Reviews
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902.1KBlack Sonata: Strange Shadows expansion review – Whence solo you doth played before, new variety can add one more.
What is your substance, whereof are you made, That millions of strange shadows on you tend? Normally we don’t publish full reviews...
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901.5KBlack Sonata review – ABABCDCDEFEFGG…not a cheat code, but a brilliant sonnet.
Many games in the tabletop space have solo modes. Oftentimes they adapt the rules to add in a dummy player, have players...
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902.4KPathfinder 2E Remaster: Monster Core review – Oh, monsters are scared, that’s why they’re monsters.
As you run out of the room with the giant blood monster swiping at your heels, you see the creature that belongs...
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701.4KFactory 42 review — Dwarven dynamics through worker placement and negotiation
Step into the bustling corridors of Factory 42, where you're thrust into the role of overseeing Marxistic dwarves in an industrialized setting...
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801.6KQawale review — Tic-Tac-Yes
Continuing on my quest to play every two player abstract game that Gigamic and partner Hachette Games has to offer, we have...
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701.9KVivarium Review — An ode to discovery
I find that easy to learn, filler games are really important on tabletops these days. Having just come back from a wargaming...
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402.3KGame Envy Exemplar Wet Palette review — Gamerfuel.
Product was not provided by the manufacturer for this review. “For thinning my paints, I use ordinary tap water…. [My] palette is...
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701.6KTribes of the Wind review —Nausicaä of the valley of the windriders
Rebuilding civilization after its collapse has become a popular theme in board games recently, and it makes sense that climate anxiety has...
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651.5KVirtual Revolution review — Servers temporarily offline
Have you ever picked up a weird indie game as part of a humble bundle, gotten around to playing it, and been...
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802.8KUnicorn Overlord Card Game review — An SRPG in card form
I don’t really play board games, card games, or anything tabletop. Not because I’m not interested - I own the starter set...
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852.0KDisney Lorcana: Into the Inklands Starter Decks review — A whole new world
Disney Lorcana is a trading card game from publisher Ravensburger that features everyone's favorite Disney characters. If you are brand new to...
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801.4KWorld Wonders review — More enjoyable than the average tile laying game
I enjoy heavy games. For example, I love to play A Feast For Odin, another tetromino placement game. World Wonders is not...
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955.2KPathfinder 2E Remaster: Player Core review – You’ve got three actions, what are you going to do?
When my late friend, Brian Fitzpatrick - self-proclaimed nerd and all around great guy - invited me to play a role-playing game...
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953.9KPathfinder 2E Remaster: GM Core review – A primer for Pathfinder campaign greatness
The thought of being a game master for a roleplaying group scares me a bit. While I have no problem teaching a...
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953.5KKinfire Delve: Scorn’s Stockade review — A standalone expansion done right
Scorn’s Stockade is the second standalone set in the Kinfire Delve trilogy. We already reviewed the first box, Vainglory’s Grotto, which you...
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901.9KAQUA review— Don’t submerge the tiles, I tried.
Spatial puzzle games have become intrinsic to the hobby. Ever since polyominoes caught fire with Patchwork, NMBR 9, and Feast for Odin,...
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901.9KHorticulture Review — Exploring a Garden’s Delights
Horticulture, designed by Nate & Jake Jenne and published by Last Night Games, is a flip and write game that challenges gamers...
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301.6KSpace Lion: Divide and Conquer review — Give me space, I need to lie down
It's hard to not love Air, Land & Sea and its mobile counterpart, Marvel Snap. Both have expanded upon the 2 player...
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701.6KSomething Wild! review — My first Rummy game
Something Wild! is a small box game from Funko that is reminiscent of a stripped down classic card game with some modern...
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801.6KSea of Plunder review – A friendly game of pirate chess, anyone?
At the 2023 Origins Game Fair, I was able to meet a friendly board game creator named Rusty Lumpkin, owner of Three...
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801.5KCanopy review – Branch out, climb a tree, pet a monkey.
I play a lot of two player games these days. My wife and I are always looking for a good mid-week game...
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654.6KMagic: The Gathering Murders at Karlov Manor review — Is this set just killing time?
Back in December, a set called Khans of Tarkir made its way to Magic: The Gathering Arena. At the time, I thought...
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801.4KDisney Animated review – The world is a carousel of color
In his time making films, Walt Disney did a lot to advance the world of animation. From using technicolor, layered animation cells,...
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752.0KScram! Critters vs. Campers review – Gophers, and otters, and bears! Oh my!
I love it when I get to bring a game to a table and everyone playing has a great time. I also...
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1002.0KArk Nova: Marine Worlds review— Waterworlds
In my opinion, there are three things that a good expansion can do: be a physical game patch to fix some issues...
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801.9KFangs review — Blood for the teeth god
Fangs is Kosmos’ reprint of Shadow Hunters, one of my favorite social deduction games from the olden times that I never got...
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652.0KStarship Captains review — Trar Stek the board game
Sandbox games are a genre I've never hit it off with- I've had enough jobs that amounted to running around and doing...
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701.7KDiceborn Heroes review — A bite sized adventure everyone can enjoy
At the beginning of the rulebook, Diceborn Heroes introduces itself as a cooperative fantasy dice game inspired by “old school JRPGs.” As...
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701.9KInvincible The Dice Game review — A brutal push-your-luck game
Invincible The Dice Game from Skybound and Mantic is a push-your-luck filler game based on the popular Invincible comic by Robert Kirkman....
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851.8KGodsforge Expansions Review — Houses and Dragons
In my initial review of Godsforge, the simultaneous action wizard fight from Atlas Games, I had called the game out for being...
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551.6KPylos review — A Tic-Tac-no
Pylos is another two player abstract game from publisher Gigamic and designed by David Royffe. Players will race to be the first...
