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Chris Bowler
Dec 27, 20212 min read
Day 3 - Zooloretto XXL
In Zooloretto players compete to build the best zoo by drafting trucks of animals from a central display.
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Chris Bowler
Nov 3, 20216 min read
Kameloot
In Kameloot you take on the role of a merchant trader trying to get the most gold by scoring sets of cards. The players are split between tw
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Chris Bowler
Jun 23, 20216 min read
Mandala Stones
In Mandala Stone players collectively control a group of artists working to create a Mandala. The player who contributes the most stones to
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Chris Bowler
Mar 31, 20215 min read
Forbidden Island
Forbidden Island is a great entry point to the world of co-operative games, with a wonderful theme, great components and simple rules that a
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Chris Bowler
Mar 24, 20216 min read
Game Night Reviews - Stone Age
The year is 2000 BC and Ug, Og and Thod are all out in the thick lush forests of Pangea gathering wood to build their primitive dwellings.
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Chris Bowler
Jun 24, 20207 min read
Roll Player
Roll Player is a dice placement game in which players compete to build a roleplaying character by completing their strength, dexterity, cons
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Chris Bowler
Jun 3, 20204 min read
Game Night Reviews - Century Golem
Century Spice Road or Golem Edition is really a perfect entry for this series. Works for gamers and non-gamers, has very few rules that are
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Chris Bowler
Mar 6, 20194 min read
Game Night Reviews: Citadels
The King looked out across the green and verdant land. It was filled with peace and tranquility. The Merchant was trading goods in the...
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Chris Bowler
Oct 10, 20184 min read
Game Night Reviews: Sheriff of Nottingham
Growing up I daydreamed of being Robin Hood, of robbing from the rich, giving to the poor. Rescuing Maid Marian with nothing more than my...
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Chris Bowler
Apr 4, 20184 min read
Game Night Reviews: Sushi Go
Arrrrr! And the Game Night cruise continues as the lads and I charge onwards aboard our mighty water going vessel down the Silsden Canal...
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Chris Bowler
Aug 9, 20174 min read
Game Night Reviews: Pandemic
Epidemics sweep the world, hospitals are crowded with the sick and the dying. Their only hope is you, brave adventurer. You must go forth...
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Chris Bowler
Aug 9, 20173 min read
Game Night Reviews: Braggart
LIAR!! The call of the Braggart! We’ve all been in the pub with “that friend” when he begins to tell the valiant tale of the time he...
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Chris Bowler
Jun 21, 20176 min read
Aquaretto
On the face of it Aquaretto appears to be a simple retheme of Zooloretto with meeples because, well, games have to have meeples. But...
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Chris Bowler
Jun 21, 20176 min read
A La Carte
As some of you know, I have a little brother with Worster Drought Syndrome, a condition that severely affects his speech, as well as...
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Chris Bowler
Jun 21, 20174 min read
Archaeology: The Card Game
During these hard economic times, it’s nice to be able to find a good little game for less than £10 and that’s exactly what Archaeology...
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Chris Bowler
Jun 11, 20176 min read
Zooloretto
You are the owner of a small zoo, so small in fact that you have but three enclosures and a rather large barn. Throughout the game you...
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Chris Bowler
Jun 9, 20176 min read
Stone Age
Stone Age was my first worker placement game, it’s produced by Hans Im Glück/Rio Grande Games and it is possibly the most beautiful game...
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Chris Bowler
Jun 8, 20174 min read
Citadels
In Citadels you play a Lord in charge of a city. You can influence various high powered characters to help you out, such as the assassin...
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Chris Bowler
May 18, 20177 min read
Pandemic
In Pandemic you are a member of the CDC sent out to battle disease wherever it may lie. What are those diseases called you ask? Why… Red,...
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