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Vadoran Gardens

by Mike Bon October 5, 2019
WDR Essential
Mike reviews Vadoran Gardens from designer Frank West. A tile laying game of tending your garden and looking after cute critters with a fiendishly surprising amount of puzzling to get your head around. Grab yourself a copy direct from the publisher Right Here And if you fancy a look at City of Kings and our […]

Ground Force

by Mike Bon August 22, 2017
I am shocked to say, this is possibly the best licensed game I’ve bought from a charity shop so far. Ground Force is a game for 2-4 players, each of whom start off with a three-by-three grid of cards representing a smashed up garden. Look at it. What a mess. There’s a tire, there’s litter. […]

Mined Out!

by Mike Bon November 14, 2016
WDR Silver
We fire up the camera and get our best glad rags on for a walk-through and review of the latest game from Brain Crack Games. Mined Out! Join us as we delve deeply into some musty old caverns and look for a gem or two.

Lords of War – Orcs versus Dwarves 2 – Magic and Monsters Expansion

by Mike Bon April 15, 2015
WDR Silver
The Lords of War series has long been a pleasure of mine since it first charged screaming onto the battling card scene back in the crisp winter of 2012.  With its straight forward and easy to teach rule set and spiffy artwork from Steve Cox it was an instant family favorite with myself and Ollie […]

Sandcastles

by Mike Bon February 25, 2015
Ah trips to the beach, a distinctly British pastime of dragging the family down to one of our many coastlines and indulging in a spot of bonding over gritty ham sandwiches, lounging in a deckchair while being buffeted by a strong north easterly wind and applying copious amounts of sun cream to each other. Whilst […]

Lords Of War – Weather & Terrain Expansion

by Mike Bon July 3, 2014
  Last week we gave an enthusiastic review to the new faction pack from Lords Of War Templars Vs Undead, one of the things that we enjoyed the most from that set, aside from the amazing Steve Cox artwork was how with a couple of subtle new rule changes the game had taken on some […]

Lords Of War – Templars V’s Undead

by Mike Bon July 3, 2014
WDR Silver
Well its been a grudge match long in the offing and so finally the forces of good and evil will meet on the field of battle to settle the score in Black Box’s latest edition to the Lords of War franchise, Templars Versus Undead. We’re fans here at WDR of the Lords Of War series, […]

Smash Up

by Mike Bon July 3, 2014
Smash Up is a light card game which sits cheerfully alongside King Of Tokyo as a simple and fun way to while away half an hour. And like King Of Tokyo this one also looks stunning its a box brimming with fistfuls of wonderfully illustrated and colorful cards. So lets find out what its all […]

Lords Of War – Orcs Vs Dwarves

by Mike Bon July 3, 2014
WDR Bronze
Lords of war is a strategy card game set in a Warhammer type fantasy universe, its published by Black Box Games who are relatively new on the gaming scene, founded in 2010 by Nick Street & Martin Vaux. 2012 saw the launch of their first product Lords of War which quickly went on to nab […]