We're Not Wizards - Tabletop Board Game Reviews

As you are exposed to the board game and tabletop hobby, there's a chance at some point you'll visit a local game club. If its anything like my local wonderful gathering, you get an eclectic mixture of games and those who partake in them. The neoprened table of the wargamers, with their metal cases and foam cuddled miniatures raring to do battle across the stars or across a muddy field. The board gamers in a constant state of either trying to decide what to play, or trying to learn the latest shiny and new, while others argue that maybe next time they could have this conversation before game night. Those that play RPGs are away from the main hall, upstairs in their own room for the sake of everyone's internal monologue.  It's not because we don't like them. They don't smell any more or less precious than the rest of us. It is just that everything is turned up to eleven. There's a tendency for loudness and over expression. Look at it this way, someone missed

  End Results can be wonderful in the board game space. When that last tile or card is placed and you're able to sit back in your chair away from the table, and stare in wonder at the unique creation in front of you. In the case of Megacity Oceania it was a full three dimensional structure that graced the table that you could almost imagine living in. With the likes of Akropolis and Kingdomino, your tiles form a unique habitat unlikely to ever be repeated. Often board games become a thing of beauty that tell their own tale. In the case of Wayfarers of the Southern Tigris, you're charting the history of exploration starting in 9th century Bagdad and spreading your caravan as far you have resources. At the end of the game, your unique tableau will tell the tale of your efforts, of your journey and there's something rather special about that.  Overview Wayfarers of the Southern Tigris is a worker placement and tableau builder with aspects of an engine builder in tow. This mean

There are few things that you can claim to be truly at the beginning of. I was there when I first saw and heard the Robots in Disguise, and those cartoons days when the Ark landed on Earth and Optimus Prime promised to protect the humans from the Decepticons. They were expensive toys and difficult to get hold of. We were living in the dawn of 'must haves' and forced shortages to create demand after the riots of the Cabbage Patch Dolls. I remember one of the spoiled kids at school (whose parents swapped actually giving a shit for lavish toys) proudly declaring he had managed to get both Megatron and Optimus Prime as toys and we jointly envied and hated him in one sitting. He used it as a bargaining chip to decide who his friends were and who were allowed to see his prize possessions. So we took a number and waited our turn, and eventually I got a chance to see what the fuss was about. While Optimus was cool, Megatron was the one I liked. He just looked cooler and shinier and he