It’s been a long while since a small-box game hit the table that I wanted to…
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Calvin Daniels is a Saskatchewan-born, self-taught journalist. He is currently Editor of Yorkton This Week, with 35-years in the newspaper business.
Production quality so high in this one
There are games that leave you in awe of their quality when they hit the table…
Every Move Has a ‘Ripple’ Effect
Kanare Kato is a rather prolific game designer, best known for creating games that can be…
Mining on Mars can be fun
David McCord has become one of my favorite game designers. Now that deserves a bit of…
Diagonal moves lift Quatuor above the norm
Quatuor is a recent abstract strategy game designed by Louis-David Raymond, a Canadian. As a Canadian…
Beware the mutant woollies
One of the coolest things about reviewing games, and one of the most challenging, is when…
Bird battle better than most
Some games really reach out and grab you before you ever start playing them. Perch from…
Hexeh revamps ‘chess’ in major way
Regular readers will know that this member of The Meeple Guild, in genera,l loves abstract strategy…
Yama a more challenging 4-in-a-row game than most
When Yama arrived, and I cracked the cellophane seal and dug into the bo, I was…
Tori Shogi a smaller board shogi variant to love
If you enjoy chess, you really should take a look at the world of Shogi –…
Take some time and appreciate depth of Iye
Most games you can play once or twice, and while not necessarily grasping the nuances of…
Comune about finding the angles to build for the win
Regular readers will be aware Kanare Kato is both a prolific and well-liked designer of abstract…
Besont proves addictive in its simplicity
Besont was a surprise when it arrived and hit the table. The game comes in a…
Adh Mor far more fun than anticipated
Up front, Adh Mor, it apparently means “Good Luck” in Irish, was not a game that…
Fine art enhances game play of Embers
When it comes to 18-card game offerings, nobody produces more games regularly than Button Shy. And…
You might call these bloody fine minis
Head over to heliostabletop.ca, and if you are into gaming mini, you will be in for…
Surakarta worth play based on its historic nature
One of the strengths of abstract strategy games is how the varied ‘mechanics’ utilized across the…
Yahoo for Gee HawIt’s sort of a weird thing, I don’t usually go looking for solo games yet in the last few weeks two excellent ones have hit my little ‘in front of TV’ game table
It’s sort of a weird thing, I don’t usually go looking for solo games yet in…
Simple rules but Stakko leaves one wanting more
Stakko – you might have heard of it under the name 27 – is a small…
Quirky offering is just ‘ducky’
Be forewarned, you might just go quackers over this week’s game. As you might have guessed…
Quick filler abstract strategy offering
If you can avoid over-analyzing, then this week’s review gam, Nona,ga is a quick, yet rather…
Vintage race game surprises
When it comes to ancient games, I am a firm believer that every gamer needs to…
Farm animals with nukes – it’s got to be fun
With summer upon us, we’ll be offering up two reviews for July and August to celebrate…
Another fine effort from Kanare Abstracts
This week, we look at Make Muster from designer Dale Walton. The game is the fourth…
The Mire delivers big game play in small box
With a small box game, it’s always sort of a coin flip, with most having a…
Almes does it again with fine solo card game
When it comes to solo games, Scott Almes is noted for doing them quite well. Almes…
Hanami exudes ‘feel’ of Japan
There is no doubt that games with a Japanese flavour generally attract the attention of The…
Around we go with circular chess
When it comes to chess, it has been played on so many different boards and configurations,…
Stacking rejuvenates Morris variant
Kanare Abstract has earned a very solid reputation for putting out small box abstract strategy games,…
Canadian game company hits mark with kobold minis
If you are an avid role-player, you probably crave new miniatures to add to your gaming…
Time for some inner reflection as a robot
To begin this week’s review, I will admit that while I have played a number of…
HEAD A few twists keep MOW interesting
If there is one type of game where the options for your game table seem to…
‘Building’ a worm should not be this much fun!
When Das Wurmt arrived, it was one of those games that The Meeple Guild wasn’t exactly…