Unboxed the Board Game Blog

The 100 Club is a series of articles about games which I have played 100 times or more. For a game to reach this vaunted status they will either have been in my collection for a long time, i.e. The Settlers of Catan or they will have an expansive range of content, for example, Marvel Legendary or The Lord of the Rings the Card Game. Today’s entry falls into the latter but that is not the reason I have racked up over one hundred plays of Timeline. Sure, I own four or five edit

The King looked out across the green and verdant land. It was filled with peace and tranquility. The Merchant was trading goods in the market, the Architect was quietly thinking on new designs in the library and the Bishop was tending the poor houses. Wait… Where is the Assassin?! The King’s realisation came to late… That’s right, the Game Night Guys are playing Bruno Faidutti’s Citadels. When I began games night I had six players and one of my first thoughts for games that w

Continuing the round up of games I got for Christmas we arrive at Day 4 and a tiny tiny card game called H.M.S Dolores. The trick with H.M.S. Dolores is that it’s designed by two titans of the board gaming hobby, Bruno Faidutti and Eric M. Lang. Dolores takes the concept of the Prisoner’s Dilemma and turns it into a game. It can be played with up to 4 as players take it in turns to collect various loot. Four loot cards are dealt out two in front of one player and two in front

I’m not the biggest fan of Philippe Keyaerts best known title, Small World, but when I first heard about Evo I thought it might be a bit more up my street. In Evo players control a herd of dinosaurs. Each round the climate will change and you must buy evolutions or cards to allow your herd to survive. Over the course of the game your herd will change and evolve to survive better in different situations. Perhaps they will be faster than the other herds, able to move farther ac

With two sessions under our belt I was beginning to grow more confident so I offered the players a choice of themes. The winner was Educational games and so we began the evening with one of the simplest games in my collection, Timeline from Asmodee. A Quick Overview Timeline is a small box card game that costs around £10 and comes in a variety of flavours including Music & Cinema, Inventions and British History. Each themed set comes with 110 cards that are compatible with ea

You are Indiana Jones (although you may look like a skittle style pawn) racing through the jungles of Cambodia towards the sacred Bakong temple in search of emeralds. To make it through you’ll need to have the right equipment and plenty of space in your pack to haul the loot out. Race through jungles, into caves, over quicksand, across rivers, down waterfalls and up cliffs, and triumph as the best treasure hunter of all. Unboxed I’ll be honest here, the cover of the box is wh