Welcome back to On The Table, my top-of-mind, catching-you-up format. I just realised it’s been three months since I did one of these! So here are my usual sneak peaks into what I have been playing but not writing about in my normal format. Sometimes it’s because I’m still working on the review and need …
Read more “On The Table: Sol, Tycoon India, New Cold War, and more”
As much as I like playing heavy games, I have to admit I groan inwardly every time I open a box and am faced with 20-30 pages of rules. It’s not the amount of pages I mind, it’s more that feeling of “is this really necessary”? It seems that nowadays more and more games create …
Read more “Review of Iwari – Few Rules Can Make For Big Time Drama”
I wasn’t able to go to UKGE this year, though I kind of wished I had after seeing multiple people posting about it. I’ve never been there, but it looked like a lot of fun! Going to conventions—especially those in another country—is expansive though. Which made me think: what remains of SPIEL Essen 2024? Was …
A BGG user has recently posted a new solitaire variant for Roads & Boats on BGG that aims to provide a more “full” solo experience than the normal 20-turn puzzles. It consists of two modules: This page contains a quick and dirty implementation of the second module (based on v3 of the variant) for those …
Read more “Roads & Boats – New Lands Variant (Online Version)”
Every year, thousands of new games come out. Sure, not everything might be relevant for you, but even filtering those out still leaves you with hundreds and hundreds of potentially interesting new games to try. Some are duds, some are great, but one thing is certain: we don’t have a shortage of games to enjoy, …
Ever wondered what it takes to print a custom playmat? Well, me too! From time to time, I had seen the occasional post on BGG and idly wondered how complicated it would be and what level of quality one could hope for. At the same time, I’m not the biggest fan of playmats. They are …
I bought Kanban EV so long ago that I can’t even remember what made me aware of it in the first place. Maybe I saw it in the BGG top games ranking (currently at an impressive number 46) or in No Pun Included’s excellent review of it, I don’t know. What I do still remember …
Well, I’ve been thinking about starting a Patreon as a sort of free newsletter for a while now and as always, it took a kind reader to push me over the edge 😀 patreon.com/TalkingShelfSpace As you might or might not know, I write about board games as a hobby with no intention to make money …
I’m not an 18xx aficionado. To tell the truth, I’m not even much of a train gamer. Besides a single play of 1830: Railways & Robber Barons (which I didn’t enjoy) and a handful of attempts at Age of Steam (which I’m slowly warming up to but still far from in love with), my experience …
Read more “First Impressions of Railways of the Lost Atlas – 18xx for the Rest of Us”
I usually don’t do previews. Heck, I’ve even kindly declined designers who wanted to help me out with review copies. After all, writing about board games is a hobby for me and I fear more the pressure of having to write about some game I might end up not enjoying than having to waste my …
Read more “Preview of World Order — Elegantly Treading a Very Thin Line”
