Board With Each Other: Boardgame Reviews for Two

Send us Fan Mail Thank you for joining us for another special bonus episode! In these special episodes we look at unusual or out of print games.  In this episode we're taking our first critical look at a solo game, The horror themed modular system, Final Girl. While we don't apply our usual 2 player ratings to the game we do give it our general ratings and examine how solo gaming works a...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for joining us for another episode! In this edition of Board With Each Other, we cast our critical eye over Quacks of Quedlingberg (The Mega Box to be precise), a push your luck bag builder where you use a variety of outlandish ingredients to create the best potion.   As usual, we look at how well it works as a two player game, assess the mega box edition as a package and b...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the second episode of Board with Each Other Bite Size!  In this spin off series, we have a quick chat about smaller (but no less mighty) games or expansions that we feel deserve a review, but don't really justify one of our monthly deep dives. We don't go through our full scoring criteria, but instead chat about the game and give a neat overall score at the en...

Send us Fan Mail On this month's episode Hannah crosses off a life goal as she gets to talk about one of her favourite movie franchises and people have to listen. Well, you don't - but we're thankful you do! As an side to the main content of the episode we apply our usual take to the tie in board game, Highway Heist. Is this a case of IP plastered shovel ware or is there a decent ga...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Board with Each Other Bite Size! It's an exciting new show (Well, not really NEW) but what's wrong with a bit of hype? In this spin off series, we have a quick chat about smaller (but no less mighty) games or expansions that we feel deserve a review, but don't really justify one of our monthly deep dives. We don't go through our full scoring criteria...

Send us Fan Mail Hi Everyone, thanks for joining us for this month's episode! In this edition of the podcast, we discuss not one game, but several, as we tackle the system of modular sets that is Unmatched which tries to answer age old questions such as, could Alice from Wonderland beat up Dracula or could Shakespeare kill a T-rex with poetry? While we may not get definitive answers to these,...

Send us Fan Mail Hello there! Thank you for joining us on this very special bonus episode, one of our series where we review out of print or unusual titles. This one is very near and dear to us, being the janky behemoth that got us into the hobby proper. But is it any good? It might be tough for us to be objective on this one, so with that caveat - I hope you enjoy our appraisal of this mildly ban...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for joining us for this month's episode! Sorry for being a week later than usual, sometimes life gets in the way.  In this episode we appraise the dynamite in small packaging that is the White Castle. A novel take on dice drafting and worker placement in feudal Japan. We run through our normal scoring criteria and nominate this as the best game to play with someone you...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for joining us for another episode of Board With Each Other.  In this month's episode, we cast a critical eye over the deckbuilder / dungeon explorer that is Clank! Catacombs. A reimagining of the classic Clank! in which an intrepid thief tries to rob a dragon of its loot, this edition introduces a lot more randomisation. But is it for the better or its detriment? How...

Send us Fan Mail Hey you, yes, you! Thanks for joining us! In this episode of Board With Each Other we appraise the tableau / engine builder Wyrmspan - Stonemeir's new fantasy riff on the modern classic Wingspan. As always we appraise the game, it's components and it's fun factor and then go on to review it for how well it works as a 2 player game. Also, is milk an appropriate food...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back everyone! In this episode we appraise the tableau / city builder San Francisco by the incredibly prolific designer Reiner Knizia. We talk through the games mechanics, debate the origins of trams, and apply our usual general and two player criteria. They can't all be hits, right? Also Al cannot pronounce 'Lapels', so that's out there on the internet...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you for joining us for another Episode! In this episode we take on another true classic of the genre, the mighty Terra Mystica. We'll talk you through in detail how the game plays, apply our usual scoring criteria and in this case rather differing opinions. We also tackle if this is still a great experience at 2 players or is it indeed 'literally unplayable' a...

Send us Fan Mail We're back with another special. In these specials we look at unusual, out of print or super niche games that don't fit the normal mode of our usual fare. On this episode we talk through a game from the Exit Series, billed as an escape room in a box. We talk through the game, it's puzzles, our obvious relative stupidity and Hannah insists on referring to escape room...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for joining us for another episode of Board With Each Other! This month is another first as we tackle a game that is specifically not meant for 2 players and see how well it works with the included two player variant, the big game in a little box that is The Crew. We also look at the game in a more general fashion and weigh up the benefits of a talking ban.  Support the sho...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we cast our critical eye over one of the biggest releases of recent years, the zoo building phenomenon Ark Nova. We talk about huge deck management, the games mechanics and so satisfying 'cascades that occur during gameplay, how well it plays at two players and of course, trash pandas. Support the show Find us on Social Media Facebook Twitter Instagram

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for joining us for another episode of Board With Each Other! In this episode we take our first foray into puzzle games, with the visual puzzle that is MicroMacro: Crime City. We talk about games that are 'one and done', wax lyrical about the exceptional art design and answer our usual question of how it fares as a shared experience with two players.  Support the s...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to our second special episode, where we look at niche, small or out of print games to sit alongside our regular content. In this episode we look back on one of our formative boardgames, the modern classic dungeon crawler that is Descent 2nd Edition. We appraise it in our usual fashion, chat about expansions, rules and miniatures and look at its place in the lineage of dung...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Al and Hannah examine the app driven dungeon crawler / co-op adventure Mansions of Madness. As big fans of the Arkham Horror universe and Call of Cthulhu TTRPG we were very excited to get to grips with this one.  We look a the game itself and how it plays, the integration with the app and as always how well it plays with two.  Apologies for the sound quality, we&ap...

Send us Fan Mail In this Episode of Board With Each Other we appraise the 2-player card based duel that is Radlands. Set in a vibrant post-apocalyptic environ, this is a classic card battler with a number of interesting twists that plays relatively quickly.  But how good is it? Does the substance live up to the style? And where does it stand on tactics and replayability? All these questions on mor...

Send us Fan Mail In this bumper episode of Board With Each Other, Al & Hannah review the smash hit semi co-op survival horror Nemesis through our normal lens - namely how well does it play with 2?  We discuss its ability to tell an immersive story, the difference between playing it co-operatively or semi co-op and wax lyrical about a pretty spectacular set of components. We also remember fondl...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to our tenth full episode! This month we review Planted, the houseplant collection game by Sushi Go designer Phil Walker-Harding. We talk about Hannah's excitement at combining two of her hobbies, wax lyrical about some components and apply our usual scoring criteria. As always we round off at addressing how well it plays as a two player experience.  Support the...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another episode of Board With Each Other! In this month's episode we discuss the exceptional worker placement / deck builder with a pinch of engine building that is Dune: Imperium. We appraise it using our usual criteria, talk about how it functions as a game, what it does well and whether it's worth your time as a 2 player experience.  We reviewed the base ga...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to episode 8 of Board With Each Other! In this episode we look at a slightly less well known proposition in the form of AEG's card crafting deck builder Mystic Vale. The gameplay is definitely a unique proposition in comparison to standard deck builder fare, but is it any good, does it play well with two and can we ever stop mixing up the words advancements and enhanc...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another episode of Board With Each Other! In this episode Al & Hannah take on a true classic of modern boardgaming, the tile laying, worker placement monolith that is Carcassonne. We talk about its role as a gateway game, some of its many expansions, and discuss the topic of playing without your gaming buddy on apps and its impact. It all gets a bit heated as we com...

Send us Fan Mail Alongside our usual monthly content, we will occasionally put out special episodes which either double up some smaller, lighter games, or look at things slightly outside the norm of our usual content (for example old out of print games, board gaming adjacent topics). In this first of our special bonus episodes, Hannah takes the reigns of hosting duties as we look at two small (but...