Roll & Write print ‘ n play games by their nature can be hugely variable creations.…
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.
Calvin’s Commentaries: Scoundrel
In undertaking this series of quick reviews of games for a standard deck of cards it…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Kings in the Corner
Kings in the Corner is a game that surprised me in a couple of ways. To…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Canadian Salad
When I first came across Canadian Salad the name was all I needed to be interested…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Downstream
The games from designer Sébastien Bernier-Wong, and publisher Firestarter Games have been a most pleasant surprise…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Casinopolis
Button Shy (www.buttonshy.com) is back with another new game about to be released to the world…
Calvin’s Commentaries: The Administration — Book 1 London by Night
While most certainly not a huge fan of the fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons –…
Calvin’s Commentaries: World Hive Championship
The 2024 edition of the online World Hive Championship was held recently and Scotland’s Ben Harris…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Top 5 Games of 2025 – Part 2
And so the calendar turns to a new year and that means it is time to…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Top 5 Games of 2025 – Part 1
And so the calendar turns to a new year and that means it is time to…
Hyperstar Run
Sometimes in reviewing games you have the opportunity to do something rather cool. I find that…
Reforest: Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast
In a rather short time, The Meeple Guild have become fans of Canadian game designer Sébastien…
Battlefield Cribbage
There are card games one will try that you just want to love. Battlefield Cribbage created…
Topple
High-quality game that provides quick fun Certainly component quality matters in a game. As players –…
Bird Dog – a three-player surprise
It’s a Friday afternoon – one where three Meeple Guilders were off – so it was…
Waggle Dance
There are always games that surprise, some falling well short of expectations and others that exceed…
Catching some fish on the Blackjack River
There will be times headed to the holidays when gamers will find themselves at home alone…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Alpina
If cuteness is a great game, then the recent release Alpina would score very well out…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Vampires & Villagers
Well here we are on the eve of Halloween so one more card game that fits…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Split Trick
Halloween lies ahead, so it seems a perfect time to cover a game themed to the…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Box of Spiders
This pre-Halloween offering comes from designer Stephen Tavener with Box of Spiders. This is among a…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Aridnyk
The Meeple Guild has been reviewing for quite some time, and playing games even longer, so…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Three Hags
Something for Halloween The Meeple Guild is going to be providing some added ‘mini’ reviews over…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Café
Ever get a game to the table and everything about it was fine, and yet nothing…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Odin
So a small box arrives containing the recently released card game Odin. That was immediately interesting…
Try to influence the Gurus
The theme in Kundalini – if theme matters greatly in a two-player card game, is a…
Game reflects truly Canadian theme
With the start of September we roll close to ‘Culture Days’ in Canada so for the…
Sinoda impresses at multiple player counts
When it comes to abstract strategy games – a genre this writer particularly enjoys – a…
Awaken the old trees
Every once in a while you can be wandering down an online rabbit hole and find…
Run your pieces to safety
It is always something of a personal thrill to stumble upon a truly historic board game.…