Category: Boardgaming

Republic of Rome (RoR), soon to be republished by Valley Games, is the one boardgame that invariably always crops up in any discussion about Roman games. In one sense, this is not particularly surprising – it is the classic political game, unique in being both extremely competitive and extremely cooperative,…

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I recently acquired the boardgame Age of Napoleon by Renaud Verlaque, a strategic boardgame over the Napoleonic wars. As such games go, it is pretty unique, allowing you to play the entire conflict in 3 hours of gaming time. One would find it hard to complete a game of classic Risk within that time.

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