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Welcome to The Board Game Detective! The Board Game Detective is here to provide reviews of boardgames that are light on rules explanation and delve more into what the game feels like to play. Articles will centre on the author's praise and criticisms for the game. Each article will provide a brief theme and rules … Continue reading Welcome →

Root – Riverfolk and Underworld Expansions Review

As the endless struggle for dominance over the woodlands continues unabated, new factions have started to appear and add their voice to the endless cacophony. A group of enterprising Otter merchants/mercenaries seek to profit from the ongoing conflict in the woodlands. A mysterious Reptilian cult is using dark rituals to convert followers to their cause … Continue reading Root – Riverfolk and Underworld Expansions Review →

The Alpha Review

It's been a harsh winter in the mountains where wolves typically live. You are a pack of wolves. No, sorry. You are the head of a pack of wolves, the Alpha Wolf! The only thing that sets you apart from the other packs of identically shaped wolf packs is your cunning, and coloured paint coating. … Continue reading The Alpha Review →

The 12 Most Annoying Things About Being a Boardgamer

You know something that annoys me? Articles with meaningless preamble. Games that don't fit well (or at all) on my shelves. Like all gamers, I have a trusty set of Ikea Kallax shelves set up prominently in my gaming area in which I store all my games. It's an attractive, functional and cost effective solution … Continue reading The 12 Most Annoying Things About Being a Boardgamer →

Tapestry Strategy Guide

I've been playing Tapestry a lot lately! It's a very interesting game and I've been thinking a lot about it's strategy. I thought it might be interesting to lay my thoughts out here, and if you are a beginner or intermediate player, you might learn something that helps you out - or if your thoughts … Continue reading Tapestry Strategy Guide →

Vast: The Mysterious Manor Review

You've been invited to a Vast, (the) Mysterious Manor up on the hill outside of town! Your secretive, magical Uncle has passed away and his will is being read today. To your surprise each of those gathered has been given an odd task to perform to prove worthiness - and if you succeed in your … Continue reading Vast: The Mysterious Manor Review →

Rival Restaurants Review

Grab your spatula and start earning likes! It's 2020 and you're cooking for exposure. Everyone wants to be Number 1 on Instagram so photogenic dishes are the key to a modern restaurant success story. As a budding restaurateur, you will be doing anything it takes - even literally stealing from your Rival Restaurants - to … Continue reading Rival Restaurants Review →

Mental Blocks Mini Review

I excitedly ordered Pandasauraus' new game Mental Blocks recently after being quite interested to try it since seeing a short 'pitch' of what the game was about a few months ago. Unfortunately the game didn't live up to my expectations, and so this is a shorter review than normal. After playing the game a few … Continue reading Mental Blocks Mini Review →

Sorcerer City Review

Every year a bunch of Mages come together at the sacred site of Sorcerer City in order to take part in what can only be described by us mere mortals as some sort of magical Burning Man style event. They slap together a city in haste, have it assessed by the judges on various criteria, … Continue reading Sorcerer City Review →