Ora et Labora is one of a series of games from Uwe Rosenberg that includes Agricola and Le Havre, all very good games that are partly resource management games, partly building games, partly worker placement games and partly engine games. By which I mean that you’re trying to build up interlocking pieces that work together; the player who is the best at building the engine … Continue reading Ora et Labora play report

This time, we got the rules right. Saturday saw Rich, Sarah, Dave and me playing another game of Power Grid. We used the new Australia map, which was the first time Dave and Rich had played on the map. Power Grid is a simple game. Each turn goes through the following phases: 1) Determine Turn Order. The player with the most cities goes first, ties … Continue reading Power Grid Australia – play report 2

Last night saw some enjoyable board-gaming time. I played a game of X-Wing with Sarah, her first in some time, as she attempted to grapple with visualising star fighter (and bigger ships) movement. We then had a four-player game of Nations, which I won handily. My first win of Nations. Hooray! And finally we played a five-player game of Power Grid with the new Australia … Continue reading Power Grid: Australia

There are a few board game designers that I pay a lot of attention to. Stefan Feld, Vlaada Chvatil and Martin Wallace are likely the three top designers on that list. Martin Wallace has a great range of designs, some of which I enjoy, others which I avoid, but there’s no doubt that his design of Brass, which looks at the Industrial Revolution in Great … Continue reading Brass game report