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With experience of competitive gaming through M:tG, Paul now prefers to game with friends and family, always hunting for new experiences to put on the table.
Original
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Oct 13, 2026
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1 min read
The hours are ticking by until the Kickstarter Campaign launches this week! To bide your time, why not find out how to play?
Analysis
Oct 4, 2026
7 min read
When winning shouldn't be the only thing that matters.
Top List
Sep 27, 2026
11 min read
Of September? I do, I played some good fast games. Let's review everything I played in September!
Which Witch?
Sep 13, 2026
4 min read
As we approach our 30th demo game here at Tabletop Scotland, I'm writing about the mechanics of Which Witch and sharing our draft rulebook.
Sep 4, 2026
Curious Lynx Games is going to Tabletop Scotland this week - are you?
Aug 30, 2026
Rulebooks tell you what you *can* do. Does anyone tell you what you *should* do? Should they?
Aug 23, 2026
5 min read
How much data should a game make you aware of when you settle down to play? Do you need to know it? Should you be allowed to discover it? Contains a mild spoiler for A Gentle Rain.
Design Corner
Aug 9, 2026
9 min read
How can a 30-minute game feel too long, whilst a 60-minute game can feel not quite long enough?
Card Game
+4
Aug 2, 2026
6 min read
Imagine Balatro, as a board game, but made multiplayer and retaining much of Poker's betting antics. That's Decko!
Jul 26, 2026
including Hecate, the witch for which Which Witch is named.
2-player
+3
Jul 19, 2026
8 min read
The just-announced Kennerspiel des Jahres winner gets a review - with a quick run-down of what the award means.
Jul 12, 2026
It's finally time - lets start to learn how to play Which Witch?
Jul 5, 2026
I missed one. It's getting a whole article.
Jun 28, 2026
What makes a game a game, and a puzzle a puzzle? Is it binary or do they lie on a spectrum?
Review
+2
Jun 14, 2026
Can you clue an idea to your team in 3 clues, such that an opponent intercepting only 2 of those clues cannot guess what you meant? That's Triangulation!
Jun 7, 2026
We were at the UKGE - here's what we got up to!
May 31, 2026
Do board games test Memory? Should they?
May 27, 2026
We are so excited to be bringing our first crowdfunded game to the public for the first time - also here's the first opportunity to join our Discord!
Solo
May 24, 2026
It's Cosy, it's got Stickers, and you build a ville... well, a village. Is it a game? Who cares, I got it for my birthday and it's fun playing it! A spoiler-free review.
May 17, 2026
What skills can a board game test, and how does that shape the fun you have playing it? Does player count, experience level, and game setup affect it?
May 10, 2026
On mind games — and a small card game that plays with them.
May 3, 2026
The latest solo Button Shy game by Scott Almes just landed on my desk, so let's take a look at it together!
Apr 26, 2026
Part 2 picks up where Part 1 left off, at 2016 with games that have a deckbuilding engine but a different boardgame being driven by that engine.
Apr 19, 2026
Ever since Donald X Vaccarino unleashed Dominion on the world, giving birth to the entire genre of deck-building games, designers have brought different ideas to tweak the recipe. Here's a history of deckbuilding told through 20 deckbuilding games. Part 1 Takes us from Dominion released in 2008 through to the Legendary Series released in 2014.
Apr 12, 2026
15 min read
Can you make an exploited, destroyed landscape flourish with new wildlife, managing your water and minerals to rebuild the food chain?
