Nikhil Vyas is an incoming senior at Carlmont High School. He writes reviews about strategy board and card games because he enjoys playing and designing them in his free time.
With the rapid expansion of railroads after the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, players will be racing their trains across the U.S. Along the way, players will pick up various resources and...
The obelisk is a location where the order of the stones does not matter. Each player builds their own tower with the stones that are brought here.
Players get points at the end of the game based on how...
At the burial chamber, stones are placed from top to bottom in each column, just like the pyramid.
At the end of the game, each player scores points based on the number of connected stones they have....
At the temple, stones are placed in lines from left to right. When one row is complete, the next stones are placed in a line above the previous row of stones.
At the end of each round, players get one...
It is important to remember that a player can sail any boat that has the required number of stones even if they do not have any of their own stones on that boat.
Stones are always unloaded from front...
The last site players can sail to is the market.
When a player's stone is unloaded here, the player can take any remaining card of their choice.
Blue cards give players an alternate action they can use...
Each player as a cargo sled where they can keep up to five stones. The rest of their cubes are in a quarry.
Each round, players take turns doing one action until all four ships are sailed.
One action...
At the start of each round, one card is drawn to show which boats are used during the round. There is a different deck for different number of players, which helps keep the game balanced at each player...
This week, we're going to take a look at Dominion: Prosperity, the fourth expansion for Dominion. As its name suggests, this expansion is all about accumulating big money and includes treasure and victory...
You and your rival captains have found a map that leads to riches if you can find hoard buried treasures before your enemies beat you to it. However, you'll have to recruit the right skill sets and race...
You're a powerful ocean king, so it's your job to capture locations, recruit ocean creatures, and get past the depths to bring glory and prosperity to your civilization.
Aquatica is an engine-building...
After robbing artifacts and treasures from a dragon's lair and an underwater dungeon, you've heard news of riches in the ancient pyramids. However, the pyramids are heavily guarded by a mummy, so you'll...
When you wait for people to arrive, want something fun to do in a lunch break, or just need a quick gathering activity, filler games are a great option that everyone should have ready because you never...
It's the height of the Roman Empire! Players are building houses around the Mediterranean Sea to produce resources and recruit helpers to improve their economy and score more points than their opponents....
A while ago, I reviewed Terraforming Mars, which is a complex strategy game about buying project cards, managing resources, racing to milestones and awards, and placing tiles on Mars to get the most...
Days of Wonder is a board game company that only releases one new game a year at most, but they put lots of effort into making sure that the components, artwork, and gameplay are nice. This week, I'll...
It is about trust and betrayal when you choose which nobles to influence and take over from your opponents as you attempt to get your royal family dominance over Europe. Royals is a simple set collection...
Most games get expansions, but only some games really need them. Expansions make a game better by fixing something from the original game, balancing different strategies, and adding something new that...
This week, we will be diving into the third game in the Century series, Century A New World. The objective in all three games is to collect different spices and resources, represented by different cube...
This week we'll be taking a look at a deep and strategic game where planning and a little luck make all the difference. When playing The Castles of Burgundy, players take various types of tiles and place...
This week, we'll be looking at the third expansion for Dominion, Dominion: Alchemy. I'll only be explaining what is new in this review, so if you don't know how to play Dominion, you should read my...
