We're Not Wizards - Tabletop Board Game Reviews

  The main article can be found on  https://www.werenotwizards.co.uk/a-guide-to-buying-board-games-online/ Whether you're an active player looking for that next hot board game, or a collector looking to fill a gap on the shelf. There's so many different ways to purchase games that it can be confusing. Sometimes chasing that 'must have' can put you into the potential situation of being scammed out of your cold hard cash for card board. You want to buy from the right sellers and avoid refunds and returns.  Here's a simply guide to keep your bank account safe and your collection full. Online Websites RULE ONE - Stick to the sites you know, unless they come recommended by several peers. If you're a member of a local gaming group, Facebook Group or Tabletop Discord, it's worthwhile  asking your friends and fellow gamers if they've heard of the site you've been checking out. If they have doubts, then consider leaving well alone. The tabletop website www.bo

The Binding of Isaac is a hugely successful videogame, and thanks to two extremely lucrative crowdfunding efforts that netted around $8 million, you could argue that its a highly successful card game as well. The videogame fits almost too perfectly into begin turned into cardboard, with its roguelike genetics being suited to the randomness of dungeon crawler, variable bonuses and and player powers sitting well within the tabletop realm. There's around eighty thousand people who have some kind of variation of the tabletop game. So surely its extremely good because well funded games are always amazing, aren't they.  I'm approaching this as someone who is away from the hype canoe sailing down the river rapids of marketing and excitement and so this is probably going to be dull in comparison. I'm also someone who is a fan of the game, and has spent many an hour running around randomly generated dungeons of blood and filth.  For those unfamiliar with the videogame, you play

It's maybe pure ignorance on my part but I've never seen a huge number of board games that sit within the organised crime genre. There seems to be more Sci-Fi than Scarface. I own The Godfather: Corleone's Empire, which was a grail game for me and was its own tale of negotiation and acquisition and offers that couldn't be refused. Wise Guys from Gale Force Nine enters the fray with a  Goodfellas  attitude on how you win at life, which is to gather up as much money as possible, without effecting your influence and clout and your ability to make money on the black market. It is a remix of a Sons of Anarchy game from a few years ago, but this time it returns without a connected IP.  There's an attraction to this kind of genre of game, because these are criminals, but also the ultimate in non-conformists to a societal norm. Most of us don't want to work a normal job with a steady life and pay check if given the choice. Some of us already live on an edge, working fr

Power Hungry Pets by the Exploding Kittens team is essentially Love Letter , but in an Exploding Kittens flavour. Love Letter is such a staple in my collection that when I'm thinking about culling the collection it doesn't even make the pile for consideration to be considered for the pile that will be considered potentially to even look at culling. I think it is one of those games that sits well in being both easy to teach but has enough meat on the bones to make it worthwhile playing. My own copy of Love Letter has been played so many times and through so many hands that when you see another company create a version of it, then I'm going to be concerned and potentially sceptical. It's like Pizza Hut announcing they are going to be making their version of a Big Mac. You know they have to get those Big Maccy flavours in, but at the same time, they also need to remind you that you're chomping down on the Pizza hut version.  Exploding Kittens is such a huge brand