Unboxed the Board Game Blog

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 already jonesing to play it again. For those who haven’t heard of this IDW brawler based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, it was designed by Kevin Wilson (Descent Journeys in the Dark, Arkham Horror etc) and introduced a genius new dice sharing mechanic. I have raved about the game in the past but it has failed to hi

We’ve all bought things based on impulse, without prior research, without diligently doing our due and sometimes we’ve lucked out and other times we’ve ended up eating a hamburger called The Elvis because we like strawberry jam and peanut butter. So Mike Barnes from Who Dares Rolls and I thought it would be fun to put together a list of games we’ve bought without doing our prior research, that we bought based solely on the designer’s street cred. Chris’s Picks I am no strange

Elder Sign has been a favoured game in our house for a long time now, although personally it had fallen out of favour with me because it was just too easy, I can hardly recall the last time we lost. When you compare that with it’s Android counterpart Elder Sign Omens, my win/loss ratio is certainly below 50%! So, when I heard that Unseen Forces amped up the difficulty I knew I had to pick it up. Elder Sign is a cooperative game in which the players are working together to sea

This is going to be my first of two reviews of Descent, focusing entirely on the mechanics of the game and the differences between first and second edition. The second review will focus on the campaign and the experience point system. For those who want to skip over the review entirely, I love it and I think you should buy it! Right then, to business. Theme In Descent you are a hero, trusted with saving the land from an evil overlord. With your fellow heroes you must defend t

A couple of months ago I went out and bought myself a nice Android Tablet. Primarily I was sick of carrying around my massive 17” laptop and then only using it to browse the internet. However a nice side effect of that purchase was the ability to download and play board games on the go. I had no interest in Elder Sign, in fact I have no interest in the Cthulhu Mythos or the works of H.P. Lovecraft in general but I am a fan of Fantasy Flight and for £2.50 I couldn’t resist ad

This review is for Descent 1st Edition, if you wish to see a review for Descent 2nd Edition click here. Interestingly enough I find both games offer vastly different play experiences and still own both. Theme You are a hero, or possibly an antihero, glory seeker or treasure hunter. Regardless, you have chosen your path and it leads into darkness. You will venture into the darkest depths, battle the foulest creatures, steal the most valuable treasures and… well… die… a lot! Un