Fungi is a hand management and set collecting card game for two players. With one tiny, almost imperceptible rule change, this is the same game as Morels. There are others differences between the two, but they are all cosmetic. How
Carcassonne: The City – Standing on the Walls
The tile-laying game Carcassonne was once considered one of the big three “gateway” games, along with Ticket to Ride and The Settlers of Catan. There are now many more games that players classify as “gateway” games; that is, games that
Patrician: The Michael Schacht Game You Probably Haven’t Heard Of
Which games has Michael Schacht designed that you probably have heard of, if not Patrician? If you’ve played or at least researched these kinds of “designer” games, you’ve likely come across Web of Power, Coloretto (and the other -etto games,
Pandemic Review: Reasons Why It’s Not a Fun Game
I will very likely contradict myself here, compared to what I’ve said elsewhere on this site. Pandemic is a popular board game. As of this writing, it stands at both #1 for Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 and at #54 for
De Vulgari Eloquentia: Who’d Play a Game Named That?
Loosely translated, De Vulgari Eloquentia (which is Latin) means The Common Language. Google literally translates it as Ordinary Eloquence. In either case, that phrase sets up the theme for this game. You get to help develop the language of the