Microbrew
WDR Silver
Heh, so this review should have come out before the Microbrew Kickstarter launched, and I totally, completely intended for that to happen. But life has a way of throwing you the occasional curve ball on this occasion that particular detour was the arrival of son No.3. Babies really don’t have any concept of deadlines, sleep […]
Gladiatores Blood for Roses
We get down and dirty with Gladiatores the new arena combat card game from Bad Cat Games coming soon to Kickstarter. Gladiatores @ Bad Cat Games
7th Sea: Second Edition Review
Have you ever wanted to be a pirate? If not, why not? What about a swashbuckling hero along the lines of Inigo Montoya, Guybrush Threepwood or the Musketeers of Dumas’ stories? Or maybe you want to run a game, stranding a bunch of heroes on an island filled with wonders, horrors and buried treasure? I […]
Village Attacks
WDR Silver
Here’s our review of Grimlord Games Village Attacks a tower defense game festooned with mini’s and mayhem!
Jason Statham’s Big Vacation
A Game by Grant Howitt & Chris Taylor at Rowan, Rook & Decard At Who Dares Rolls we’ve already praised Grant Howitt’s strange brain and wonderful games. He releases one-page RPGs each month at his Patreon, including Honey Heist which we’ve previously covered. Recently Grant and his co-conspirator, Chris, recorded an episode of their Hearty […]
Gloomhaven
WDR Gold Essential
So Gloomhaven, its an epic sprawling dungeon crawl board game with RPG allusions housed in a box capable of killing a planet if hurled at it from orbit. It went from being Kickstarter’s best-kept secret to subsequently last years biggest regret prompting a multi-million dollar funded second printing. More recently it was heralded as the […]
The City of Kings
WDR Gold Essential
Around a year ago I published this very review that you will find below for The City of Kings, it blew me away on my first encounter and went on to do rather well for itself. Well I’m resurrecting my initial thoughts as the reprint for the game plus some new content including more quests, […]
Bärenpark
Bears! Bears are pretty great. I’ve reviewed Honey Heist and really loved that. Bears can be adorable and deadly in equal measure. In the Who Dares Rolls Podcast 47 I mentioned taking part in the BoardGameGeek UK Maths Trade and getting Bärenpark. My partner heard that I was getting this game and cared about nothing else. […]
Psi-Run: Days of Future Past (a hacked review)
Original Game by Meguey Baker and Night Sky Games. Days of Future Past hack by jenskot on the Story Games forums. Trapped in a world that hates and fears them, the X-Men were a massive part of my youth and still a core part of my fandom. I’d read Meguey Baker’s amazing Psi*Run and managed […]
Wreck & Ruin
We first encountered Wreck & Ruin at last years EXPO where Tony and Jaime just two of the Hydra-like offshoots of our sinister review operation had experienced a blistering slice of post-apocalyptic mayhem and had loved it! I tried and failed to get a game in at the show as it was proving rather popular […]
