Everyone is a know-it-all in this game!

Cryptid Review First of all, I have to say that I really, really like deduction games (although not all type of deductions). I love Codenames, Abraca…What?, The Resistance: Avalon, H.I.D.E, The Name of The Rose, Word Porters and others. So when I heard Osprey Games would release Cryptid, I was super stoked and excited. I…

Having Fun in Jakarta Tabletop Expo 2018

Last weekend I was attending the first, Jakarta Tabletop Expo in Mall @ Alam Sutera (located in Tangerang, which is not Jakarta, but suburban area in the edge of Jakarta). Th event was organized by Blue Moon Board Game Community, which is a board game community that consists of college students from Prasetiya Mulya University….

Essen 2018 Highlight Preview Part 6

Let’s move on to part six, where the good things are keep coming. Essen Spiel 2018 is over and now we need to thinning the herd and make them count. So which games you actually interested on? HOLDING ON: THE TROUBLED LIFE OF BILLY KERR A new release from HUB Games (the one that published…

Essen 2018 Highlight Preview Part 5

Wow, already 5 parts long and we’re not barely scratch half of the list. Well, considerably it is a long list (as expected from Essen Spiel). So let’s see what I have here, maybe some games that also in your list? Let me know in the comment. REYKHOLT Following Uwe Rosenberg signature of agriculture games,…

Essen 2018 Highlight Preview Part 4

I am back with the fourth part of the preview. There are some interesting titles here and some of them are going to be in my collection. Curious what games are those? Just read on! KERO It’s a 2 player game of Mad Max. The game title is taken from the word of Kerosene, which…

Essen 2018 Highlight Previews Part 3

Back to part three of my Essen 2018 Highlight Previews. There is a long list of new titles and we’ve just scratching the surface, so let’s get down to it and take them all up. SUNFLOWER VALLEY I bet this genre is on a hype this year. Following the hit trend from Santa Maria La…

Essen 2018 Highlight Previews Part 2

Back again with me and this time I will be giving you guys the next part of my Essen 2018 Highlight previews (another 8 new board games that currently on my list). Let’s start with the big guns! FORUM TRAJANUM Forum Trajanum is the latest design from Stefan Feld and it might be the most…

Essen 2018 Highlight Preview Part 1

Okay, Essen 2018 is right upon us and how excited is that? Now there are lots of games coming your way, and you need to trim down that list with some new games that worthy of your collection. But you don’t know what games fit the bill just because there are too many and you…

Welcome to Abstract Island!

Dokmus Review Do you share your love for some abstract? I for one, don’t love abstract games in general. I found them to be uninteresting, lack of compelling reason and bland as boredom. Now, don’t get me wrong, I don’t say that abstract games are not good, some of them are good (if not great),…

Scrabble Reinvented

Letter Tycoon Review As you already know by now, I am a fan of Word games though there are not many good word games out there. Scrabble was fun but I found that the tactical placement on the grid really turned me off back in the day. The fun of word game lies in crafting…