Welcome to Dino World Review

Roll and writes! Today we’re reviewing Welcome to Dino World, a new entry into a genre so notorious that it developed its own in-joke entry called Rolland Wright the Roll and Write board game. We’ve certainly fallen head over heels for quite a few of these such as Gans Schon Clever, Welcome To and Railroad Ink. But with the dawning of a new year come innovations and like a hungry Tyrannosaurus, Welcome to Dino World barges into your living room and demands attention because it is different. How different? Only one way to find out.

Batman: Gotham City Chronicles Review

Here he comes, here comes the Batman - he’s a demon on wings. And he’s gonna sell you a big box of plastic. Just before we rush off to UK Games Expo we want to leave a little review we have made for you of a teeny tiny game about a caped crusader and his, as it turns out by counting all the other miniatures in the box, seventeen thousand friends and enemies.

And since this is quite a long video, we’ll just let it do the talking. Hope you enjoy the review!

Underwater Cities Review

Oh no! How do I write this blurb without asking the all important question: will this game sink or swim? If you’ve not heard of Underwater Cities then you are in for a treat if you like your games non confrontational and loaded with more cards than Gambit’s utility belt.

Fans of Shipyard, Last Will and The Prodigal’s Club (which we’ve reviewed a very long time ago) might recognise the name Vladimír Suchý. But unlike the previous games that were published by Czech Games Edition, this time Vladimír set out to make a game via his own, brand new publishing company. And that feels appropriate because Underwater Cities is not only nothing like its predecessors but also feels much grander in scope. Excited? Good. Take a comfy seat, get your kelp treat on and enjoy our review.

Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth Review

Buckle your Buckleberry belts little hobbitses because we’re about to show you something so precious you might want to run away with it. Yes, this big box of board game has Lord of the Rings on the front and FFG where the logo should be. Which can only mean that most people don’t even need a review to know that they’ll love it no matter what. But, if you’d like some discerning opinion on whether you should part with one hundred dollary-doos for a big box of board game then you’ve come to the right website.

The Estates Review

Sometimes simple can mean complex and sometimes simple can mean vicious. In the case of The Estates - it’s both. Welcome to a game that says - hey - it’s time to play with some wooden colour blocks and maybe potentially breed an insatiable desire to tell your friends things you’ll come to regret for many years to come. “Sign me up,” you say? Well hang on just a minute, this review is far from over. Sit back, click play and don’t relax because this game is about to hit you like a ton of bricks.

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Wingspan Review

Behold, the wonderful world of birds - nature’s favourite flying mammal - in all its glory. Wingspan doesn’t skimp one bit at showing you just how beautiful these creatures can be and comes with an amount of eggs so large that it can only mean that those one hundred and seventy bird cards have been getting up to no good in your brand new board game box. That’s right. Birds are the new sexy and publisher Stonemaier Games is ready to sell you a board game full of them. Just as well we’ve got a review ready to help you make up your mind.

Now Boarding Review

You better believe it - this little wonder with wings is our game of the year so fasten your oxygen masks because so frequently this tiny box is exhilarating. Each year so many games fight for that precious spot of being the next entry level darling and whilst Now Boarding hasn’t quite made the waves it should have - we feel like it stands with the best of the best in its genre. What’s that Air Control? We’ve got the green light? You heard it folks, better press that play button and we’ll be on our way.

Comanauts Review

Diving into peoples dreams, miniature black holes, Winnie the pooh - those are not items from my Amazon checkout page - they’re just some of the elements that make up the whole that is Comanauts. There’s enough ideas in this board game to fill up an Olympic swimming pool and they’re so eclectic that it’ll probably make google bots think this entire page is gibberish spam. I don’t think I’m doing a very good job explaining it so here, just watch this video, it’ll make it better. Uh oh, I think I hear the google bot knocking on my door. Hurry, click play before it takes me to spam prison!

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.