SOS' Gameviews

That is, Steffan O'Sullivan's View of Certain Games ...

This page established in 1994 and last updated June 1, 2005

This page is pretty much obsolete ...

... Sorry about that. You can find my boardgame reviews now at Boardgamegeek.com, and my RPG reviews at RPGgeek.com. I recommend you go there rather than poke around here.

Latest Articles (Most recent first - other sections are alphabetical)
Articles on Multiplayer Board/Card Games
Articles on Two-Player Board/Card Games (separated out: War Games)
Articles on Miniatures Games
Articles on RPGs ... (or go directly to the Fudge Page)
Articles on Special Games and a Gaming Aid
Other Articles:
- Links to other Game Sites
- Where to Buy European Games or Out-of-Print Games (or rules or parts for them)
- An explanation of the gaming term, "Bowb"
- My Favorite Games (last updated June 21, 2000)
- Computer Games I Play [You'll be disappointed]
- EconoCon - my local gaming convention, every April

Latest Articles

Reviews and articles added irregularly, definitely not frequently. Apologies. Check back occasionally.

Note: Date article was written or last updated is given as [YYYY.MM.DD]

The State of the Website or why I haven't written any articles in years [blah blah 2005.06.01]
Wooden Block Games [board games - added latest wooden block games 2005.05.31]

Games by Type

Multiplayer Board/Card Games

(Primarily - but many are good with two players)
[Games are rated as "lighter," "Middling," or "More Intense"]

À la Carte (including Recipe translations) ... lighter
Abduction (with variant) ... lighter
Adel Verpflichtet ... Middling
Age of Arguments (with official errata) ... Middling
Aladdin's Dragons ... Middling
American Megafauna (with variant) ... More Intense
Anno 1452 [not yet a review, just possible fixes] ... More Intense
Auweier ... Middling
Backpacks and Blisters ... lighter
Basari (with two-player variant) ... Middling
Beat the Buzzard ... lighter
Blue Chip ... lighter
Buccaneer ... lighter
By Hook or Crook ... Middling
Carabande ... lighter
Cartagena ... lighter
Cat's Mansion (Variant) ... lighter
Citadelles (Ohne Furcht und Adel) ... lighter
Dark Cults (with multiplayer variant) ... lighter, er, I mean darker, um ... oh, you know
Detroit-Cleveland : Grand Prix (with variants: a three-lap race & Switch Card options) ... Middling
Dino Hunt (Educational Uses) ... lighter
D'r Af ... lighter
Dragon Delta ... lighter
El Grande ... More Intense
Encounters (with House Rules) ... lighter
Entdecker (with how to play Old Entdecker rules with a New Entdecker game) ... Middling
Euphrat & Tigris ... More Intense
The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen ... Middling
Fair Means or Foul ... Middling
Fair Play ... lighter
Flickwerk ... lighter
Flinke Pinke ... Middling
Fluxx (with attempted fix) ... lighter
For Sale ... lighter
Freight Train (Mayfair) ... More Intense
Die Fürsten von Florenz (The Princes of Florence) ... More Intense
Galaxy The Dark Ages ... More Intense
Die Glücksritter (not a review, just a description and variant) ... lighter
Goldener Drache ... lighter
Golem ... lighter
Golf: The Perfect Game ... lighter
Groo: The Game ... lighter
Guillotine (with house rule) ... lighter
Gunpowder Treason ... lighter
Halali ... lighter
Hare & Tortoise ... Middling
Hearts Variations Checklist ... More Intense
Hellrail ... lighter
Hols der Geier ... lighter
Honeybears ... lighter
Icebergs ... lighter
Igel Ärgern ... lighter
Into the D... C... ... lighter
Iron Horse (Metro) ... Middling
Kardinal & König das Kartenspiel (the Card Game) ... Middling
Kaliko ... More Intense
Kings & Things Counters in English ... More Intense
Labyrinth the Card Game - the Caffeinated and Steroids Variants ... lighter
The Legends of Robin Hood ... lighter
A list of Letter-by-Letter Word Games ... varies
Linie 1 ... More Intense
Lord of the Rings ... lighter
Lords of Creation ... More Intense
Medici ... More Intense
Metro (Iron Horse) ... Middling
Monster Derby ... lighter
Mississippi Queen (Same file in MS-Word format) - Ramming Variant ... lighter
Murphy's Magic Island ... lighter
Mystic War ... Middling
Night of the Ill-Tempered Squirrel ... lighter
Octiles (with Variants) ... More Intense
Ohne Furcht und Adel (Citadelles) ... lighter
Once Upon a Time (with early childhood variant) ... lighter
Orcz (not yet a review - just a rules clarification) ... Middling
Overturn (multiplayer variant) ... Middling
Premiere/Showmanager ... Middling
The Princes of Florence (Die Fürsten von Florenz) ... More Intense
Quacksalbe (Quackery) ... lighter
Rheingold (Highlanders) (including variants) ... More Intense
RoboRally Variants, as played around here ... Middling
Runes ... Middling
San Marco ... More Intense
Super Giant Monster Showdown ... lighter
Showmanager/Premiere ... Middling
Sindbad ... lighter
Space Empires ... Middling
Star Traders ... Middling
Streetcar ... More Intense
Survival of the Witless (with FIX!) ... lighter
Swashbuckler (Yaquinto) ... lighter
Ta Yü ... Middling
Taj Mahal (shorter game variant) ... More Intense
Take It Easy ... lighter
Take Off ... lighter
Tikal ... More Intense
Time Pirates ... Middling
Titan the Arena (with some diagrams AH should have supplied!) ... More Intense
Trade Winds ... lighter
Trias ... Middling
Twilight ... Middling
Ursuppe (Primeval Soup) (with two-player variant) ... More Intense
Ursuppe Expansion: Freshly Spiced ... More Intense
Ursuppe Gene Testing Ground ... More Intense
Wiz War ... Middling
Wongar ... More Intense
Würmeln (including variants and Live Action Würmeln!) ... lighter
Wyatt Earp ... Middling
Zoon Alternate Rules ... lighter
ZooSim ... Middling

Two-Player Board/Card Games

(Primarily - though those marked (*) are also good multiplayer. War games follow the "family strategy" games listed first)

Awale
The Awful Green Things from Outer Space
Ayo
BattleGrid (with added Action cards)
Caesar & Cleopatra
Cartagena
Chase
Checkered Flag (alternate rules)
Chex
Confusion
Dark Cults (with multiplayer variant)
Deep Space Navigator and Star Fighter
Double Morphus
En Garde (Abacus Spiele, not GDW)
GOOTMU
Hera & Zeus
Isi
Jotto
Knightmare Chess (*)
Kosmos Two-Player Games Series
A list of Letter-by-Letter Word Games ... varies
Pursue the Pennant
Rosenkönig
Scoozie
Stealth
Super Giant Monster Showdown
Timeline
Ta Yü (*)
Total Attack Soccer - with house rule

(Those marked (*) are also good multiplayer)

War Games: (See also Miniatures Games, next section)

American Megafauna (with variant)
Ancients
Battle Cry
BattleGrid (with added Action cards)
Blue Max
Columbia Wooden Block Games
Eastern Front Tank Leader - errata from WFTL needed to play EFTL correctly
EastFront
Europe Engulfed
Hammer of the Scots (includes player aid)
Hannibal
The Last Crusade [CCG]
Nieuchess
Up Front
Victory, from Columbia Games
VolgaFront
Wilderness War (Review and expanded player aid chart on troop type differences)

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