Case File: 12 Rivers

12 Rivers is a worker placement game about collecting pearls from the river and using them to complete goals. Watch them run down the innovative sloped board and crash to the bottom!

Case File: Brick Like This

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2-8⏳Time: 15 mins🎂Ages: 7+⚙️Mechanisms: Real-time, communication limits, pattern building, team game Brick Like This from LEGO is childhood nostalgia meets party game, and I’m so here for it. Brick Like This is a 2-8 player game, where players work together in teams, racing to correctly build the shape on the cards they have chosen. One player … Continue reading Case File: Brick Like This →

Case File: Viticulture

Viticulture is a fantastic worker placement game all about wine making

Millennia: Tracks of Time Review

As your civilisation meanders through the ages, how will the decisions its people make affect the future? How can what we do now ensure the brightest outcome for our descendants? How can we make sure we, the beige civilisation, gets the most points? Everyone knows that over the Millennia, only your progress on the Tracks … Continue reading Millennia: Tracks of Time Review →

Case File: Sugarrr!

Sugarrr!, a fast and fun game about feeding your fruit-loving dinosaurs!

Case File: Apiary

Apiary is a fantastic worker placement game set in space, where you lead a colony of bees to victory

Case File: Crafting the Cosmos

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2-4⏳Time: 60-90 minutes🎂Ages: 14+⚙️Mechanisms: Rondel, Tile Placement, Variable Player Powers, Automatic Resource Growth, Income, Contracts I didn't think a game could become a favourite so quickly, but Crafting the Cosmos from Office Dog Games takes the beauty of space, adds the puzzle-y pattern placement planning (try saying that three times fast) of games like Calico, … Continue reading Case File: Crafting the Cosmos →

Azul: Mini Review

It's the mini 16th century! The beginning of a golden age of interior tiny decorating in Western Europe. Recently returned from a tour of Alhambra's finely decorated palaces, King Manuel I of Portugal has some exciting ideas for revitalising his palace. Using (tiny) colourful Azulejos - the distinctive Spanish/Portuguese tiles well known for their bright … Continue reading Azul: Mini Review →

2025 Pax Australia Indie Tabletop Round-Up

Wow, what a great time I had at PAX Australia 2025! This years PAX had more tabletop stuff than ever before and I took the opportunity to experience some unreleased designs that people had brought to PAX to test and spruik. Of course, PAX is huge, and there were SO many games being play-tested in … Continue reading 2025 Pax Australia Indie Tabletop Round-Up →

The Anarchy Review

King Stephen is struggling to control England after fracturing loyalties since snatching the throne many years ago. The lands have become lawless, some may say The Anarchy reigns! With your help the King hopes to crush disloyal strongholds and restore law and order to the lands. Hopefully, your box-ticking strategic and political skills will help … Continue reading The Anarchy Review →