The reception of various board games can vary in different people’s eyes. It is very subjective and brings up many different feelings related to the aesthetic values and sense of them being enclosed in games. What basically defines them as a works of art. Until now, categorizing board games as a field of art was not so obvious to me. Crossroads of Heroes dispersed the mist that veiled my full awareness of this fact.
Tag: light
A hundred years of Brahma
Born from a lotus flower grown on the lake placed in the navel of sleeping Vishnu, Brahma, the great creator, wakes up, and each of his four heads embraces space around to make brand new world. Take the role of one of the elements that will influence the shape of the universe in Space Editor.
Pew! Pew! You died
Summer’s in the air, people are having barbecues in bigger groups. It’s a sign that time has come for lighter games for larger playgroups, which means werewolf-like genre. In this case we will shoot each other with awesome ray guns in social deduction game Leaders of Euphoria.
The Witches of Wickersby
„You’ll believe in more than that before I’ve finished with you”
– Wicked Witch of the West
Be the best of the worst witches, living near the village of Wickersby. Where, along with the other five pretenders for the title, you will fulfill yourself by using villagers and pulling the rug from under the other competitors’ feet in the race for it.
Graph-ruled Towers
Castles of Scotland, one of most recognizable symbols of this beautiful country with a colorful history. Whose inhabitants wear wrongly stuck label of being avaricious on each and every occasion. They will be the axis of today’s featured game, Kilt Castle.
Train insertion sort
Day by day the weather improves, encouraging us to hit the road. Because it is always good idea to have a board game by your side, today I will give you my suggestion about what game to place in your backpack – Game of Trains.
Poke the Penguin
Do you remember when as a child you played with Roly-poly? Where no matter how poked, punched or thrown it was, it always got back on its feet because of moved center of gravity. Thanks to Brian Gomez’s idea of using it in board game, I was able to bring back childhood memories of playing with it.
I am a dwarf and I am digging a hole
Winter is coming down from the silent mountains, and our little ones are white around the gills. Today I will tell you about a game, where as one of bearded shorties clan we will clash with other dwarves in autumn gail.
Daimyo jostling
In the history of Japan there was a period known as Sengoku. Started with a coup d’etat of the Meiō era, when Masamoto Hosokawa exiles Ashikaga clan’s tenth shogun from the capital. A time, when local rulers – the daimyō – incessantly fought for power and influence. Only after a hundred years, when Hideyoshi Toyotomi subordinates the Hōjō clan and unites all the provinces, the fighting for domination comes to an end. Today we will assume the roles of samurai, participants in this hundred-year struggle, in a quick card game – Zipang Portable.
Elemental Shuriken
Through this game you can become a Ninja, so wear a black assassin’s outfit, aim well and dodge quickly. There is no room for honor here.