Hiew's Boardgame Blog

In 2012, I asked two of my gaming buddies to make our top ten lists simultaneously. It was an interesting exercise for me, because despite ...

Plays: 2P x more than 35 games, mostly against AI's, about 5 against humans. Quite a few fellow gamers recommended Star Realms to me,...

I have been hooked on Antoine Bauza's Samurai Spirit recently. I first played it at Boardgamecafe.net , lost (it's a cooperative ga...

Plays: 5Px1. The Game One of the hot new mechanisms at the 2014 Essen game fair was bag-building, which is actually just deck-building, ...

To those who celebrate the Chinese New Year / Lunar New Year, I wish you joy, health and many happy gaming hours in the coming Year of the G...

Plays: 4Px3. The Game The games in the Lost Legacy series are successors to Senji Kanai's Love Letter . You also have just 16 cards...

In the boardgame hobby, I keep seeing people use the term "mechanic" instead of "mechanism". "Mechanic" is a p...

Plays: 2Px6, 3Px2. The Game Machi Koro is a simple game. On your turn you roll a die and see which of your buildings get triggered. Usu...

Plays: 6Px1. The Game Virgin Queen is an epic. Long, grand, complex, demanding and immersive. It is a sequel to Here I Stand , and is...