Hiew's Boardgame Blog

"Joraku" is a Japanese term which means advancing to the capital. In Japanese history, sometimes local warlords will lead the...

Trash Traders is a game from Hong Kong. You are raccoons. Now this is not a game about raccoons’ natural habitat or ecology or savin...

108 Outlaws is a game from Daryl Chow of Origame. It is based on the Chinese classic novel Water Margin. I have been designing g...

Plantful Life is a roll and write game from Taiwan. You take care of a plant and you nurture it to grow and bloom. The game come...

Too Many Exits is a game from Korea. It is based on the horror movie trope of a bunch of teenagers being hunted down by a mad ki...

28 - 30 Aug 2026 was the Bangkok International Game Festival (BIGF) in Thailand. This was my third time exhibiting in Thailand. I first...