Posts tagged with "Abstract"
Shadows In Kyoto Review - Splendid Shogun Spies
Shadows In Kyoto is a abstract strategy title which was released back in 2017 by publisher EmperorS4. Designed by Wei-Min Ling, with artwork from Maisherly, the game is set in 1920s Japan. As a 2 player only title, the game sees players pitted against each other, with the Shogun protecting Oniwaban...
Blue Lagoon Review - Through The... Islands
Blue Lagoon is a brand new abstract strategy, route building board game from renowned designer Reiner Knizia. Published by Blue Orange Games, the title sees 2 - 4 players spend around 40 minutes spreading across several islands of a Moana-like archipelago. With exploration and settlement, the game...
Reef Review - A Sea-riously Great Experience
Reef is a brand new abstract strategy board game from publisher Next Move Games. Designed by Emerson Matsuuchi, with art from Chris Quilliams, the game sees 2 - 4 players play as a growing coral reef. Taking around 20 - 30 minutes to play, players must use colours and patterns of coral pieces to...
The Climbers Review - Ascend To Victory
The Climbers, originally released back in 2008, is an abstract racing and climbing board game from designer Holger Lanz and publisher Simply Complex. The title sees 2 - 5 players striving to climb up a colourful cube-based structure, that is designed differently each and every game. Players are...
Photosynthesis Review - A Puzzle That Grows On You
Photosynthesis is an abstract strategy game from 2017, published by Blue Orange Games. Designed by Hjalmar Hach, with artwork by Sabrina Miramon, the game sees 2 - 4 players growing trees to bask in sunlight. With trees growing from tiny seeds through to when the trees get chopped down, the whole...
Onitama Review - Move Over Chess!
Onitama is a grid based abstract strategy board game from designer Shimpei Sato and publisher Arcane Wonders. Released back in 2014, Onitama sees two players controlling pawns on a 5x5 grid. With a Japanese theme the game is an abstracted martial arts contest, between two groups of students and...
Zendo Review - Puzzle Everyone
Zendo, originally released back in 2001, is an abstract puzzle game that has just had a new edition released from designers Kory Heath and Andrew Looney. Published by Looney Labs the game is for 3 – 5 players, though via a variant works with 2, with rounds lasting anywhere between 5-20 minutes....
Tsuro Review - Beautifully Simple
Tsuro is a tile laying, path following board game from designer Tom McMurchie. Coming with a spiritual Asian theme, the game is otherwise pretty abstract. Players construct paths that they move along, which are loosely supposed to represent the path to enlightenment. This is a game built for 2 - 8...