Hiew's Boardgame Blog

A reporter from a local newspaper Sinchew Daily, Tsae Jeng, contacted me mid January. She was working on an article about boardgames, and wa...

A fellow Malaysian is running a crowdfunding campaign for his design - Pasaraya. Click here to find out more.

Plays: 4Px1. The Game The setting of World's Fair 1893 sounds dull to me. I would not have given it a second thought had I seen it ...

Plays: 8Px3. The Game Secret Hitler is a Kickstarter game. It's a secret identity team game. Most would call it a social deduction ...

Plays: 5Px1. The Game Ponzi Scheme is designed by Taiwanese designer Jesse Li. Around the Essen 2016 period I had come across some posi...

Happy Year of the Rooster!

13 Nov 2016. Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers . It had been a while since I last played. I think it was the first time for the children....

Plays: 5Px1. The Game Kolejka is a game from Poland, set in the final days of the communist era when the economy is falling apart. Shop...

In 2016 I played 311 games, compared to 638 in 2015. Since entering the hobby in 2004, this was the second time I played fewer than 400 game...