Category Archives: Review
Review: Fluxx
Fluxx is a strange little card game designed by the delightfully named Andrew Looney. No, I’m not joking. The copy I have is a 1998 edition published by Iron Crown and it’s this version I’ll be describing. The current edition … Continue reading
Dropzone Commander Review: Is It Expensive?
This is the first step in a series of articles about DzC (as Dropzone Commander is apparently known to its friends). I will be looking at the book, the models and the game play of the beast in due course. … Continue reading
Review: Titan Dragon – The Mother of All Dragons
Well it seemed like meanness to keep you in suspense, so here I am with a proper look in the box… The Titan Dragon is the largest of the (re-)releases of ex-Rackham miniatures from Legacy Miniatures via their exclusive distributor: … Continue reading
Review: Heroica (Nathhuz) – Assembly & Game Play
Having gone through the various stuff you get in the box and my initial impressions, it was time to get the bits put together and some adventuring done. Bob started assembling the “tiles” of the dungeon while I sorted out … Continue reading
Review: Heroica (Nathuz) – What’s In The Box?
Lots of stuff. Mainly this is bags of zillions of Lego bits, as you’d expect. In fact I found it all slightly daunting. It’s not just zillions of bits – it’s zillions of different and very specific bits. I’m clearly … Continue reading
Review: Gears of War – First Contact
We played the Gears of War board game again last night, and actually survived this time. The first evening of this we played 2 player, and got obliterated repeatedly. I think we played 4 times and never got to the … Continue reading
Review: Carnevale – Rhinos Can’t Jump!
This review is based on a pdf of the complete rulebook rather than the printed item as that’s what was given to me. You can see a lot of this on the downloads section of Vesper-On’s website. Not everything is … Continue reading
Review: Epic Tau Recon Pack
While I was getting the Tau Skyrays I thought I’d pick up some of the Tau light recon vehicles too as they look really cool. Unlike the Skyrays, each vehicle comes as a single piece, which is a pretty good … Continue reading
Review: Epic Tau Skyray – First Look
One of the armies I always wanted to do, but never got round to, was the Tau. I made a start at one stage, assembling Fire Warriors with their zillion tiny pieces. Anyway, to cut a long story short I … Continue reading
Review: The Wooden World
The Wooden World by N A M Rodger is a book on the subject of the British navy of the 18th century, specifically during the Seven Years War. To be honest, it is not a subject I would have normally … Continue reading
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