Calvin’s Commentaries: Splito

In a board game world seemingly dominated by big box productions with elaborate rule sets and…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Elios

Small box games are always intriguing. Expectations are rarely overly high because of the limited contents…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Vale of Eternity

Ever gone on a camping trip where you just open a few cans of whatever in…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Pantarei

When it comes to quick. But enjoyable abstract strategy games Cosmoludo has the concept down to…

Calvin’s Commentaries: The Mystery of the Cursed Statuette

Fantasy RPG adds a dash of Sherlock Holmes Amid the varied games The Meeple Guild plays,…

Calvin’s Commentaries: The Meeple Guild

When it comes to board games The Meeple Guild has not played many ‘worker placement’ games.…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Hiroba

If you are a fan of Sudoku, stop reading this week’s review and just go order…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Pijersi more game than expected

When you are a hobbyist – it doesn’t much matter which hobby – you likely haunt…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Lots of charm with this dice roller

There are games that when you see the box – even when you get it to…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Mana is aesthetically well-worth exploring

Earlier I reviewed Yoxii. You may recall we loved it aesthetically and found enough in its…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Knarr is a fine game, at least for some of us

Some games hit the table that once played for review illicit far more debate than might…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Fly your falcon well to win new game

When I first saw Falconry from Circle J Games I was interested. The idea of hunting…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Manoeuvre through the fenced maze to win at Quoridor

One of the things that set many abstract strategy games apart is that they are heirlooms…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Flügelrad is a game just based on the name alone you are likely to remember.

But there is more to this one than a funky name. Flügelrad is a new abstract…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Monarch migration turned into great game theme

The very idea of animal migration seems all but impossible. When the first robin bobs over…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Pathogen excites as fresh take on abstract games

Sometimes a game you might term obscure crosses the table and absolutely wows The Meeple Guild.…

Calvin’s Commentaries: The Fuzzies way more fun than expected

So when you open a new game and find that it is simply a pile of…

Calvin’s Commentaries: More game here than anticipated

The art on a game box adds nothing to how well the game plays, but it…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Take your band to the big time

For many of us the dream of heading out on the road with a rock band…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Who would have expected collecting ‘shrooms to be so much fun

Once in a while in the role of reviewers, we are afforded what is essentially a…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Lacuna: A ‘Zen-like’ game experience

When I initially opened the tube containing the game Lucuna and gave the rules a very…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Scottish lore carries a new card game

When it comes to a game based on cards one of the first things you notice…

Calvin’s Commentaries: CHAK

A fresh take on the birth of chess Often hobbies evolve to incorporate related activities. For…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Tactigon

When you receive a game to play and review before it has even started to be…

Calvin’s Commentaries: CHAINS, Disc Golf Board Game

HEAD Rattling chains at the gamer table It so happens most of those who game in…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Chess Federation of Canada part 2 of 2

Yesterday started a look at the game of chess with Vlad Drkulec, President of the Chess…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Chess Federation of Canada part 1 of 2

It is always interesting to learn about another’s interest in board games, and especially so when…

Calvin’s Commentaries: World Backgammon Association

Gamers might not be aware, but March 21 is World Backgammon Day. For several years the…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Thru-Hiker

It is always interesting to come upon games that are decidedly different from those filling the…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Wandering Steel

“Doval Robotics claimed that abandoning its headquarters on the island of Korvorak was a strategic cost-cutting…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Hive

The list of games being produced each year is simply massive, and that has been the…

Calvin’s Commentaries: XENOSCAPE

Role-playing games are always a fun diversion if you have a like-minded group of friends –…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Tumbleweed

Regular readers will know when it comes to a preferred style of game I lean heavily…