strategy games

Brass: Birmingham Review: The Economic Heavyweight That Rewards Clever Planning Why the Game Works Brass: Birmingham is an economic strategy game set in the Industrial Revolution. You build cotton mills, coal mines, iron works, breweries and more. Then you connect them with canals and railways. It is thinking, planning and a little bit of mean. …

Ark Nova Review:  Build Your Dream Zoo in This Deep Card-Driven Strategy Game Why the Game Works Ark Nova is a zoo-building game with a huge amount of strategy under the cute animals. You build enclosures, bring in animals, support conservation projects and attract visitors. It feels like a tycoon game and a puzzle at …

Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 Review: Best coop game ever? The Campaign Board Game That Changed Everything Pandemic was not the first game to introduce a Legacy element to board games. But it was the first to really make its mark on the world for this type of games. Before Pandemic Legacy: Season one you could count …

Dune: Imperium – Uprising Review: Bigger, Bolder and Even Deadlier Why the Game Works First of, you do NOT need Dune: Imperium to play Uprising! Uprising is a stand alone game in the same universe and not an expansion for the OG – Dune: Imperium that came out in 2020Dune: Imperium – Uprising mixes deck-building, …

Terraforming Mars Review: Build a Living World on the Red Planet Why the Game Works This is me and my wifes favorite heavy board game to play. To be honest shes not the biggest board gamer but this game is the one we have played the most of all the games I have presented for …

Gaia Project Review: A Deep Space Strategy Game for Tinkerers Why the Game Wow, just wow. This game is a masterpiece. Very hard to master and the first couple of times you play it seems impossible to play well. But once you understand it, the payoff is insanely good. This is a game were 2 …