Review of the Solo Card Game, Friday Friday, the deck-building card game, is ostensibly about Robinson Crusoe’s aide named Friday. You try to help him survive against the dangers of the jungle and, if he makes it through that, against
Onirim – Perchance to Dream
Reviewing the Solo Card Game Onirim (which I think is pronounced oh-ner-eem) is a solitaire card game with dream-related artwork. Actually, you can play cooperatively with two, but it seems to me that it was really intended as a solo
Cutthroat Trains – Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries
Why You Need Nordic Countries If you are familiar with Ticket to Ride but have grown weary of it or have grown out of it or never thought it posed much of a challenge, you need to take a look
Java Is My Cup o’ Tea
Java vs Other Kramer/Kiesling Games It’s no secret that I like board games designed by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling. The duo has created my favorite board game of all time, El Grande, and there are others such as Tikal,
Ingenious – A Review of an Abstract that Doesn’t Feel Like One
Playing with Hexagonal Dominoes Ingenious was designed in 2004 by Reiner Knizia. It has a very good reputation in the gaming community ranking very high among abstracts. As you can see in the picture above, you play the game with