The Shelf Goblin: Reviews from a Shared Shelf

Why it surfaced

This is a small personal site with an unusually clear voice: Sleeping Gods is criticized for making players sail back to port too often, while a seven-person Kemet game collides with a kitchen table built for four. The reviews and essays turn ordinary reader-and-player habits into sharply observed local texture.

Seth Donnelly reviews board games and books, then writes personal essays about reading, gaming, work, and the domestic logistics of owning too much stuff.