We're Not Wizards - Tabletop Board Game Reviews

In our latest Video Review, we look at the rage inducing, family fallout, sugar coated arguement generator that is Go Nuts For Donuts from GameWright. You can check out the game on  https://gamewright.com/product/go-nuts-for-donuts We were not paid for this review We purchased our own copy of the game. Please drop us a like and a subscription if you haven't already. https://www.youtube.com/c/werenotwizardstabletoppodcast If you would like to support more written pieces on the blog then please consider backing us on Patreon.  www.patreon.com/werenotwizards

Yes, that is my face on a video review. Yes, this is my review of Charterstone from Stonemaier Games. This Review was not paid for. The copy of Charterstone was provided to us at a discounted rate. You can find out more information about Charterstone on the link below https://stonemaiergames.com You can read our reviews on https://www.werenotwizards.co.uk    You can listen to our podcast on https://www.werenotwizards.com 

When is a box not a box? When it's a component, and then at that point, its only a part time box. Or maybe its a part time component all along, waiting in the shadows to spring a boxy surprise on you when you are not looking. Either way, its one of my favourite things to see in a game when the norm is to have boxes unused and very much, far too big for the purpose they were meant to be used for. In the case of Flyin' Goblin, the box plays the role (very convincingly) of being the castle of the King, with various rooms to plunder, or utilise as you play this projectile based dexterity game from IELLO. Gameplay itself is extremely simple, needing you to fire your wooden goblin grunt into various rooms in the castle in order to score winning diamonds or much needed coins, put a goblin in the wrong place and you can lose them all together, while those with a steady aim might find themselves knocking their opponents from strategy roofs to gin advantage and send them packin

Please find our short and sweet video on Flip Over Frog from Hub Games.  You can find out more about Flip Over Frog by going to  their website This copy of Flip Over Frog was graciously provided by Coiledspring Games If you would like to support more written pieces on the blog then please consider backing us on Patreon.  www.patreon.com/werenotwizards

This review is based on the final retail version of My Little Scythe and the Pie in the Sky expansion. We were provided a discounted copy of the game and the expansion by Stonemaier Games for the purpose of this review. We have not been paid for the review. That has always been the thing with Scythe, if you were to look down a list of games that you had to play before you die, or at least experience before you went to bed, then it's fair to say that it's definitely going to appear somewhere on 'that list'. It's almost legendary in its acclaim, it's definitely well known for carrying out one of the biggest tricks in tabletop with regards to presentation of theme over actual gameplay. For every review I've read of Scythe calling it one of the best games in existence, there is another matching one talking about how it's more about resource management than mechanical behemoth type battles, which some find brilliant and others frustrating. Either way y

The main thing to remember in all of these things is that not everything has to be a huge epic main course, consisting of multiple parts and flavours. Now more than ever, the simpler flavours are going to be more likely on the menu, as those with more eccentric and complicated tastes will have to stay away, as like so many places as the moment, the restaurant is closed. Okiya is the simplest of dishes, almost an appetiser, like Tapas but filling. Like a great dish, the presentation will get those saliva glands going, while the simple strategy will have you walking away feeling slightly full but not overly stuffed. It's theme is there as a garnish but not necessarily part of the flavour. Your aim is simple, you either want to form a square or a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line with your geisha tokens in the four by four grid. The grid contains stunning looking background titles, which you swap out as you take turns to play. The clever thing behind it is that you c

You never know what's in a tin,  Until you open it and begin,  to rummage through the compact contents, and see if it makes any sense. And all the time hoping what's contained,  is something that will be well explained. A simple circular set of rules inside, I hope they make sense, I can't abide The ones that leave you second guessing, as playing those games is most depressing. Let me tell you of the aim,  or how you win this simple game.  It's all about stacking blocks of different shapes and sizes while you're meant to try to make the other player, make  a mistake and topple down the Stake, oh sorry I meant stack.  You see you aren't just all out attack.  See unlike games of a similar nature,  You get to chose the other's future,  of what block they get to play,  Without them having the slightest say. So straight out the blocks you set your trap,  and try to leave them in a flap, As th

In the annals of football history, you'll find some of the greatest derbies of all-time. El Classico, the Milan derby, the Merseyside and Manchester derbies and the Old Firm game to name but a few. Now, the football scribes will have to enter a new entry into this prestigious list - the A9 Derby. Until now most notable for being the most tenuous derby ever concocted. St Johnstone and Inverness Caledonian Thistle will care little for this. These teams came into yesterday's match with one singular goal - to win the oldest cup competition in world football. The only downside to the match at Hampden Park was that there had to be a loser. Between them, these sides had overcome not only both sides of the Old Firm, Celtic and Rangers, but also both sides of the Edinburgh divide, Hibernian and Heart of Midlothian. Alas, there had to be one winner and it was the men from Perth who won their second Scottish Cup after a very enjoyable final. Things didn't exactly get of