by Ellie Dix | Nov 14, 2019 | Board Game Families, Game Reviews
In board gaming, a player’s ‘engine’ is her set of accumulated cards or resources. An engine-building game warms up slowly. It often takes many turns to gather a few resources. Cards are acquired that may have no immediate effect but could be a great...
by Ellie Dix | Nov 11, 2019 | Board Game Families, Dark Imp Stuff, Video
Ellie Dix gives a sneak peek at the new the BuzzleBox, a game and puzzle box from The Dark Imp. Get your BuzzleBox...
by Ellie Dix | Oct 31, 2019 | Eight Games, Game Reviews
In Eight Games different board gamers share the eight games they’d select in eight different situations. The games are not explained, but the links are given to Board Game Geek listings for you to find out more. This month Lucy Rycroft-Smith chooses her eight...
by Ellie Dix | Oct 24, 2019 | Board Game Families, Games and Puzzles to Play
As I child I played loads of pen and paper games, especially with my granny, who, to my young mind, seemed to know several hundred. For the most part, it was just the two of us, playing games together in her granny flat. It was glorious. One of my favourites was...
by Ellie Dix | Oct 21, 2019 | Board Game Families, Video
Ellie shares ideas for keeping everyone happy and engaged while they are waiting for their turn in a board game....
by Ellie Dix | Oct 17, 2019 | Board Game Families, Games and Puzzles to Play
Last week my son, Bertie, and I had a go at making a Hexapawn machine. We were inspired by listening to Geoff Engelstein talk about the Hexapawn in his GameTek segment on The Dice Tower podcast. The Hexapawn demonstrates machine learning in a very simple way. All you...
