An approachable and beautifully produced middleweight strategy game with excellent drafting and engine building.
Category - Spatial Awareness
Matthew Bailey
Tacta
Tacta was the absolute darling of the UK Games Expo and pretty much came out as one of the games that was most recommended, really drawing everyone’s attention at the show, probably helped by the excellent stand...
Fire in the Hole!
I really do like a good dexterity game, and I’m here to say I’m going to lead with this… Fire in the Hole! is one of the best dexterity family party games I have ever played. Created by small indie publisher...
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...
Bloomchasers
We’ve had quite a few mainstream games in the last few days, as well as a few surprisingly big disappointments, so today we’re looking at something that is neither mainstream nor disappointing...
Smugglers
For those who have been a part of this group for a while, it’s probably no surprise to hear that while we engage with a variety of different games, we don’t tend to play the same game repeatedly...
Block Ness
Game 33 of the “Bailey Family Summer 2023 Board Game Bonanza” is “Block Ness” played by Jack (8.), Toby (5), fellow board game member Rebecca Louise and her son James(4). I reviewed “Block...
Rainbow Friends – UKGE 23
Game 5 of the “Games that Jack(8.) and I played at the UKGE” is “Rainbow Friends” Rainbow Friends is an unusual gem-collecting game from Haba that was definitely on the list of games I wanted to...
River Dragons
Note: This is a short really early legacy review before I started posting longer form review in our Facebook Group.Game 7 of the “Bailey School Holiday Boardgame Marathon (Christmas Edition)” played by...