Ceylon is a game about tea. This is shocking, I know. It is a game where two to four players spend about an hour building tea plantations, collecting tea, and fulfilling contracts. A game where players will spend the first five minutes creating the board upon which they will play.
Enchanting, picturesque, and calming: PARKS by Keymaster Games is a board game with a feel much like that of Tokaido but with a North American setting and artwork. The game at a glance: 1-5 Player Game 45min+ depending on number…
One of the advantages of being a wargamer (or any kind of gamer, really) today is the veritable smorgasbord of choices available to a player. It seems like, reading Wargames Illustrated, that a new rule set comes out every month.…
Journey across the sea of skies, traverse the light and dark, and make your fortune as best you are able. Solenia is a resource management game that takes place on a tidally locked planet, where one side is cast in…
During a frenzy of backing Kickstarters, I came across Era of Kingdoms (not just on Kickstarter now, see their website), a game that appealed to me initially based on aesthetics alone. It has a layout that reminded me of early…
Polyversal is a sci-fi mass combat game in the 6mm-15mm scale designed by Ken Whitehurst and published by Collins Epic Wargames . I’ve been playing 28mm wargames since I first picked up a box of Lord of the Rings miniatures…
On my way to watch a friend in the Kings of War tournament at Adepticon 2019, I couldn’t help but notice one of the most eye-catching display pieces at the convention. The board belonged to Shawn, a Chicagoan who is…
Fans of Splendor will enjoy the resource drafting mechanic featured in Century: Golem Edition
In keeping with their recent turn towards non-historical offerings, like Test of Honor or Gates of Antares, UK-based brand Warlord Games continues to diversify their library with their newest entry, Warlords of Erehwon
Need another RPG to play? Are you a mass tabletop wargamer? Do you play Kings of War, specifically? If you answered yes to some or all of those questions, a Kings of War RPG is currently in the works for a Kickstarter launch sometime later this year.