brettspielabend Archives

Shallow Sea [Preview]

Scary is the sea and whatever enigmatic inhabitants — yet don’t mistake the unsettling underwater wonders for monotony. There’s an entire world beneath the waves, brimming with vibrant lives. Shallow Sea takes that deep dive into the colourful spectacle of Great Barrier Reef. Its splendor breaths live on your table. It’s a labour of love from Bad Comet Games, the South Korean studio that’s no stranger to visual opulence. This one is delivered as something that looks to be their most stunning creation yet.

Carnavalesco, a colourful dice-drafting game of arranging Carnival [Review]

by Stephan Sonny

Carnavalesco is a game that takes place in several samba schools in Brazil. It brings up the dice drafting, allocation, and placement in one.

Spiel Messe 2022 — Day Zero

by Stephan Sonny

Spiel Messe 2022 has opened its curtain with the conference press. The winners of some awards were mentioned here.

Sparta! Struggle for Greece, a clash between Athens and Spartans [Review]

by Stephan Sonny

Sparta! Struggle for Greece is a two-player wargame that brings us to the ancient clash between the Athens and the Spartans.

Clash of Cultures: Monumental Edition [Review]

by Adhitya Mulyono

Clash of Cultures: Monumental Edition is a reprint and reimplementation effort from a civilization game. It’s coming with bigger box now.

Paris: La Cité de La Lumière, c’est charmant! [Review]

by Stephan Sonny

Paris: La Cité de La Lumière brings us back to 1889. To win, we have to build the best version of this city of light on the board.

Tekhenu: Obelisk of the Sun, may you be favoured by Maat [Review]

by Stephan Sonny

Tekhenu is a dice-drafting game that takes you to the ancient Egypt. Build around the ancient city while facing the Maat judgement.

Untamed: Feral Factions, a potential great CCG [Review]

by Stephan Sonny

Untamed: Feral Factions is a CCG game with fast-paced & simple nature. It does not need any deckbuilding but still offer the depth competitive players seek.

Dale of Merchants Collection: Trading as animalfolks [Review]

by Stephan Sonny

Dale of Merchants Collection is a stand-alone expansion for the Dale of Merchants board games. Swiftly build your stack & be the best animalfolks merchants.

Towers of ÄmHärb: Heed the Call of the Ancient Ones [Review]

by Geoffrey Benawar

Towers of ÄmHärb is a medium area control game from Moaideas Game Design. It is released in Spiel Essen 2019 and includes Lovecraft’s horror masterpieces. If you like Cthulhu and its ancient ones, you will like this medium euro game.