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Yokai Pagoda Review – Creature feature
Yokai Pagoda gives you a couple of basic decisions to make at all times, but the… read more
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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… read more
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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 game from 14Games, the studio that brought us Snow Planner (read my review of that… Read more
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Chicago & Northwestern Review – Express trains
Chicago & Northwestern is the distilled spirit of cube rails. It’s mainline meanness moonshine, and it’s pretty awesome. Read more
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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. Read more
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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. Read more
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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 “. Excursions doesn’t feel like a compromise. Read more
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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. Read more
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