Category Reviews

Carnuta Review – My new favourite tableau-builder

I picked Carnuta up on Friday evening. It's now Monday afternoon, and I've honestly lost count of how many plays I've racked up.

"Unnecessary, slightly too sensual, but glorious all the same."

If you played Stone Age and loved the theme, or wished there was a bit more to the game, then Doggerland was basically made for you.

Choosing what happens in your story is at the core of Fighting Fantasy, so seeing it preserved in the game is wonderful.

Terrorscape is an in-your-face, brash, box of cat-and-mouse nonsense of the very best kind.

Point Galaxy is absolutely slathered with the Point game jam that Shawn, Molly, and Robert cook up in the Flatout Games kitchen.

Roller Disco is a ladder-climbing shedding game with a strong sense of style, unlike pretty much every other game with similar DNA.

Sanctuary is lighter than Ark Nova, but still enough to get your teeth stuck into, and yes, I believe there's space in your collection for both.

I like Tianxia a lot; it does things you rarely see in modern games.

Ready Set Bet actually has some of that Sackson DNA, but it's implemented very differently.