Boardgaming without breaking the bank

Gaming, like any hobby, can have a tendency to get away on you when it comes to finances. One day you are browsing a games store and pick up an entry level game, the next you are waiting to snipe your 15th copy of Munchkin on ebay, your house now filled with boardgames and the […]

Ticket to Ride – New York

Adding on to their most successful game, Days of Wonder have announced the new standalone Ticket to Ride – New York.  The spin is that this game should play in about 15 minutes. The game map looks smaller than the usual maps and will incorporate the use of plastic taxis and buses (and other transport) on the […]

Gloomhaven re-print

Just a quick note to say that Gloomhaven is being reprinted, with a bigger print run than the first and that they publishers are looking at a late June release date for the game, that should be on Australian shores around about the same time. Currently Mighty Ape are taking pre-orders for only $199 which […]

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Best Games of 2017

Remember that this list represents the author’s Top Games of the year and not the statistical top of the year, have your say below in the comments with what you think were the best games of the year of 2017. Gloomhaven – Ok, seriously, let’s get it out of the way to start! This is the game […]

Sushi Go! Review

Sushi Go! is a classic already and probably the initiation into modern board games for a lot of people. The box is compact and the rules are easy and accessible to the point that they can be taught in probably less than 5 minutes. The games comes with a deck of cutesy sushi cards and […]

Fox in the Forest Australia

Fox in the Forest Review

A trick taking game for 2 players, really? Yup – in another strong undertaking from Renegade and Foxtrot games, they have hit it out of the park with this game.  The game play is super simple,  one player places a card and the second player tries to beat that…or not. The trick of Fox in […]

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Best of Kickstarter this week

Here are our choices of the week in Kickstarter, but with so much to choose, it is hard to narrow it down to just a few! Black Rose Wars – is a tactical fighting game with miniatures that was funded in 10 minutes – it is currently at 898% of it’s goal and is well […]

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Jaipur Review

  It’s camels, rubies and a couple of cards, how fun can it really be? Well, pretty darn fun indeed! When I originally saw the box for Jaipur and heard about the gameplay, I was totally underwhelmed. This is a game that has sat on the BGG Top 100 list for quite some time, but […]

Raiders of the North Sea Australia

Raiders of the North Sea Review

Plait those beards, slam that mead and jump on the longboat – it’s pillaging time! Raiders of the North Sea is brought to us by Renegade Games and designed by Shem Phillips. From the outset, the game looks super complex, with the amount of placement spots for your workers and the range of items and […]

Buying Boardgames Australia

In the United States there is a massive amount of places that you can buy games from, whether it is from swap meets, Amazon or from your friendly local games store (FLGS) – but unfortunately that isn’t the case here in Australia. The Australia takes well and truly comes into force when it comes to […]