Unboxed the Board Game Blog

What have I been playing? Gloomhaven, Marvel Legendary and Zombicide and a whole bunch more!

A breakdown of all the stats of 2021. How many games I played and what my most played games of all time are!

This weekend myself and my constant gaming companion Dave got Zombicice 2nd Edition to the table. With a dozen or so plays of the...

Holden’s Log - I took this posting aboard the Nemesis to escape some bad sh*t back home. A decade in cryo sleep seemed like the perfect...

With all the excitement around Portal's new edition of Robinson Crusoe on Gamefound I decided to find out what I had been missing all these

This week I’ve been playing Forgotten Waters. Some of you may remember that Forgotten Waters was on my Campaign Games I Don’t Own but am Dyi

Is it over? Is it safe to come out again? 2020 is done and a new year has begun and it’s time for us to look back over the year that has gon

Recently I was watching a youtuber (@BoardGame_Co) discussing whether or not it was okay to review a game after a single play and of...

This weekend me and the boys have been playing Massive Darkness 2 on Tabletop Simulator. This epic dungeon crawler is a pre-release demo fro

After months in lockdown I finally gave in, decided I will never see my friends again and turned to the dark arts of the solo gamer.

Last week #IDWGames made it apparent that the European shipment for #TMNT Adventures would not be making landfall this month...

I don’t know what it was this weekend that caused me to pull the box off the shelf, but for some reason I was drawn to Mike Elliot and Eric

Today in Weekend Warrior I want to talk about the emergence of technology in board games. This was raised in a comment a few weeks ago and I

Miniatures are becoming ever more prevalent in board games these days, even games that don’t need them will slip one in, maybe as a first pl

The Rise of all Goblins campaign is quite short, you'll unlock 3 xp worth of abilities so you won't see your hero reach its full potential o

Day 33 - President’s Log: Our situation is desperate. Endlessly pursued by our enemy, supplies are running low and I don’t know who I can...

Last year a cute little worker placement game called #Everdell appeared and I was enchanted by its table presence and immediately began...

Some of you may be aware that in my day job I work as a Theatre Technician. Long hours and evening and weekend shifts are hardly...

This weekend my long suffering gaming buddy and I decided to go dungeon delving. I’ve owned Descent 2nd Edition since release but have...

Back in the mists of time a little worker placement game called Alien Frontiers took the world by storm, launching on a then little-known...