Since I live in Chicago this post will review 2 things: The Polar Vortex 2019 board game convention outside of Chicago Jan 25-27, and the Polar Vortex 2019 weather event, happening right now in Chicago, Jan 30-31. Sign up for updates! Talk about the Weather Less to discuss here so let’s get this out of …
I write about this concept a lot, and want to spell it out with examples of the games that do it best. There are many different ways to achieve it, here we go: Building Agricola The Uwe Rosenberg worker placement game is sort of my classic do-something game. Even if you don’t win, who doesn’t …
I covered the best 2-player board games a while back, and tweeted it out. Mountaintop Games in Madison, WI (@mtntopgames) replied with “Caverna: Cave vs. Cave!” and I finally got a chance to give this one a try. Now that I’ve played it, I can review it, and it belongs right in there with all the …
Overall Feeling A Feast for Odin is the latest from Uwe Rosenberg of Agricola fame, a worker placement game in an age of Vikings, of farming, of exploration, of good old raiding, pillaging and plundering. You complete with other Viking tribes to gain the most victory points, earned through a variety of different channels like …