Yokai Pagoda Review – Creature feature
Yokai Pagoda gives you a couple of basic decisions to make at all times, but the spell it conjures in its little ludo cauldron are powerful.
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Decko Review – Upping the ante with deck-builders
You get the feel of that Balatro-ish hand-warping craziness, but without having to count past a million.
Ryugu Preview – Everything’s better down where it’s wetter
An early prototype of Ryugu was kindly provided by 14Games. All artwork and rules are subject to change. Thoughts & opinions are my own. Ryugu The Fleeting Paradise, to give it its full name, is a clean, colourful new worker-placement…
Chicago & Northwestern Review – Express trains
Chicago & Northwestern is the distilled spirit of cube rails. It’s mainline meanness moonshine, and it’s pretty awesome.
Zenith Review – A planetary tug-of-war for two
Zenith is a tableau-building game with multi-use cards, tracks to climb, and five fronts to compete on, a la Lost Cities. If that sentence doesn't get your heart racing, you must be dead inside.
Last Week of Summer Review – Radical retrowave?
For me, it's probably a little too light and disjointed, but if you've got a group who like lighter games, I think you'll have a killer time, dudes & dudettes.
Excursions Preview – Got space for a little one?
Within 90 minutes, you've had a really engaging, fast-paced, enjoyable game. It doesn't feel like you're making do. It's not like when you go, "Oh, we're six? Better dig out 7 Wonders again
Snow Planner Review – Off-piste worker-placement fun
Snow Planner takes the concept of a dice-as-workers game, layers on a lovely theme, and delivers a really solid Japanese import special.
Here Lies Review – The game is afoot
I went into Here Lies with no preconceptions and with barely any idea what the game was about, and came away both surprised and delighted.
Greylune Review – Let’s set the story straight
The little box makes it feel like it's going to be something smaller and lighter, but there's a thick, juicy game here.
Salamandra Review – Worthy of worship?
Call it a toy, call it a gimmick, call it a quality-of-life improvement, call it what you want, but the sucker dart in the Salamandra box is genius.
Kobayakawa Review – One card, five stars?
It's a cliché to say it, but Kobayakawa is much greater than the sum of its parts.