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Adventure Mart — Running a magical grocery store
Ever wondered where magical beings get all of their lovely equipment before going on an adventure? Well, Adventure Mart answers that question. Adventure Mart is a bidding and deck-building game with a colorful, yet adorable, look to it.…
Cyberpet Graveyard lets you probe the haunted history of a desktop-pet company
Companies rise and fall. In Cyberpet Graveyard you explore decommissioned cyber pets and find out all about the final days of their creators. Alienmelon's Cyberpet Graveyard is a fun little horror experience which plays out through your…
Robotech: Attack on the SDF 1 — Anime-zing!
There have been many video game spin offs to accompany the Robotech series since it started, but only a few relatively niche board games — until now, that is. Enter Robotech: Attack on the SDF-1. The world of Robotech is synonymous with…
Crazy Platez — Delivering Rochester’s local delicacy
I grew up near Rochester, NY and know about their local delicacy, fittingly called the Garbage Plate. This dish contains your choice of meat over some combination of home fries, french fries, baked beans and/or macaroni salad — basically…
Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists brings town management to alchemy
Would you believe that the Atelier series of role-playing video games from Koei Tecmo Games is celebrating its 20th anniversary? To help mark this event, the latest entry in the series, Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the…
Save the planet and save the cats in action-platformer Catpocalypse Meow.
'Save the kitties! Save the world!' — that's the goal in Catpocalypse Meow, a Saturday morning cartoon style platformer. Catpocalypse Meow, from FraxelGames, truly captures the 90s Cartoon Network style, with colour-coded, kid superheroes…
The Wild Age — The management age
It might not be the wildest age, but it's certainly a relaxing yet challenging age!
Dangerous Driving — Burnt out, or on fire?
Although the Burnout series is a thing of the past, its legacy lives on in Dangerous Driving. Clearly the product of a small but talented studio, this homage to eye-wateringly fast arcade racers of the past is good enough to crash its way…
Sailor Cats — Fishing up supplies, but not fish
Adorable mobile games are now being advertised to me as I thumb through the iOS store pages. I’m a real sucker for something cute, even if it’s just an idle game, and I normally I end up downloading said cute games and playing around with…
Bring life to the world around you by instilling it with the essence of real objects in Moments
A slice of space and five objects are all you have to work with to change the world in Moments. What with all of the tools that are out there to help people create games, it's easier to create games now than it ever has been. However,…
Omicron Protocol — CyMS City
There are no shortage of new games on Kickstarter these days and miniatures games are among the most frequent among them. A recent launch that caught my eye is Omicron Protocol, which is a team based skirmish game that takes place on a hex…
Gladiatores: Blood for Roses — Am I not merciful?
Gladiatores: Blood for Roses is a feature-packed card game that has two to five players competing as gladiatorial schools that must bid for the best fighters, bet on combat in the arena and ultimately, participate in duels to the death.…
Tussie Mussie — The Secret Language of Flowers
With the success of Wingspan, the critically acclaimed board game on birds, Elizabeth Hargrave’s latest foray is into the late Victorian fad of Tussie Mussie; miniature bouquets of flowers given to friends, family, lovers and all in…
How to get more energy in Forager
In Forager, you need food to keep on surviving and thriving within the world. All day, as you work, your energy bar is going down. You can also find yourself being attacked from time to time, lowering your life, which can be refilled by…
Uriel’s Chasm 3: Gelshock is unshockingly weird
Uriel’s Chasm 3: Gelshock is another experimental game by Rail Slave Games. We have been playing it.
Swordcrafters — Cardboard cuts
Swordcrafters is a quick, lightweight game from Adam’s Apple Games, players compete to build actual, physical swords from thick cardboard tiles.
The Gristmill sees you making decisions for the good of your team
I don’t play tactical games often, nor do I play deck building games, but something about The Gristmill really stood out to me. Apart from the grimhand drawn graphics, it is a game which is extremely unforgiving when it comes to the health…
Tiny Ninjas — Battle in a box!
In the high pressure market that is modern board gaming, boxes are becoming ever larger in an effort to grab the attention of ravenous gamers. Even portable or small games are often packaged in enormous, unnecessary packages that hog shelf…
Hightail across Overland…
Don't hang around anywhere too long, dangers lurk everywhere from East Coast to West Coast in Overland...
Operencia: The Stolen Sun — Shining bright
When I first decided that I’d like to review Operencia: The Stolen Sun, I felt confident that I’d be delving into a rote RPG that pieced together nostalgic memories of 1980’s classics that were limited by the hardware of the time and have…