games is likely to change.
Flexible gaming
As we all know, different people play games for different reasons and with different goals.
Virtually there
So, the convention season for 2020 has drawn to a close, and it’s obviously been a very different set of experiences compared to The Before Times.
Keeping pace
If you have played a number of games, you will have noticed how the pace in some games changes over time.
Atmospheric ambience
A 60 miles an hour dust storm is whistling around the small Mars base, pulling at the airlock, shaking the whole station side to side and blowing over the tiny buildings with a deep rumbling sound, while the computer equipment fans quietly hum away in the background and a random bleep from one of the monitoring systems indicates that our communications channels to Earth are still down.
Separate together
Now, that many of us no longer meet in person, many face-to-face games groups have stopped meeting and have gone online.
Give and take
I've recently got into heavier games, such as Brass: Birmingham with my games group, because they help me completely focus on a game, allowing my brain to fully put aside my day-to-day worries and thoughts.
Easy rules
The holy grail of the perfect rulebook is something that most publishers try to find and is something that we all want.