Tile placement games are about putting down tiles so they connect or block in clever ways, usually earning you points or triggering little effects as the board grows. They can be calming or maddening, part puzzle, part chaos, but there’s real satisfaction in watching something take form, one tile at a time.
Some examples of tile placement are Captain Flip , Fathom and Carcassonne.
Kalypso – Building a Home from Whatever Floats By
The seas have risen, most of the old world is underwater, and what remains of civilisation is now floating around in pieces. In Kalypso, powerful vortexes bring salvage back to the surface: wood, metal, rubber, seaweed, plastic and whatever else…
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Night at the Zoo – Getting Home Is the Hard Part
The zoo is closed, the visitors have gone home, and apparently that was the perfect moment for some of the animals to sneak out. Now they need to get back before the zookeepers notice. In Night at the Zoo, we…
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Peranakan – A Mosaic Everyone Wants a Piece Of
Peranakan: Tiles and Tactics is a tile-laying game inspired by Chinese Peranakan culture, which developed through the blending of Chinese traditions with those of the Malay-Indonesian archipelago. Designed and illustrated by Eugene Lim in Singapore, it focuses mainly on decorative…
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Pura Vida – A Park With Directions
“Pura Vida” means “pure life”, and in Costa Rica the phrase is closely connected to the country’s way of life and relationship with nature. That makes it a fitting name for a game filled with rainforests, mangroves, volcanoes, savannahs and…
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Sandcastles – A Little Competition at the Beach
Going to the beach and building a sandcastle is usually a fairly relaxed activity. In Sandcastles, apparently somebody decided we needed to turn that into a competition as well. The game has everyone building their own castle from square tiles,…
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Tolleno – Every Canal Leads to Another Decision
Some board games are easy to understand after watching a single turn. Tolleno isn’t really one of them. It looks straightforward enough. Place a tile, build a few houses, score some points. Then you realise almost every action affects what…
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Under the Leaves – Making Every Tile Count
If you’ve ever stopped to look a little closer at a garden, you’ll know there’s far more going on than flowers and grass. Under the Leaves takes that idea and turns it into a tile-laying game where you’re creating a…
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Tatsumi – More Puzzle Than Dragon
The islands of Tatsumi have fallen out of balance. Elemental rifts have appeared across the land, and the people are relying on their guardian dragons, known as Tatsu, to put things right. You’ll fly across the surrounding sea, gather rings…
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Pinkuins – Keeping the Band Together
A group of penguins is about to play the biggest concert of their lives. The audience is ready, the instruments are waiting, and somehow you’ve ended up as the stage manager. In Pinkuins, players collect tiles and place them on…
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Bunny Kingdom Town – More Than Just Bunny Kingdom for Two
When I first heard about Bunny Kingdom Town, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. The original Bunny Kingdom is a game about expanding across a large kingdom, claiming territories, and building fiefs. This one goes in a different direction.…
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