Unboxed the Board Game Blog

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 trust. If anyone ca...

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

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 conducive to a great gaming ...

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

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 platform called kic...

This weekend we played Cosmic Encounter for the first time in probably half a decade. I’ve been wanting to get this back to the table for while now but have ...

Upper Deck’s Marvel Legendary is my most played game of all time, fast approaching 600 plays. Happily the unending release of expansions helps keep the game ...

Imperial Assault is one of my most played games of all time, hitting the table 80 times since it’s release in 2014. Imperial Assault is a retheming of the po...

Hey guys, welcome back to Weekend Warrior, my semi regular series where I talk more about my experiences with the hobby rather than reviewing necessarily a s...

2018 is over and what a year it's been. For me I like to take a moment at the end of the year and look back at all the gaming I have done and reaffirm for my...

It’s a new year, time to bring back Weekend Warrior with a vengeance. I’ve been so stoked this week to get TMNT Shadows of the Past back to the table and I’m...

I grew up on war games in the mid 90's and back then you either played Warhammer or 40k. Now there are hundreds of options in every conceivable flavour. You ...

It’s a beautiful bank holiday weekend here in the UK but even when the sun is shining we still find the time to play some games. This weekend we went on an a...

This weekend my long suffering gaming partner, Dave and I managed to find some time to wage galactic warfare in a galaxy far far away. That’s right we played...

Like many people, I’ve been waiting a while for Super Dungeon Explore 2.0 to hit the retail shelves. Rather than vent and spew bile at my computer screen ove...

It’s that time of year again where we look back to the past to see what we played, what we didn’t play, what we wish we’d played and what we will be playing ...