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Join the Order of Warlocks in Warlocks 2: God Slayers
Rise to fame and claim your seat in the Order of Warlocks in Warlocks 2: God Slayers! Warlocks 2: God Slayers, ah yes, a game that at first glance looks like it would be incredibly intuitive and unique. Something that any roleplaying fan…
Chocolatiers — Creating cute chocolate boxes
Chocolatiers is a two to five player tabletop game about creating very beautiful boxes of chocolates. I backed it on Kickstarter a while back and have eagerly waited for the day to come when the box arrived. That day was recently, and it's…
Super Slow Sloths — Don’t win the race.
When it comes to sloths, there is one thing that comes to mind — being slow. Sloths are known for being slow, lazy animals, which isn’t really the best for winning things like races. Running? Being fast? Not taking naps? It’s just not…
Crying Suns: 7 tips to help fix your strategy and win battles
Here's 7 great tips which will turn you from a struggling strategist into a competent commander in tactical roguelite Crying Suns.
Sabotage is a two-button game of ‘procure on site’, against the odds infiltration
If you've been hurting to play as a French Colonel who is so hardcore that he overthrows entire castles of Nazis with almost no effort, despite parachuting in completely naked, look no further than Sabotage. A Ludum Dare 45 entry (Theme:…
Senshi — Martial mastery
Senshi, from Arcane Wonders, is a small box, very low key design from Dan Manfredi. The game centres around the idea that each player is one of the titular Senshi — a trainee monk under study from an ailing master. With the master fading…
Grindstone — Razor Sharp puzzler
Grindstone is a puzzle game where chaining attacks on colored creatures allows you to destroy them to move around the room.
Donut Nab — Fast reflexes needed
Fast reflex games have a very specific audience. People who like living on the edge, waiting for a card to be placed so that they can grab whatever is in the middle of the table. In Donut Nab, that item is three different colored donuts,…
RONE 2e — Tidy boxful of post-apocalyptic aggression
In RONE (Races of a New Era) 2 players face off across a post-apocalyptic landscape in a battle for supremacy. Each player has a hero with unique abilities and they must deploy units, tactics and technologies to bring about a grisly end for…
Potion Punch 2 — It’s nearly cooking
Cooking potions and preparing fish is very much like cooking meals, as such, Potion Punch 2 is a cooking game and one I have enjoyed playing. I’ve played far too many levels, got so many upgrades, a favorite character, and yet at level 40 I…
Man of Medan — is it a ship shape successor to Until Dawn?
Until Dawn was one of the five or six Sony exclusive games that first made me invest in a shiny new PS4. Supermassive Games' blockbusting horror game featured an all-star cast, incredible visuals and, most importantly, a heart pounding…
The Surge 2 — Which way to Undead Burg?
The Surge 2 moves the franchise along with a welcome update in mechanics, engine, design and story. The bugs and issues of the original removed, it’s a great application of the Soulsborne formula but with its own distinctive features.
Sayonara Wild Hearts — Musical Neon Love
Sayonara Wild Hearts has you riding on a fantastical neon highway in the sky as ‘The Fool’, the masked biker persona of a girl whose broken heart has impacted the balance of the entire universe.
Flashpoint: Fire Rescue — Hot under the collar
If you stare into the looking glass back through tabletop history, you’ll spot that we once reviewed Hotshots, a firefighting themed cooperative game from Fireside Games. Hotshots was not the first game to riff on the idea of firefighters…
Checkpoint: The Hearth, Osaka
The Hearth Board Game Bar and Cafe is a small but rich community. We wrote about the experience there in this article.
Pathways/022 — The final ramble
Have you played Dark Souls? I sure have! It’s definitely a video game. It isn’t that the fanbase is toxic (it isn’t) nor that the game is too hard (it isn’t) nor that the game is obtuse (maybe), but people are often quick to ignore the…
7 wonderful games from Steam’s LGBTQ+ Sale
Steam is highlighting a bunch of LGBTQ+ games that are currently on sale, in honour of Coming Out day taking place this month. These games contain LGBTQ+ characters or themes, and we picked out a few different games from the sale to…
Talisman: Legendary Tales — A game of Luck
Talisman: Legendary Tales is aimed at a new, much younger audience and even though it is faster and simpler than the original, it also manages to be way, way smarter. When you mention Talisman to a modern board gamer, you’ll likely get one…
Pack Master — cute and colorful suitcases
Often, the most simple ideas are ones that make for the most fun gameplay. Pack Master, a simplistic yet juicy mobile puzzle game is one such game. In Pack Master, you are tasked with packing various items into a suitcase… and that's…
Northgard — Probably the best RTS to hit Nintendo Switch
With the number of strategy games hitting Nintendo’s incredible Switch platform recently, you’d be forgiven for missing some of the more obscure entries into the market. Shiro Games Northgard is most certainly not to be missed however, and…