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This page is an index to my reviews of board games and other articles I've written about games and related topics. Click on the link for the index or use the search feature to find what you're looking for.

 

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These articles were written for a variety of magazines, including Flagship, Gamers Alliance Report, Games & Puzzles, Games Games Games and Games International, as well as my own 'zine, To Win Just Once. I will be adding more pieces as time allows (and when I can locate them in the case of older pieces!).

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Articles and reviews are also published in my own 'zine, To Win Just Once.

Reviews

Reviews are listed alphabetically by (the first significant word in) the game's title. Where more than one edition of a game has been published, I give the English language version first (or the earliest if they're all in English). Links to the publisher and designer (the term I prefer to inventor or author) are provided where possible. The rating is my own, highly personal and subjective score for each game, where 1 is something I never want to play again and 10 is a brilliant game.

Index: numbers A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 

Title Publisher Designer Country No of
players
Duration Rating
(1-10)
1825 Unit 3 PDF button Tresham Games Francis Tresham UK 2 4 hours 7
A Top
After the Flood (PDF) Warfrog Martin Wallace UK 3 3 hours 8
Age of Steam Warfrog Martin Wallace UK 3-6 2-3 hours 10
Agricola PDF Lookout Uwe Rosenberg Germany 1-5 2 hours 10
Z-Man USA
Amazonas Amazonas Review PDF Kosmos Stefan Dorra Germany
3-4
50 mins
8
Mayfair USA
Amun-Re Amun-Re Review PDF Rio Grande Reiner Knizia USA
3-5
90 mins
9
Hans im Glück Germany
Antike Antike Review PDF Eggertspiele Mac Gerdts Germany 2-6 2 hours 10
Ausreisser, Der PDF FX Schmid Pierre Jacquot Germany 2-6 20 mins 8
Automobile (PDF) Warfrog Martin Wallace UK 3-5 120 mins 9
B Top
Bean Trader Bean Trader Review PDF Rio Grande Uwe Rosenberg USA
3-5
90 mins
8
  (Bohn Hansa) Amigo Germany
Big Cheese Cheapass James Ernest USA any 20-30 mins 9
Blindside Hangman Alan D Ernstein USA 4 20-30 mins 6
Brass PDF Warfrog Martin Wallace UK 3-4 2-3 hours 7
Breaking Away Fiendish John Harrington UK 3-6 60-90 mins 8
C Top
Canal Mania Canal Mania PDF Ragnar Brothers Ragnar Brothers UK 3-5 2 hours 9
Capone Amigo See The Mob
Carat Queen Dirk Henn Germany 2-4 30-60 mins 5
Caylus Caylus Review PDF Ystari William Attia France 2-5 2 hours 10
Check the Ripper ASS Alex Randolph Germany 2-4 20-30 mins 2
Chinatown Rio Grande Karsten Hartwig USA
3-5
60-90 mins
9
alea Germany
Confucius (PDF) Surprised Stare Alan Paull UK 3-5 2 hours 8
Cults Across America Atlas Jeff Tidball USA 2-6 1-4 hours 6
D Top
Devil Bunny Needs a Ham Cheapass James Ernest USA 2-5 30 mins 5
Dreizehnte Holzwurm Queen Wolfgang Kramer & Michael Kiesling Germany 2-6 30-60 mins 7
Dschungel Adlung Bernhard Naegele Germany 2-4 20-30 mins 3
E Top
El Grande Rio Grande Wolfgang Kramer & Richard Ulrich USA
2-5
90 mins
10
Hans im Glück Germany
Enemy in Sight PDF Avalon Hill Neal Schlaffer USA 2-8 2 hours 6
F Top
Falsche FuFFziger 2F Friedemann Friese Germany 3-6 1½-2 hrs 9
Feudo PDF Button Zugames Mario Papini Italy 2-4 2-3 hours 4
Fifth Avenue Fifth Avenue Review PDF Rio Grande Wilko Manz USA
2-4
60 mins
4
alea Germany
Fire & Axe Asmodée See Viking Fury
Foppen 2F Friedemann Friese Germany 3-6 20-30 mins 5
Formula Motor Racing Gibsons Reiner Knizia UK
2-6
90 mins
9
GMT USA
Fürsten von Florenz alea See Princes of Florence
G Top
Galopp Royale Goldsieber Klaus Teuber Germany 3-6 45-60 mins 9
Glory to Rome Go West Review PDF Cambridge Games Factory Carl Chudyk and Erek Slater USA 2-5 90 mins 9
Go West Go West Review PDF Phalanx Leo Colovini Netherlands
3-4
1 hour
6
Gothic Game Tolmayax Robert Wynne-Simmons & Nigel Andrews UK 2-8 1-2 hours 7
H Top
Hamburgum PDF Eggertspiele Mac Gerdts Germany 2-5 90 mins 9
Hermagor PDF Mind the Move Emanuele Ornella Italy 2-5 90 mins 9
Rio Grande USA
Hornochsen Amigo Wolfgang Kramer Germany 2-6 60 mins 4
I Top
Ice Cream Ice Cream Review PDF Face 2 Face Joe Huber USA 3-5 30 mins 4
