Tabletop Review: Mr. Cabbagehead’s Garden

Mr. Cabbagehead’s Garden was originally released as a PnP (print and play) game back in 2016, but after a successful Kickstarter campaign* (I was a backer) the second edition was published in the later half of 2018 by LudiCreations, this review takes a look at this updated 2nd edition. *A total of 1 672 backers

Tabletop review: Crypt

The first review of 2019 features Crypt, a game released in 2018 after a successful Kickstarter campaing where I was among the backers*. *A total of 11 656 backers pledged $219 177 to the project Overview Designed by Andrew Nerger and Jeffrey Chin (the people behind Road To Infamy and Cosmocracy), Crypt is a light set collection game based

Games played: Week 1

The first week of 2019 was spent playing some more of the games I received as presents and a few Kickstarter games that arrived in December. NMBR 9 (AKA 0-9) # of plays: 3 This game continues getting frequent gameplay. Haven’t quite “cracked the code” to the game yet, getting outscored by my brother in

Tabletop review: Palm Island

Today’s review is about one of the Kickstarter campaign I’ve supported, namely Palm Island. The campaign ran from February 27 to March 14 in 2018. It had a rather meagre $4000 goal, but that was smashed as 4 803 backers pledged $99 028. The question is, is the game what the backers wanted? Overview The game is

First look at Tiny Epic Zombies

Back in February I backed the Kickstarter-campaign for Tiny Epic Zombies by Gamelyn Games. It was a very successful campaign, raising $854 483 with a total of 23 425 backers. Last week I finally got my copy in the post and while I haven’t gotten around to play it enough to make a game review

Tabletop review: The Networks

Ever watched TV and thought “I would have done a better job”? Well, in The Networks, a Kickstarter-funded board game from 2016,  you can test that statement as you take the role of a television network and compete against your rivals to get the highest viewership numbers. Overview The Network is designed by Gil Hova

What I back on Kickstarter

Following up yesterday’s post about crowdfunding tabletop games, I’d like to talk about what kind of games I personally back on Kickstarter. As mentioned in the previous post, I’m not that fan of backing overly big and component heavy games. This might seem odd as games like Scythe which I greatly enjoy iis such a

Kickstarter + tabletop games, the ups and downs

Crowdfunding has become a big factor in the tabletop game industry. Kickstarter.com, the biggest crowdfunding site saw an increase of 30% in the games category (encompassing both video and tabletop games) just last year, and it’s all thanks to more and more tabletop games. Polygon did an article on the fact in January and it’s

Tabletop Review: Between Two Cities

Stonemaier Games is quickly becoming one of my favourite game publishers and in today’s review I’ll take a look at their game Between Two Cities, another Kickstarter funded game published in 2015. Overview Between Two Cities (ranked 481th on Boardgamegeek) is fast game, it has a stipulated playing time of only 25 minutes. It is

Tabletop review: Herbaceous

Today I take a look at Herbaceous by Pencil First Games, a recent card game and a new addition to my collection. It has a rather unremarkable ranking of 1039th on Boardgamegeek, but is a game worth checking out. Overview Herbaceous was released in 2017 by Eduardo Baraf (game production), Steve Finn (game design) and