Wendy Howell
During the day my partner and I run our own IT business and work as consultants. In my free time I love to play board games and write which is how Next Level Board games came about! I hope you enjoy.
1st Impression
Game Play First Impression - Cosmoctopus
Cosmocotopus is a game by PaperFort Games and is a game for up to four players where players work to earn tentacles and once any player has collected eight tentacles, they are declared the winner of the game. General Info Number of players we had: 4 Table size needed: Medium
Competitive
Game Play Review: Power Plants
Power Plants is a game published by Kids Table Board Gaming. The premise of the game is for players to take on the role of wizard working to controlling the best field in the garden. To accomplish this, players add patch tiles to the garden and choose between activating that
Competitive
Game Play Review: Casting Shadows
Casting Shadows is a game publisehd by Unstable Games. The premise of the game is for players to play as characters who begin in a base form, but who can later be upgraded to a more powerful shadow form. Character boards are two-sided and shadow forms have unique abilities. Players
Competitive
Game Play Review - Pan Am
Pan Am is a game published by Funko Games. The premise of this game is for players to take on the role of competing airline agencies hoping to expand their routes during the rise of Pan Am, "the world's first truly global airline". Over seven rounds
Competitive
Game Play Review - Dandelions
Dandelions is a game published by Board Game Tables. The premise of this game is for players to take on the roll of dandelions floating in the wind. Players use dice to move their dandelions around the garden tiles. Players score points at the end of the game based on
Cooperative
Game Play Review - Paint the Roses
Paint the Roses, Deluxe Version, is a game published by North Star Games. The premise of this game is for players to cooperatively take on the role of garderners in the Queen of Heart's royal garden. Players, working together, plant shrubs in the garden to help each other
Family
Game Play Review: Winterhaven Woods
Winterhaven Woods is a game published by Featherstone Games. The premise of the game is for players to create the most beneficial woodlands so they can populate them with animals preparing to endure the long winter months ahead. The game end is triggered after three rounds, at which point all
Competitive
Game Play Review - Plunder: A Pirate's Life
Plunder: A Pirate's Life is a game published by Lost Boy Entertainment [https://nextlevelboardgames.com/1/?2J]. The premise of this game is for players to take on the role of pirates searching for treasure and plundering islands and ships to earn plunder points. Plunder points can be
Competitive
Game Play Review - Sushi Go Party!
Sushi Go Party! is a game published by Gamewright [https://nextlevelboardgames.com/1/?2E]. The premise of the game is for players to collect the best sets of sushi cards to score the most points. The game end is triggered at the end of three rounds. After all points have
Cooperative
Game Play Review - Deep Space D6 Armada
Deep Space D6 Armada is a game published by Tau Leader Games. The premise of the game is for players to take on the role of rebel starship commanders fighting against an evil regime known as The Federation. Players, working together, travel through the galaxy to defend enemy ships and
Competitive
Game Play Review - Sushi Go!
Sushi Go! is a game published by Gamewright [https://nextlevelboardgames.com/1/?2E]. The premise of the card game is for players to collect different types of sushi in an effort to gain the most points. After three rounds, the game end is triggered and the player with the most