Even the so-called "tutorial mission" has ominous precursors to the more advanced missions that await. It looks daunting, with a rule book that basically qualifies as a medium-sized magazine. Don't be put off - the mechanic and game play is smooth and easy to get to grips with. I found that learning by doing was the best approach and use the rules as a reference. This game has endless re-play quality with eight different characters and a tonne of cards that will keep you on your toes. It is a great game and I loved it. I am glad that I held out for the second edition and have really enjoyed wiping out masses of zombies.

The production quality is top notch. This is a lot of game for the money. You will need a bigger table. Awesome game!

I had a lot more fun with this than I expected. As a previous review states, it certainly is "Where's Wally" on steroids. So much fine detail and the cases we've done so far were really intriguing and created a real sense of achievement with each successive deduction made.
In short, you have a HUGE black and white map in front of you, and each case (crime) begins with a location that you have to find. From there it's a series of questions that need answers and you check if you're correct by reviewing the grid location of the answer. It's a lot of fun, with a number of twists and "A-ha" moments that I loved. Cases are rated in difficulty from 1 - 5 stars. We've worked up to 3 star cases and loved it. Can't wait to see what makes the hard cases so tough.

An easy to learn and set-up but super hard to master. Sprawlopolis is a compact solo-coop card game that will make your brain sweat. Each one of the 18 cards included offers a different victory conditions making this little game a hugely replayable one. Highly recommended as a filler city-builder, one that you'll be going back to for months and months to come.

Elder Sign is a different take on the Fantasy Flight Cthulhu universe. There’s some familiar faces among the investigator characters and Old Ones, but the mechanic is completely different to your typical Arkham move-and-fight/investigate: this game is pretty much pure dice chucking pattern matching. Use items, spells, clues and abilities to impact the dice results, and try not to go insane or be devoured. This base game follows a loose story of investigating the Arkham museum, but ultimately it’s all about the dice.
Like most of the Fantasy Flight Cthulhu offerings, Elder Sign can be fiendishly hard, until you learn how to best risk-manage the tasks, and use your items to best effect.
100% recommend adding on the Unseen Forces expansion too, for some great extra content and mechanics that fit right in.

Elder Sign is a different take on the Fantasy Flight Cthulhu universe. There’s some familiar faces among the investigator characters and Old Ones, but the mechanic is completely different to your typical Arkham move-and-fight/investigate: this game is pretty much pure dice chucking pattern matching. Use items, spells, clues and abilities to impact the dice results, and try not to go insane or be devoured. This base game follows a loose story of investigating the Arkham museum, but ultimately it’s all about the dice.
Like most of the Fantasy Flight Cthulhu offerings, Elder Sign can be fiendishly hard, until you learn how to best risk-manage the tasks, and use your items to best effect.
100% recommend adding on the Unseen Forces expansion too, for some great extra content and mechanics that fit right in.

A unique time-bending map leads you through 16 cases in this curiously crime-ridden city inhabited by anthropomorphic animal characters. The cases have varying difficulties.

This has become a perfect end-of-gaming-session activity, doing a couple of cases at a time.
Definitely not a ‘game’ as such, more of an ‘activity’. Best with a group of 2-4, to get your heads together to pore over the HUGE, minutely detailed map. Some rather adult themes (murder etc) so be aware of that.

I’ve used coloured game cubes (from Clank!) to mark the locations on the map, very useful and makes it much more visual.

Overall, a wonderfully fun and quirky activity that is a perfect start or end to a game session.

A unique time-bending map leads you through 16 cases in this curiously crime-ridden city inhabited by anthropomorphic animal characters. The cases have varying difficulties.

This has become a perfect end-of-gaming-session activity, doing a couple of cases at a time.
Definitely not a ‘game’ as such, more of an ‘activity’. Best with a group of 2-4, to get your heads together to pore over the HUGE, minutely detailed map. Some rather adult themes (murder etc) so be aware of that.

I’ve used coloured game cubes (from Clank!) to mark the locations on the map, very useful and makes it much more visual.

Overall, a wonderfully fun and quirky activity that is a perfect start or end to a game session.

My kids love it and often want to replay it. The rules are simple and depending on the characters you choose it can be a very fast game. Just ordered the expansion pack.

Best new game I've tried in a while. Don't be fooled by the look, a hex version of Carcassonne you might think. Well, the basic concept is similar, lay tiles and complete your features, but this game brings it to a new dimension. You draw your double sided tiles choosing from 2 piles, and you always have 2 in your hand, which means you are much more in control of your map development. Placing hex tiles is more involving. Many scoring mechanisms means that you can go for different strategies, adding plenty of depth. Bonus points to steal from the opponent, Mountains and Coral reef chains, Caravans and Ships trade routes, Waypoint tokens, and the special Whirlpool/Volcano tile.
My wife and I love it, but mind you it's a brainy game, not an easy domino.

Take a dash of deck building, add a sprinkling of worker placement, a slight squeeze of resource management and then serve with a fresh tech tree on the side. Need a bit more? Flip the board over for a experience ideal for those with more complex tastes and an experience which takes a little longer to digest.

With enough options to give you a different experience each time. This will appeal with a theme familiar to new gamers while having enough complexity to satisfy the more experienced.

Take a dash of deck building, add a sprinkling of worker placement, a slight squeeze of resource management and then serve with a fresh tech tree on the side. Need a bit more? Flip the board over for a experience ideal for those with more complex tastes and an experience which takes a little longer to digest.

With enough options to give you a different experience each time. This will appeal with a theme familiar to new gamers while having enough complexity to satisfy the more experienced.

I managed to get my hands on a copy of the elusive MicroMacro when Hobby Games got their first order in.
It's super easy to learn, interactive, immersive, fun and will get you thinking!
We played the first case and were hooked, did about 6 in the first play but could have happily played through them all!
Definitely recommend playing with others to with this one, easily playable solo but more fun with others!
Get your hands on in it when you can!

Really fun!! This awesome game give you the chance to play as your favorite hero, against all the villains from the marvel universe. Core box is a must, but after that you can expand anyway you feel like.

This awesome game give you the chance to play as your favorite hero, against all the villains from the marvel universe. Core box is a must, but after that you can expand anyway you feel like.