Gen 7 Review

It is a well known rule of physics that in campaign games nobody can hear you scream. But I’ll tell you what - Gen7 doesn’t care about physics. It’s big, loud and it’s barrelling down your door, yelling at the top of it’s lungs: “love me, for I am all that is cool.” Sequel to Dead of Winter? Check. Campaign game? Check. Sealed envelopes? Check. Replayable? Check. It’s like a board game by Gucci if Gucci was still fashionable (I mean, I have no idea, maybe Gucci IS still fashionable - fashion experts - let us know).

But it’s not until a board game has been through the NPI gauntlet can we truly find out if it is actually hip or whether it is just a hipster. Want to know more? Only one way to find out.

Root and The Riverfolk Expansion Review

If I had 172 fingers, I could count the number of times our audience asked us to review Root on all my fingers. I have only ten fingers, unless you count toes as fingers, in which case I have twenty! (fun fact: in Lithuania toes are called feet fingers). But enough about Lithuania, let’s review Root, one of the most exciting games of 2018! In this dazzlingly beautiful and artistically unprecedented game of war you’ll take on the role of a cutesy woodland faction, and it won’t take long until things go very very wrong. How wrong? Only one way to find out.

Blackout: Hong Kong Review

Long time No Pun Included viewers will know that, hey, we have some strong feelings when it comes to games designed by Alexander Pfister. And when I say “strong feelings,” I mean that we love his meatier, grindier games as much as we love a good burger. Which leads me perfectly into telling you that Great Western Trail is one of our favourite eurogames and game of the year for 2016 and Mombasa, in-spite of its problematic theme, was our runner up game of the year for 2015.

So I’m not going to waste time, because Blackout: Hong Kong, his new big game, is here, and my word I am just a little bit excited. Let’s get to the review.

Discover: Lands Unknown Review

One small step for man, one giant leap for cardboard. It turns out that identical components are so yesterday and 2018 is the dawning of unique games, lovingly handcrafted by the modern dominant sentient life force - the algorithm. Here at NPI we always welcome our new overlords so we were more than excited to dissect the very first unique board game (technically first, as KeyForge is a trading card game) only partially created by humans. Make room! Make room! For it is truly a sight to behold.

Treasure Island Review

A long time ago, in a year as far away as 2016 myself and Elaine got to play a prototype called Treasure Island. And ever since then we have been waiting to tell you about this cooky game we couldn’t quite believe we blindly stumbled onto. Now Treasure Island is a grown person with it’s quirks of personality. And most importantly, it is finally of a legal age to be reviewed. Expect rules, colouring pens and, of course, pirates. But most importantly, expect a very clever game under all that gloss.

Western Legends Review

Hello cow pokes! Welcome to the fastest review in the west. Well, maybe not fastest - it’s like 15 minutes long. But it’s a rootin’ tootin’ shootin’ goodun. Ok sorry, I’ll stop. Western Legends is a sandbox game that takes place in the saloons and spitoons of the wild west, where you’ll compete to be the most legendary cowperson there is. Or at least that there is, around your table. This game contains a plethora of different options - from playing poker all day to rolling two comically oversized dice to mine gold. In fact, it’s less of a game and more of a Wild West experience. Not sure whether this life of leather and dust is for you? Mosey on over to our review and find out.