Tabletop Games Blog · August 8, 2026 · 8 min
Borealis: Arctic Expeditions (Saturday Review)
Snow muffled every footstep until the only sounds were distant birds and the steady crunch beneath our boots. The silence stretched in every direction: left to right, ahead and behind, as well as all the way up into the thermosphere. We were far away from anywhere. Yet, we knew we were safe. As the darkness settled all around us, we could finally see it: the Borealis: Arctic Expeditions by Dariusz Mindur from Lucky Duck Games with art by Rodrigo Camilo Alves De Almeida , Kevin Sidharta , Inês Toczyska and Ariadna Żytniewska . Read the full review here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2026/08/08/borealis-arctic-expeditions-saturday-review/ Useful Links Borealis: Arctic Expeditions : https://luckyduckgames.com/global/game/1015-borealis-arctic-expeditions-5905965252578 Rulebook: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/303777/borealis-arctic-expeditions-rulebook Rules video: https://youtu.be/_g0XbOriCW8?si=PIS7_6h34B4lqnCX Lucky Duck Games : https://luckyduckgames.com/global/ BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/448116/borealis-arctic-expeditions Music Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot ( https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/ ) Sound Effects: ZapSplat ( https://www.zapsplat.com/ ) Music: Time moves slower than it should Produced by Sascha Ende Link: https://ende.app/en/song/13750-time-moves-slower-than-it-should Music: The Backrooms Music Vol. 25 Produced by Sascha Ende Link: https://ende.app/en/song/13624-the-backrooms-music-vol-25 Support If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below: Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog Website: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/support/ (Photo courtesy of Lucky Duck Games)