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Safety Guide To Buying Board Games Online

  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

Rear Window Board Game Review - Funko Games

  The danger with basing any product off a popular film, book or character is that you need to strike the fine balancing act between honouring that which you are borrowing while at the same time making your own product worthwhile. It needs to treat the source with the due respect and care it deserves while making sure the entertainment product doesn't compromise itself it what it was set out to do. Funko Games in the past couple of years have been walking this tightrope with various degrees of success. But for their latest feat, they've removed the safety net and put a blindfold on in trying to create a game for the iconic classic Rear Window.  Overview For those not familiar with the story, photojournalist L.B. Jefferies is confined to his apartment after a near death experience when working at a Grand Prix event. With a fertile imagination and continuing heatwave, he starts to have suspicions about his neighbours activities which leads to him encouraging his friends to help h

Big Boss - Wolfgang Kramer - Funko Games - Board Game Review

   I'm fairly impressed with the current range of games on offer from Funko Games. Their partnership with the Prospero Hall development and design team seems to be a very successful symbiosis, and I've already enjoyed the likes of Pan Am immensely. They seem to be successfully balancing offering games for the mass market and still attract those who demand some more meat on their carboard bones. With Big Boss they are reprinting and updating an already existing game that up until now has only existed in German. Overview Big Boss is about building up your business empire by creating new businesses and physically expanding their presence on the board in order to increase their share value. You'll merge companies and buy shares with the aim of earning the most money by the end of the game.  Mainplay There's isn't a huge amount in terms of mechanics to Big Boss. You've got the option from the outset to either play with the updated rules or the original rules from the

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