Top 5 Solo Games
I don’t play solo games that often. Life is frequently too busy and I usually prefer to play games with others if possible. However, every now and then when I have some free time,...
Games that Tell Stories
A couple of weeks ago we looked at Ignacy Trzewiczek in our Designer Spotlight. He is the founder of Portal Games, whose tagline is ‘Board games that tell stories’. That’s very much the mantra...
Designer Spotlight: Ignacy Trzewiczek
When I first saw Ignacy Trzewiczek’s name on the box of Robinson Crusoe, I didn’t even try to pronounce it! Like many Polish names, there always seemed to be too many unusual consonants to...
Solo Games
Both my wife and son are away at the moment. Noah is spending a week with his cousins and my wife has gone ‘wild camping’ with a friend of hers. Apparently this means sleeping...
Co-op Games
At the turn of the millennium, when Lord of the Rings was all the rage (The Fellowship of the Ring film was released in 2001), Reiner Knizia designed a game called… wait for it…...
