The best games by Nigel Buckle 🇬🇧👨 2026

Voidfall is a space 4X game dressed as a hard euro. It blends empire building and space combat with tight resource management and almost no luck. Made for experienced strategists, playable solo, cooperatively or competitively under one rule set.

Imperium: Classics is a grand strategy board game that puts you in control of one of history’s greatest civilizations. As the leader of your civilization, you face formidable adversaries and must make pivotal decisions to guide your people through challenges and triumphs. With eight unique civilizations to choose from, each with its own strengths and strategies, the game offers a diverse and asymmetric playing experience. Your choices will determine whether your civilization becomes a dominant empire or fades into obscurity.

Imperium: Legends is a deep and engaging deck-building game that places you in command of one of eight legendary civilizations. Each civilization comes with its unique strengths, strategies, and historical narrative, offering a rich tapestry of gameplay experiences. As a leader, you are tasked with guiding your civilization from its humble beginnings to a dominant global empire through strategic expansion, technological and cultural advancements, and military might.

Star Trek: Captain's Chair is an asymmetric duel card game for one or two players who command iconic captains across the galaxy.

Terrible opponents are advancing against you. Your people are ready to write history. You hold the fate of one of the most storied civilizations in your hands. Constantly threatened by attacks, you must conquer new lands, achieve significant scientific and cultural advancements, and lead your people into the imperial era. Expanding too quickly will cause unrest, while expanding too slowly could reduce your civilization to a mere footnote in history. Competing as one of fourteen radically asymmetric civilizations, you vie to become the most dominant empire the world has ever seen.