Hiew's Boardgame Blog

As my gaming tastes evolve, the types of games that catch my interest change. I find that as I gain "expertise" and "experien...

Not that I dislike After The Flood . If asked to give a yes or no answer to whether I like the game, I’d probably say it’s complicated. And ...

13 Jul 2012. Playing Taj Mahal at OTK Cheras. This is classic Knizia, and it has been quite a while since I last played. We had 3 players,...

Mechanisms are never the only reason that I like or dislike a game. Let’s get that straight up front. I have never given much thought to whe...

I'd like to talk about computer versions of boardgames which have AI's or computer opponents that you can play against. I'm not ...

When I pondered the mechanisms for randomness in boardgames (and cardgames), another topic came to me and I thought it would be interesting ...

Why do people like to play wargames, or war themed games? Why do people like to play games about killing people, destroying things? Why do w...

The boardgame style that I like most is Eurogames. They are usually short (mostly 45 minutes to less than 1.5 hours). Their rules are usuall...

After returning from Taiwan at the end of 2004, I continued my boardgame hobby - playing games, buying games, and reading about games on the...