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The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era Review

A love letter to the series, in the form of a lavish, rewarding masterpiece of game design, and I cannot wait to play it again. I honestly can’t. I want to dig around in the fantasy sandbox and see what happens next. Just remember what I’ve told you here today. Forewarned is forearmed, adventurer.

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Baycon 2025 Convention Report

With Baycon being in the southwest, and with me living one county over in Cornwall, you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s pretty much automatic for me to attend every year. Shamefully enough, this was my first time attending.

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Galactic Cruise Review

Galactic Cruise is a Joy. It’ll be a tough act for Kinson Key to follow, and I really hope they manage to. Stellar stuff.

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Puzzle Post – The Disappearance

The acid test for me when it comes to these games where you want to feel immersion in a mystery is how realistic the things included seem. The Disappearance nails it.

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Finspan Review

Whether you’re sick of -span games or not, Finspan is here, and you know what? It’s good.

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Rebirth Review

Three years ago I wrote a post about whether Reiner Knizia could stay relevant as a modern designe. I should have known better than to doubt him.

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Spectral Review

Ryan Courtney has put together a cracking deduction game which, despite only taking half an hour to play, delivers a fully-fledged brain-burning experience