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.
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.
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
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.
What’s on the menu? Hors d’oeuvres of influence & backstabbing, followed by a main course of skullduggery and shenanigans.
Battalion is a game which masquerades as a wargame, has all the theme and trappings of a war game, but plays more like an asymmetric dueling card game.
It’s a beautiful two-player game that takes less than ten minutes to play and is so simple you wonder why you haven’t played it before, while simultaneously making you wish you had.
Sakana Stack is quick, easy, gorgeous to look at, and a lot of fun. It’ll join the likes of Scout and Tokkuri Taking in my convention bag for some time to come.
Spots has already become a favourite here at home. It’s quick to learn, packs in tons of variety, and it’s stupidly charming.
It’s unadulterated creative stupidity, and I love every second. You’ll utter sentences never before given breath to, and never to be repeated before the inevitable heat death of the universe.
