Since a set of common “double-six” dominoes is something most even moderately experienced board gamers are…
Calvin Daniels
Calvin Daniels is a Saskatchewan-born, self-taught journalist. He is currently Editor of Yorkton This Week, with 35-years in the newspaper business.
Such quality in a fine solo offering
Solo board games are a somewhat strange niche of board gaming for me. To start with,…
Battling giants just works as fun game
I first came across Causeway via an online video by its creator, David McCord, where he…
Hockey Hardware
When you’re Canadian, an avid sports fan, and a board gamer, and an offering hits the…
Word games do not get better than Yoink!
For the record, the Meeple Guilder penning this review has been a journalist for nearly four…
Crazy fun with wild words
As The Meeple Guild has noted in previous reviews, word games are not a genre we…
‘Jack’: A Fine-Looking Solo Filler
“Your mission: catch Jack before he strikes again. Trace your path on the map, defeat the…
Rivages Is Just a Fun Game of Exploration
The day after Rivages hit the Meeple Guild table, I found myself looking up what the…
Easily a Top-Five Game of 2025
As the year winds down, it’s the season when the Meeple Guild starts assembling our individual…
Looks Fabulous, but Play Eluded Us a Bit
Oh, how good this one looks. Paintscape, designed by Michael Amundsen, has been around since its…
More Game Than One Might Expect
As you might expect, a game called Flower Shop ends up looking rather nice on the…
One of the Best New Games Played in 2025
One of the great things about receiving a package of games from Kanare Kato and Kanare_Abstract…
Helios Lizardfolk Are the Best “Encounter Box” to Date
For many gamers, fun is inseparable from moving painted miniatures around the table. That might mean…
J’emme Expands Potential With Up to Eight Players
When J’emme arrived, the rules were entirely in French. Fortunately, the daughter of one of our…
Sharpen Your Mind With This “Boxy” Charmer
Board games are wonderfully diverse. Even after playing hundreds over the years, there are still those…
Hex Factor: A Most Pleasant Surprise
Sometimes a game surprises you simply because it plays unlike anything else on your shelf. Hex…
Solitaire Dungeon Crawler Meets Chess in a Wonderful Marriage
The idea of a print-and-play solo game where you navigate a dungeon using the movement rules…
Far from Chess, and a Long Way from Fun Too
To start, a pet peeve in the world of board games is slapping the word chess…
A Very Solid Addition to Solitaire Card Games
If you are a board gamer and own a standard deck of playing cards, you have…
Awesome Card Battler Using a Standard Deck of Cards
I shuffled my deck of cards with a rather high level of expectation as Trevor and…
Good Looks Matched by Solid Play
Some games just wow you with their production quality. That is most certainly the case with…
Dice ‘Chuckers’ Are Rarely as Gratifying as Stakeout
Up-front, dice and I have traditionally had what might best be described as a hate/hate relationship.…
Don’t Go Over the Falls as You Collect Gems
Niagara is a different experience from the usual titles that make it to our Meeple Guild…
Wooden Version Adds to the Appeal of KNJO
KNJO proved oddly difficult for both me and my usual abstract-strategy partner, Trevor, to form a…
Great Book Offers Up a Fine Card Game
This review is a bit different. It begins with the novel Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding—the…
Flash Flood Just a Bit Too Simple
Having reviewed several games from prolific designer David McCord and others published through NewVenture Games (www.newventuregames.com),…
Solo Word Game a Fine Time Filler
This review is perhaps a bit off-brand, in that Q-Less isn’t exactly a traditional game. It’s…
Quirky Characters and Simple Rules Make This a Charmer
Some games charm you from the moment you tear off the cellophane. Cube Creatures is one…
A Surprising Mind-Twister
If The Meeple Guild were to categorize 2025, it might be remembered as the year when…
Warcrow book exudes quality
Here’s a polished and professional version of your review — keeping your voice and enthusiasm intact,…
Fun foray in sports by rolling dice
Roll-and-write games really run the gamut — from the purely superficial to the deeply strategic —…
Giving Cats a Good Home Makes for a “Feel-Good” Game
“This game doesn’t deserve to be this good.” That may sound like a strange comment, but…