In Brass: Birmingham, you’re building up a network. You need to draw lines between certain spots around the board, Your brain can only handle so many variables. So when you’re focused on visual connections, it’s easy to miss whether or not those connections lead toward the beer that will sell. That’s where a lot of … Read more
“Should I attack, even though my opponent has two outposts on their board? Or should I wait, since I have some powerful combat cards?” Colony Wars makes you choose: How do you balance short-term urgency with long-term security? Enter your visible board state and total authority, and the calculator does all that math for you … Read more
Roll for the Galaxy: Ambition is when games is won or lost. Eventually, you hit a sweet spot with your engine running like clockwork, churning out credits constantly, but twelve-tile limit is a ticking clock to watch out for. Now you’re no longer just building; you’re harvesting. Enter the calculator. Plug in state of your … Read more
It is rare for a game of Gathering Storm for Race for the Galaxy to end clearly. More often than not, it comes down to a mess of cards on the table. You’ve played your 12th card and fired off the end game, and now your brain hurt trying to count all the points from … Read more
Winning points in Puerto Rico feels a bit like doing an audit. There are chips everywhere on the board. Buildings are all laid out in front of you with numbers printed on top of them. Rows of colonists wait to be placed, each one occupying some large building that looks harmless enough until you realize … Read more
By this time, you’ve established a network of cities throughout the map. It’s an impressive web of wires connecting your towns to their power plant. On board, it look cool. However, when you go to grab some resources to ensure lights stay on, your hand comes up empty. That’s what happens in the classic Power … Read more
Half the game in Gaia Project is spent constructing an efficient engine. You transform QIC into ore into colonization. Your planet transition from gray rock to lush Gaia worlds. Then it’s the last round. There are so many research tracks, tiles, and token on the board. Keeping track of victory points seem like a hard … Read more
