Author: Jan

Marco Polo 2 Review

Marco Polo II In The Service Of The Khan

With Marco Polo II – In the service of the Khan, the new edition of the well-known On the Trails of Marco Polo board game from 2015 has landed on our gaming table. Not only has the name remained almost the same, the authors Daniele Tascini and Simone Luciani have also contributed to the first part. Dennis Lohausen is again responsible for the illustrations. Whether the publisher Hans im Glück has succeeded in improving the winner of the Deutscher Spielepreis 2015 or whether Marco Polo II – In the service of the Khan is just old rice in new bowls, we try to clarify this in our review of the board game.

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Cities Skylines Board Game Review

Cities Skylines – We build a board game city

With Cities Skylines by Rustan Håkansson, Kosmos Verlag is creating another video game as a board game. The spiritual successor to Sim City, however, is trying a different approach. Instead of playing against each other, we play cooperatively in Cities Skylines and try to let our city grow and prosper. And just like in the video game we have to take care of the problems of the city. Because even the flat, analog city has its problems with crime and the garbage that is produced. How Cities Skylines performs as a board game, you can read in our review.

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Orléans Stories Board Game Review

Orleans Stories – Stories from France

A new trip to Orléans is on the agenda. The publisher dlp Games published its latest Orleans sprout – Orléans Stories for Spiel 19. A board game that is very much similar to its big brother, but still works independently. What makes the board game with the name around the French city of Orléans different in its latest version, we want to explain to you in our review.

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Star Wars Outer Rim Review

Star Wars Outer Rim – board games in a dangerous galaxy

Star Wars: Outer Rim from Fantasy Flight Games is again a board game with the powerful Star Wars license. As pilots, smugglers or bounty hunters you try your luck and besides credits you are looking for one thing above all else – prestige! Because only the adventurer with the most prestige will be able to watch out for all dangers in a galaxy far, far away, at a time that has long passed. If the board game Star Wars: Outer Rim is doing well, you can read in the following review of the game.

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Unlock! Timeless Adventures Review

Unlock! Timeless Adventure – Through time without an elevator

With Unlock! Timeless Adventures the Unlock! series by the Space Cowboys is now in its sixth round. But the game series still remains true to itself. You still need an app and the clock is still ticking against you. Whether the game still convinces us with its sixth box, you can find out in our review of the Escape game Unlock! Timeless Adventures.

Tapestry Board Game Review

Tapestry – playing through the history

Tapestry is the name of the new board game by Jamey Stegmaier, which already caused a lot of conversation in the forefield. When it was delivered, opinions about Tapestry were divided. Now that some time has passed, we have written our opinion about Tapestry. What we think about the board game, which is also published in Germany by Feuerland Spiele, you can read in our review below.

Rune Stones Board Game Review

Rune Stones – Magical deck building

Druids, magic creatures, races and a deckbuilder: All this is offered by Rune Stones, the new board game by Rüdiger Dorn. We took a look at the SPIEL’19 novelty from Queen Games. If the board game has enchanted us, you can read in our article.

Space Base Board Game Review

Space Base – Machi Koro in space

Space Base by John D. Clair is in our good books before it came on the table. This is mainly because it shares many mechanisms with another dice game we like very much: Machi Koro. In both games, cards are triggered by dice and you buy more cards to get better and better rewards from more dice rolls. We’ve had Space Base on the table many times in different line-ups and now we want to capture our gaming experience in this review.

Res Arcana Board Game Review

Res Arcana – With 8 cards to victory

With Res Arcana Tom Lehmann presents us his new card game. The author, who was also behind Race for the Galaxy and Roll for the Galaxy, brings us another card game with a race character. Whether the game could inspire us as much as Roll for the Galaxy, you can read in our test of the game.

Review: The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth

The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth – Ring not included

Lord of the Rings – Journeys in Middle-earth is the first miniature campaign board game to appear in the Lord of the Rings universe. The board game by Nathan Hajek and Grace Holdinghaus, published by Fantasy Flight Games, was on our board game table. Whether it was worthwhile to take the elven cloaks out of the closet and put them on and why a cave troll can even make experienced adventurers flee, you can read about in our game review.