News by Matt S. If you’ve ever played the Arkham Horror physical board game, then you should be very much looking forward to Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace, as a digital adaptation of that most excellent game. It’s being published by board game specialise, Asmodee Digital, and now has a release…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. The Nintendo Switch has ended up becoming quite the home for digital board games. It does make sense given the console is portable and has multiplayer built right into the device with the Joycons allowing two people to play instantly. What’s great to see is just…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I never used to be a big fan of birds, but then after moving to my current place (the first place I’ve had in years with a backyard and garden), a small flock of cockatoos started hanging around, so I started to feed them a handful…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. In the six years since the board game Evolution first landed in stores, it has grown rapidly in stature and prominence. It’s a commercial hit and, as the game’s website proudly proclaims, it’s even drawn the attention and respect of the scientific community for the way…
Read MoreNews by Matt S.Asmodee Digital is known for some of the highest quality, premium digital board games out there. In partnership with developer, Luckyhammers, it is bringing Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace – based on the popular Arkham Horror series, to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Previously the game…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Go is complex. Very, very complex. Just how complex? Well, let’s allow the American Go Association explain it: “There are many more possible Go games – 10 followed by more than 300 zeroes — than there are subatomic particles in the known universe. Unlike many other…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Go is the ultimate board game – easy to learn, having been around for however many thousands of years, but almost impossible to master, and so deep that entire libraries have been written about the game and its strategies. Despite its stature, we haven’t seen Go…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Some developer decided to release Snakes & Ladders on the Nintendo Switch at the same time that Nintendo released its own 51 Worldwide Games (or Clubhouse Games, depending on where you are in the world). That was a very silly thing to do. Sure, Snakes &…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Just to be upfront about this: 51 Worldwide Games (it’s called Clubhouse Games in other markets, but this review will hereafter refer to it by the European/Australian title) has one big weakness: it lacks the AI to challenge people that are good at the respective games…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I don’t know actually know much about The Dresden Files. In fact, I only discovered that it was such a popular series of novels when I typed the game’s name into Google to see where it came from. I do, however, know and love both card…
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