Then you sit back down for that last go at Sankore and there’s a little fluttering in your heart because now you’re done with game. Books strewn all over the board, Prestige Tokens twisted up in knots and it feels like no one can possibly figure out what’s going on in their minds. That’s when … Read more

It’s taken you 14 rounds of carefully sawing lumber and gluing scraps into usable block. You’ve carefully arranged your workshop tiles, stockpiled blueberries for the final round, and now you’re staring down a board that resembles some kind of insane masterwork. Now comes the hard part. Scoring in Woodcraft isn’t a basic addition problem. It’s … Read more

In the last round of Revive, the frantic engine-building slows down as you focus on scoring points toward winning the game. This is where all that work you put into placing your assets come together. Since it can be hard to remember these end-game triggers during the heat of battle, being able to easily add … Read more

There is a specific kind of panic that sets in during Endless Winter‘s final phase, the Eclipse, as it has a lot of math to get right to earn points. There are four rounds where you’ll be managing resources, burying cards, and placing megaliths. Then, trying to figure out who won just feels like auditing … Read more

And then it’s over. You’re charting unexplored lands, bartering with merchants, and the next thing you know everybody’s banging their fist against the table to determine who has most money. This jumble of competing system all coming together into a single score at end of Expeditions creates sense of chaos during this scoring stage. You … Read more

Darwin’s Journey amps up in final round with some serious stakes. Now you’re not only playing a board game; now you’ve got to audit your life decisions on the Beagle. With help of the calculator, you can add everything, knowledge, coins, tents, crew, stamps, Theory track, specimen and objective cards… To a single victory point … Read more

By the end of each Inventions game, things can get crazy at tax time. Tokens is everywhere, strewn about regions, piled up on your board, and held in your hand. You have cards in your hand, tiles on your board, and tokens scatterd across regions. It is tense. But the arithmetic sucks. That’s when a … Read more