Roads & Boats

Roads & Boats – New Lands Variant (Online Version)

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 …

Cover of Railways of the Lost Atlas behind map and game components

First Impressions of Railways of the Lost Atlas – 18xx for the Rest of Us

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 …

House of Fado board game

Review of House of Fado – It Swings Baby, It Swings!

I like Vital Lacerda’s games: Kanban EV is still one of my all time favourites, I previously wrote about Inventions: Evolution of Ideas, and by now I was fortunate to have either played or owned most of his big box titles. One that unfortunately hadn’t struck a cord with me was the fan-favourite The Gallerist, …