Category: Martin K. Reed

Roleplaying and board games reviews, podcasts, videos and interviews

Richard Garfield Bunny Kingdom

Richard Garfield’s Bunny Kingdom: Any good?

Richard Garfield’s Bunny Kingdom is the designer’s newest through Iello. What can we expect from this title? Richard Garfield, the creator of Magic: The Gathering has managed to have success after success after success. King of Tokyo, King of New York, Netrunner and Android: Netrunner, Star Wars CCG and many, many others. Having an area…
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sakura hunt, a game as evocative as it is good fun

Sakura Hunt: Interview with publisher and designer at Spiel 2017

Sakura Hunt stood up in the list of potentials for Spiel due to its absolutely gorgeous looks and theme. But there was more. For an abstract game, having a theme usually is a matter of pasting it on top just to add a bit of flavour. It is easy to recognise games that have no…
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Azul, the game to build walls using gorgeous tiles.

Azul: Should we pay it the attention it’s been given?

Azul was doing the rounds at Spiel like mad. Being in the hot-list for weeks before the show started, this abstract promised a lot. But, does it deliver? Not everyone like abstract games. I do, but for some people in my group, they just find them too abstract (which is weird considering they love Euros……
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What does Dized have to offer to gamers?

What does have Dized to be worth it for gamers?

Dized is trying to become the definitive app to teach how to play boardgames and wants to offer the best possible experience for gamers of any game. Although the app is still in development, it is true that the results look pretty impressive. At the booth in Spiel, it was interesting to see how most…
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Dized, an app to learn how to play boardgames

Dized, an app to learn how to play boardgames

Dized is an app to learn how to play boardgames I have known about for a while now. It attempts to solve a problem boardgames have: learn how to play them in a simple and quick way. Plenty of people try with videos and tutorials, but the fact is that there isn’t an easy or…
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