Collecting Modern Board Games
I just realised it’s the time of year again! It’s August, we’re heading into the SPIEL Essen season, which will soon lead into the pre-Christmas season, which culminates in the “best of 2026”-recap season. Since the yearly cut-off always seemed rather arbitrary to me and I’m more interested in highlighting what I actually played and … Read more "Recommendations For Solo Board Games in 2026" The…
There are those games one hears the concept of and is immediately intrigued: a new title in GMT’s Irregular Conflicts Series (ICS) that is semi-cooperative and instead of some battle that happened a long time ago is set in the relatively recent history of the Bronx? A designer that prefers to stay anonymous and thus … Read more "Review of Cross Bronx Expressway – Them Cubes Are People!" The post…
If there would be a Mount Rushmore of board games, Reiner Knizia’s face would undoubtedly be on it. For 40 years, he’s been designing games and the amount of seminal titles he alone has—and still continues to—create is truly mind-boggling: Lost Cities, Ingenious, Ra, My City, Through the Desert, The Quest for El Dorado, Samurai, … Read more "Origin Story: Tigris & Euphrates – An Interview With…
I’ve had my eye on the Solo Game of the Month series by publisher Best With One for a while now. The concept is quite intriguing: every month, there is a new crowdfunding project that brings a new (or a re-skinning of an existing) solo game, usually in a compact box and for a very … Read more "First Impressions of Storybook Saga – Alice, Micky, and Tinkerbell Mix Up Sherwood Forest …" The post…
One thing that always amazes me when watching crowd funding previews is how good the games already look despite being way before production even starts and often a year or more before the final product lands on our door steps. Where do all those components come from? If the game looks that ready, why not … Read more "Crowd Funding Prototype vs Final Product" The post Crowd Funding Prototype vs…
I like the “Burgle Bros”, this rack-tag gang of burglars that—unlike most of their colleagues in the heist business—somehow always seem to forfeit extensive planning and just wing it. It’s one of the few co-op systems I continue to enjoy playing and introduce to new people. BB1 came in a small box that was so … Read more "Review of Burgle Bros 3: Future Flip – Here We Go Again … Again" The post…
Hi everyone! I just realised I haven’t done one of these in a while. So here is my usual quick catch-you-up on games I haven’t officially reviewed yet or won’t for one reason or the other. Enjoy! Burgle Bros 3: Future Flip This is my latest acquisition, I literally just got it yesterday and already … Read more "On the Table: Burgle Bros 3, Pax Porfiriana, World Order, and More" The post On the…
I was fortunate to find an old copy of Roads & Boats a couple of years ago but so far have only dabbled into playing it. It’s a beast, it’s mean, it takes a while to play. To help me get this more to the table, I thought I’d design a nice 3D printable mini … Read more "3D Printed Miniatures for Roads & Boats" The post 3D Printed Miniatures for Roads & Boats appeared first on Talking Shelf Space .
As is evident by the games I’ve reviewed in the past, I enjoy deep, thinky games where you can really dig in. Where exploration of a system is part of the joy and the post-game discussions sometimes can be as exciting as the actual play. I for example recently brought World Order back to the … Read more "Review of Turncoats – Sometimes You Just Want to Stab Your Friends in the Back" The post…
As undoubtedly many others in the hobby, I like to keep an eye on the BGG hotness, that list of 50 games that tries to capture the current buzz. My personal fascination is usually less in any particular game presented and more in seeing the sometimes sudden ebb and flow of games. Like when Heat: … Read more "Review of Nippon: Zaibatsu – So Euros Can Still Deliver Something Different After All" The…