👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2-4⏳Time: 40 mins🎂Ages: 8+⚙️Mechanisms: Card Drafting, Worker Movement Deep in the forest, where no human has ever set foot, live the fairies. Dancing from mushroom to mushroom, they build their villages and visit their neighbours as they collect the mana needed to get them through the upcoming winter. In Fairy Ring, you are trying … Continue reading Case File: Fairy Ring
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2-4⏳Time: 30-45 mins🎂Ages: 8+⚙️Mechanisms: Tile drafting, Combo Building Honey, I shrunk the Azul…again! About a year ago we reviewed Azul Mini over on our Instagram page. It's a pint-sized version of the original that’s proven perfect for traveling. This time around we’re taking a look at a tiny version of Summer Pavilion, the third … Continue reading Case File: Azul Summer Pavilion Mini
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2-4⏳Time: 30 mins🎂Ages: 8+⚙️Mechanisms: Set collection, hand management, open drafting If you had told me a year ago that one of my favourite games this year would be Viking-themed, I would have told you "Knarr mate, you're havin' me on!" At its heart, Knarr is an engine builder - but you're building an engine … Continue reading Case File: Knarr
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 1-5⏳Time: 30 mins🎂Ages: 8+⚙️Mechanisms: Dice drafting, Set Collection, Combo Seeking Are you ready to Wok and Roll (and write)!!?? grab your guitar frypan, start your stove and get ready to cook up a storm! Yum Wok and Roll is a cute and compact roll-and-write game from Origame, a Singaporean publisher that has recently started … Continue reading Case File: Wok and Roll
The Boardgame Detective has been bringing you riveting articles for over 5 years now! It's time to shake things up, have a refresh, spill some new blood on the blog and draw some new chalk outlines around the resultant bodies! Uh, I mean, we are introducing a new short form review format and with that … Continue reading Introducing – Case Files!
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