Kobayakawa Review – One card, five stars?

It's a cliché to say it, but Kobayakawa is much greater than the sum of its parts.
Short games

It's a cliché to say it, but Kobayakawa is much greater than the sum of its parts.

Tally up is great, and for around £15 it's really a question of why shouldn't you buy it?

A beautifully made game in the same vein as Azul, but maybe not enough there for fans of meatier games.

My battered old copy of Citadels still gets played, and it will continue to for years to come.

If you grew up with the Labyrinth movie with its 'guards on the door' puzzle, or more recently the video game Blue Price with its chest-opening puzzles, then you know what to expect.

Another superb Japanese card game with great components, an easy teach, and Sai Beppu's beautiful artwork throughout

Rumble Nation is cheap, the box is small, it's easy to learn, and it's quick. It's also absolutely brilliant. Keep your eyes open for a copy.

Railway Porters is a change of mechanism with the handfuls of dice being thrown, but it still retains their signature feel throughout.

Symbiosis is a charming, really well-designed card game that packs a lot of fun into a short playtime.

Saying things like "Village, Market, Village, Village, Smithy, and I now have 10 to spend" never gets old.

Knitting Circle is still a fantastic puzzle that fans of games like Calico, Azul, and River Valley Glassworks will really enjoy

Celeste can't sit with her back to the window, and Grandpa smells. So how do you arrange the seating so that everyone is happy? Saashi & Saashi have taken the concept with The Great Evening Banquet and turned it into a game