Interestingly enough, when you look at people’s comments for Martin Wallace’s games, you’ll invariably find them compared to his other games – but never to games of another designer. That’s because Mr. Wallace, one of the greatest game designers alive, has managed to find his own niche – a cross between war games and Eurogames,…
Tag: The Dice Tower
Game Review: Yang Tzee
To me, one of the cardinal rules of an abstract strategy game should be that the rules be as simple and clear as possible. Many times I’ve played games that had fairly simple rules but clouded them with obtuse game terms in an attempt to give the game a thematic flavor. This, I fear, is…
Game Review: Figaro
“The king is desperate! The whole court is attending the joust, and no one is working in the castle. The king really needs a helper!” Enter Figaro (Mayfair and daVinci Games, 2006 – Reiner Knizia), the lunatic idiot working for the King. Apparently he is attempting to do all the jobs of court, and making…