
The Boardgames Chronicle
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Welcome to my blog about board games! My name is Michal and I have been playing board games since my youth, the first infatuation was of course "Magic and Sword" at the school. On this blog, you will find Boardgames reviews, strategies, unboxings, and session reports.
The Boardgames Chronicle
6d ago
About game: Burning Banners: Rage of the Witch Queen is a great fantasy-themed wargame, for two to six players, set in illustrious world of Khalar. It is really fast playing and intuitive, and features a whopping twenty-nine scenarios, of various size, length and complexity. They range from short campaigns with two kingdoms and one map, to ..read more
The Boardgames Chronicle
1w ago
While I am first and foremost interested in conflict, political and historical types of boardgames, I like to play an economy themed game form time to time. And what would be a better title than one of the famous 18XX’s? I am slowly but steadily familiarizing myself with that genre, starting for example with 18MS (Mississippi) and 18Chesapeake. Now ..read more
The Boardgames Chronicle
1w ago
300: Earth & Water is a wargame for two players beautifully published by Nuts! Publishing. One player controls the Greeks, gathered around the Athenians, and the other controls the Persians, fighting for the hegemony of the eastern Mediterranean. Through all five expeditions, each player aims to control more cities than their opponent. The game engine is ..read more
The Boardgames Chronicle
2w ago
Always, when I start to draft that particular article, I am getting pretty excited. Who in our hobby does not love info about new and upcoming titles! I am checking my pre-orders, verifying latest newsletters from my favorite publishers and simply looking into the future, trying to predict what great wargames it will bring. At ..read more
The Boardgames Chronicle
2w ago
Traces of Hubris is a two-player game that simulates the German Case Blue (Fall Blau) summer offensive in southern Russia during the second half of 1942. The goal was to “cut off” the Volga at Stalingrad and to capture the Caucasus oil fields. Traces of Hubris & Traces of War Materials:Traces of War - Unboxing & ..read more
The Boardgames Chronicle
2w ago
Thorgal: The Board Game is a cooperative storybook adventure game – pretty common genre recently, very suitable for multi-scenario experience. Players take on the roles of Thorgal, his wife Aaricia, their son Jolan, and Kriss – a deadly female warrior – and go on a series of adventures. The game consists of 10 stand-alone scenarios, each ..read more
The Boardgames Chronicle
3w ago
It is time to continue with the series of articles retrospectively summarizing the year 2024 for The Boardgames Chronicle as well as outlooks for 2025. So what is the plan for today? My fellow content creators oftentimes share the new games they had a chance to play and familiarize with. Thus, taking that great example ..read more
The Boardgames Chronicle
3w ago
With January and the start of a New Year we are also reigniting our storage and sorting solutions project, run together with Cube4Me. After very successful Black Friday, we do not stop and present another batch of new sets for many of your favorites titles. It gives us a great pleasure to create those and ..read more
The Boardgames Chronicle
3w ago
The Other Side of the Hill is a boardgame that simulates the effects that the struggle for power within the German High Command had on the development of the Second World War. That very intriguing title had finished successfully its crowdfunding campaign some time ago and now is being shipped to its backers. Briefly, what it ..read more
The Boardgames Chronicle
1M ago
Welcome to the second post in the series, which will summaries my boardgame 2024 year as well as my plans for 2025. If you would like to see the first article, check this out: The Boardgames Chronicle 2024 most often played games. Following the last years’ example, I am going now to look back at The ..read more