Cat Chi Cat Review – Tell your cat I said ‘pspspsps’
Cat Chi Cat has a really simple premise which plays out in ten to twenty minutes, and I love the moment when people truly get it
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Come Sail Away Review – Masterful Maritime Mancala
The aim of the game is to fill the different rooms aboard your liner as efficiently as possible, using one of my favourite mechanisms in all of gaming, the humble mancala. With plenty of tactical space to play in, Come Sail Away is excellent. Come aboard, and let me tell you why.
Guessocracy Review – Dicing with democracy
In that fleeting time, those precious three seconds, you have to scan your eyes over the cubic mess in the box and try to figure out two things simultaneously
Bus & Stop Review – Discover the true joy of riding the bus
Skedaddling represents a passenger choosing to get off at an unplanned stop, impulsively. This is the true joy of riding a bus
1 A.M. Jailbreak Review – Tunnel to victory!
Is recreating The Great Escape on your table your dream game? Well, while 1 A.M. Jailbreak may not be the Steve McQueen on a motorbike you expect, it's still a fantastic, clean, card-shedding game you might want to take a look at.
Yubibo Review – Chaotic Party Fun
If I had to describe Yubibo in a sentence, it would be "Midair co-operative Kerplunk Jenga". If your brain is struggling to imagine what that looks like in reality, then I understand. So, let me explain.
Tokaido (and new solo mode) Review
Tokaido is still Tokaido. It was a great, light game thirteen years ago, and it's still a great, light game.
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.
Kronologic: Paris 1920 Review
The designers have built the game on the back of a cool card masking gimmick, helping it deliver a cracking deduction game in half an hour. Think Clue meets The Search for Planet X and you're getting somewhere close.
Courtisans Review
What's on the menu? Hors d'oeuvres of influence & backstabbing, followed by a main course of skullduggery and shenanigans.