Category: Max Murray

Roleplaying and board games reviews, podcasts, videos and interviews

Podcast episode – The Boardgame Review Room: Firefly

By Paco Garcia Jaen, Michael Chamberlain and Max Murray Firefly, a boardgame with the simple motto Find a Crew, Find a Job. Keep Flying. Can it do justice to the series that inspired it? Firefly is a very much loved Science Fiction series. It surprised everyone when it turned out to be very, very decent,…
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Podcast episode – The Board Game Review Room: Steam Park

By Paco Garcia Jaen, Michael Chamberlain and Max Murray Steam Park comes from the company that entertained us with Dungeon Fighter released this lovely looking game at Spiel 2013. With cute looks and some delightful art work by the same artist that gave Dixit its idiosyncratic and recognisable feel, the assembly parts that come with…
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Podcast episode – The Board Game Review Room: Kingdom

Everyone knows that angels and demons are going to fight, like they do in Kingdom. That’s what they do because… because they’re angels and demons. And there are kingdoms to conquer and one can’t stand each other. Who needs any more reasons? Exactly. Black Locust Games decided to make a game based on the theme.…
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Podcast Episode – The Boardgame Review Room: 1911 Amudnsen Vs. Scott

Welcome back friends to the Boardgame Review Room. In this episode we take a look at 1911 Amundsen vs. Scott, a game inspired by the epic race that took place in 1911 and saw the to legendary explorer’s teams compete to be the first human beings to reach the South Pole. This is an asymmetric…
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Podcast Episode -The Board Game Review Room: Cornish Smuggler by Grublin Games

Nothing like turning history into a game. If done well, they aren’t just instructional, but also terrific fun. That’s what I was hoping with Cornish Smuggler. Apart from the fact that the game looks totally gorgeous, the subject is, to say the least, intriguing. In this game, you’re a smuggler who has to get cargo…
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