A charming, tactile introduction to Azul that successfully brings its core tile-drafting mechanics to younger players, although more experienced children may want to jump straight into the Master mode.
Category - Abstract Strategy
Nicola Asker
Matthew BaileyCat Earth
A light family game where players use movement cards to push houses off the edge of a flat world with giant cats, offering a cute concept and nice components, though the slow card draw can make the game drag longer than...
Flamecraft Duals
a quick, colourful abstract puzzle that turns simple tile placement into a surprisingly tactical head-to-head battle. Perfect for games with the kids or even more as a parent's date night activity.
Gloomies
We first covered Gloomies back at UKGE, where it instantly stood out as one of the most charming games of the show. But with its cosy, nighttime sorta spooky feel, it felt like the perfect time to revisit...
Lucha Lucha Three Four Five
Today we’re going to be looking at Lucha Lucha 345!, a 1v1 abstract strategy game themed around the spectacle of Lucha Libre wrestling.Outside of board games and video games, one of my other biggest passions...
Fire Tower
Fire Tower is a game I’ve nearly bought quite a few times. Every year at the UK Games Expo, it has a fairly strong presence and the stand is always quite inviting to come and play, but I’ve never actually got...
Block Ness – 2025 update Review
We last spoke about Block Ness during the 2023 Summer marathon, and while it has remained popular and has found new love through Henry(4), I am a bit more critical of it than I was 4 years ago. Block...
Bigly
Two player abstract strategy that has a bit of a problem with stale-mates.
Santorini – Second Edition
I had a copy of the original version of Santorini at some point in the late 2010s, but that was before I started posting reviews on Little Board Gamers and, more importantly, before any of the kids were really...
ButtChess+1
Fun abstract strategy from a small indie company with quite a few odd quirks
Cubed Next Level Dominoes
A relatively simple games helped along by its lovely premium components and wonderful table presence.
Tic Tac Trek
A wonderful abstract strategy game with wonderful components in a tiny package.