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
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