Hiew's Boardgame Blog

Plays: 4Px1. The Game Rialto is an area majority game. What is special about it is the values of the districts being fought over are gr...

Plays: 5Px1. The Game Concordia is one of the hot new games from the recent Essen game fair. It is the latest game by Mac Gerdts, desig...

Plays: 5Px1, 3Px2. Hanabi is Japanese for fireworks. It is the Spiel des Jahres winner of 2013, designed by Antoine Bauza, designer of 7 ...

I have read many "it's the people" opinions from boardgamers, that the best part of the boardgaming hobby is spending time wi...

Plays: 2Px1. The Game Kemet is a multiplayer wargame set in a mythical ancient Egypt. Players are small nations vying for power. They b...

Roughly once a year I force rank the games published in a particular year that I have played, which I find to be an interesting exercise. He...

16 Oct 2013. Robinson Crusoe . The Cook (a player character) and Dog (a supporting character). I didn't think much about it when I to...

Plays: 1Px4, 2Px4. The Game Robinson Crusoe is a game I have read many good things about, so I was very much looking forward to it. I...

Roughly once a year I force rank the games published in a particular year that I have played, which I find to be an interesting exercise. Fo...