Brian Biewer – Board Game Quest

Primal: The Awakenings Expansion Reviews

Brian Biewer — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:12:50 +0000

I loved Primal: The Awakening, which I recently reviewed here. It is an amazing card-driven, cooperative boss battler with great monsters and a unique combat system. Primal was created through a crowdfunding campaign. It has big minis. It is overproduced. So, would you be shocked to know that it also launched with FIVE expansions? I […]

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Primal: The Awakening Review

Brian Biewer — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 14:08:22 +0000

Primal: The Awakening seemed like a risky crowdfunding campaign to back. It was only Reggie Games second game. It was heavy on plastic, expensive, and scheduled to be delivered in the middle of a pandemic. The game, although two years late, was delivered to its backers. It was received well, earning a BGG ranking 8.6. […]

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Imperial Miners: Aztecs vs. Weirdlings Expansion Review

Brian Biewer — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:50:16 +0000

I freaking loved Imperial Miners. So did Tony. We both found it to be a great, quick playing, engine-building card game. Unlike Tony, I did not mind that it was multiplayer solitaire. In fact, while I enjoyed Imperial Settlers and Imperial Settlers: Empires of the North, I did not like the attacking you could do […]

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Spirit Island: Nature Incarnate Expansion Review

Brian Biewer — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 14:07:34 +0000

Spirit Island is currently my favorite board game. I love playing solo. I love playing with two players. I like playing with three players… aaannnddd it stops there. I own all the gameplay content Spirit Island has to offer. Well, I did, until I decided not to back the crowdfunding campaign for Nature Incarnate. I […]

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Stonespine Architects Review

Brian Biewer — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 14:07:32 +0000

Thunderworks Games is one of my favorite publishers. Besides running great crowdfunding campaigns that are efficient and deliver on time, they make games that are simple to learn, have fun decisions, and have decent to excellent replay value. They are most known for their shared universe, the World of Ulos, currently consisting of eight games […]

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Stamp Swap Review

Brian Biewer — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:00:24 +0000

I have been playing board games for a long time. I have played, or at least collected, my fair share of fantasy dungeon crawlers, zombie games, and even Mediterranean trading game. At this point, a unique theme will catch my eye more easily than the 72nd Cthulhu-themed game. I also enjoy most games published by […]

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Tales from the Red Dragon Inn Review

Brian Biewer — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 11:17:51 +0000

Ok. I am one and done with my break from cooperative fantasy games. Thank you, River of Gold! As a reminder, I recently reviewed a fantasy boss battler, Kinfire Chronicles: Night’s Fall, to which I gave a glowing 4.5 stars. This was followed up with another 4.5 star review with the fantasy adventure game Euthia: […]

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Divinus Review

Brian Biewer — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 13:08:30 +0000

I have a love/not-enjoy relationship with legacy games. I love the idea of them, but generally end up not enjoying them as much as I thought I would. I have played Pandemic Season 1, Charterstone, My City, Betrayal Legacy, Aeon’s End Legacy, and Jurassic World: the Legacy of Isla Nublar. Almost every game followed the […]

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River of Gold Review

Brian Biewer — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:28:30 +0000

I love cooperative fantasy games, but I need a break. I have been reviewing too many lately. Behind cooperative games, my favorite type of game is an indirect confrontational Euro. Not completely multiplayer solitaire (for example, Rolling Realms, which I do love). A Euro where worker placement or drafting what your opponent wants is as […]

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Euthia: Torment of Resurrection Review

Brian Biewer — Thu, 09 May 2024 13:05:13 +0000

I have always wanted to play Euthia, but my backlog of games prevented me from backing either its original Kickstarter or the reprint. I heard that it was a combination of Mage Knight and Runebound, two of my favorite fantasy adventure board games. Well, the gaming gods smiled upon me as not only have I […]

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