Industria Industria Review PDF Queen Games Michael Schacht Germany 3-4 90 mins 10
Intrige FX Schmid Stefan Dorra Germany 3-5 1-1½ hrs 9
J Top
Jet Set (PDF) Wattsalpoag Kris Gould USA 2-6 90 mins 9
Just Wait Hangman Alan D Ernstein USA 3-5 30 mins 7
K Top
Keythedral Keythedral Review PDF R+D Richard Breese UK 3-5 90 mins 10
Keywood R+D Richard Breese UK 2-5 90 mins 10
King of the Elves Rio Grande Alan R Moon USA
2-6
45-60 mins
9
  (König der Elfen) Amigo Germany
Konzern Fanfor Valentin Hermann Germany 3-6 60 mins 6
Krieg & Frieden TM Gerard Mulder Germany 3-4 60-90 mins 5
L Top
La Città Rio Grande Gerd Fenchel USA
2-5
1-2½ hrs
10
Kosmos Germany
Le Havre (PDF) Lookout Uwe Rosenberg Germany 3-4 3 hours 8
Liberté Warfrog Martin Wallace UK 3-6 1-2 hours 10
Linie 1 Goldsieber Stefan Dorra Germany 2-5 60 mins 8
Lords of Creation Warfrog Martin Wallace UK 2-4 2-3 hrs 7
Louis XIV PDF Button Rio Grande Rüdiger Dorn USA
2-4
90 mins
9
alea Germany
M Top
Maharaja Avalon Hill Craig Sandercock USA 3-5 5-6 hours 7
Mamma Mia! Rio Grande Uwe Rosenberg USA
2-5
30-40 mins
7
Abacus Germany
Media Mogul Media Mogul Review PDF JKLM Richard Huzzey UK 3-5 90 mins 6
Metallurgie Metallurgie Review PDF Argentum Maik Hennebach Germany 2-4 45 mins 7
Mob, The Gibsons unknown UK
3-6
1½-2 hrs
7
  (Capone) Amigo Germany
Monastery (PDF) Ragnar Brothers Ragnar Brothers UK 2-4 90 mins 7
Mordred Warfrog Martin Wallace UK 3-4 45 mins 9
N Top
Naval War Comparative review of Enemy in Sight and Naval War Avalon Hill Neil Zimmerer and Craig Taylor USA 3-9 45 mins 7
Neuland Neuland Review PDF Eggertspiele Tobias Stapelfeldt and Peter Eggert Germany 2-4 1-2 hours 8
New England Railways Winsome Martin Wallace USA 3-6 2 hours 10
O Top
Old Town Old Town Review PDF Clicker Stephan Riedel Germany 1-4 1 hour 8
On the Underground PDF JKLM Sebastian Bleasdale UK 2-5 60 mins 9
Rio Grande USA
Origo PDF Parker Wolfgang Kramer Germany 2-5 1 hour 8
P Top
Perikles PDF Warfrog Martin Wallace UK 3-5 2 hours 8
Phoenicia PDF JKLM Tom Lehmann UK 3-5 90 mins 10
Rio Grande USA
Pillars of the Earth PDF Mayfair Michael Rieneck and Stefan Stadler USA 2-4 2 hours 9
  (Die Säulen der Erde) Kosmos Germany
Princes of Florence Rio Grande Wolfgang Kramer and Richard Ulrich USA
3-5
75-100 mins
10
  (Die Fürsten von Florenz) alea Germany
Princes of the Renaissance Princes of the Renaissance Review PDF Warfrog Martin Wallace UK 3-6 2-3 hrs 9
Puerto Rico alea Andreas Seyfarth Germany
3-5
90-150 mins
10
Rio Grande USA
R Top
Really Nasty Horse Racing Game Upstarts! unknown UK 2-6 1½-2 hrs 8
S Top
Salvo! 3W Michael Smith USA 2 varies 4
Säulen der Erde, Die Kosmos See The Pillars of the Earth
Scepter of Zavandor Zepter von Zavandor Review PDF Z-Man Jens Drögemüller USA 2-6 2½-3 hours 10
  (Das Zepter von Zavandor) Lookout Germany
Settlers of Catan Mayfair Klaus Teuber USA
3-4
60-90 mins
10
  (Die Siedler von Catan) Kosmos Germany
Shadows over Camelot Shadows over Camelot Review PDF Days of Wonder Bruno Cathala and Serge Laget USA
3-7
90 mins
9
Skallywaggs Skallywaggs Review PDF Bent Castle Workshops Ben Crenshaw USA 2-4 60 mins 8
Space Beans Rio Grande Uwe Rosenberg USA
2-6
45 mins
5
Amigo Germany
Special Delivery Kevingston Kevin Rolph UK 2-16 1 hour 4
Struggle of Empires Struggle of Empires Review PDF Warfrog Martin Wallace UK 2-7 3 hours 10
T Top
Tempus PDF Various Martin Wallace UK 3-5 90 mins 8
Thurn & Taxis PDF Hans im Glück Karen and Andreas Seyfarth Germany 2-4 45 mins 9
Rio Grande USA
Ticket to Ride Ticket to Ride Review PDF Days of Wonder Alan R Moon USA 2-5 30-60 mins 8
Tinners' Trail (PDF) Warfrog Martin Wallace UK 3-4 90 mins 8
Tulipmania 1637 (PDF) JKLM Scott Nicholson UK 3-5 60 mins 7
TV Wars Avalon Hill Bob Nash USA 2-4 2-4 hrs 6
U Top
Ubongo Ubongo review PDF Kosmos Grzegorz Rejchtman Germany 2-4 20-30 mins 4
University Games USA
V Top
Viking Fury Viking Fury review PDF Ragnar Brothers Ragnar Brothers UK 3-5 2 hours 8
Vikings are Coming!, The ASS Alex Randolph Germany 2 or 4 1-2 hrs 2
W Top
West Riding Winsome Han Heidema USA 3-6 3 hrs 10
Wildlife Wildlife Review PDF Uberplay Wolfgang Kramer USA
2-6
90 mins
10
Clementoni Germany
Y Top
Yspahan PDF Ystari Sébastien Pauchon France 3-4 60 mins 9
Rio Grande USA
Z Top
Zepter von Zavandor, Das Lookout See The Scepter of Zavandor

Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Articles

Articles are listed in reverse chronological order: most recent first, oldest last.

Spiel '09 (PDF 1.6 Mb)- new games from the annual games fair (version 3)
UK Games Expo 2009 (PDF) - Pevans went to the Bimingham show
Toy Fair 2009
(PDF) - this year's new games at the London show
Spiel '08 (PDF) - what Pevans saw at the 2008 Spiel games fair
EuropeMasters 2008 (PDF) - Pevans was at the European Board Games Championship
SpielChamps 2008 (PDF) - The UK Board Games Championship at Manorcon
UK Games Expo 2008 (PDF) - Pevans went to the Bimingham show
Toy Fair 2008 (PDF) - this year's new games at the London show
Spiel '07 - a report from the 2007 Spiel games fair: PDF version Toy Fair 2004 Report PDF
Toy Fair 2007 – a report of the new games on show at the UK’s annual showcase. Toy Fair 2005 Report PDF
Spiel '06 - a report from the 2006 Spiel games fair: PDF version Toy Fair 2004 Report PDF
Toy Fair 2006 – a report of the new games on show at the UK’s annual showcase. Toy Fair 2005 Report PDF
Spiel '05 - a report from the 2005 Spiel games fair. Toy Fair 2004 Report PDF
Toy Fair 2005 - a report of the new games on show at the UK's annual showcase. Toy Fair 2005 Report PDF
Spiel '04
- a report from the 2004 Spiel games fair. Toy Fair 2004 Report PDF
Toy Fair 2004 - a report of the new games on show at the UK's annual showcase. Toy Fair 2004 Report PDF
Toy Fair 2003 - a report of the new games on show at the UK's annual showcase.
Spiel '02 - a report from the 2002 Spiel games fair.
Toy Fair 2002 - a report of the new games on show at the UK's annual showcase.
Spiel '01 - a report from the 2001 Spiel games fair.
Toy Fair 2001 - a report of the new games on show at the UK's annual showcase.
UKBCGC 2000 - a report from the UK's Board and Card Games Championship.
Toy Fair 2000 - a report of the new games on show at the UK's annual showcase.
TV Wars - The Pevans Option - alternative rules for this game that remove much of the luck element and reduce the playing time.

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