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Starting out with a simple pistol, it’s not long before you can pick up more weapons. You can go akimbo at any time with nearly any weapon but you are likely sacrificing accuracy with rifles if you try wielding them in one hand.

In Wartales, an early access release from Shiro Games, the player guides a small mercenary company from humble beginnings to, hopefully, wealth and glory. Procedurally generated quests and turn-based combat blend with set narrative content…

Over the years we've reviewed an absolute mass of board and tabletop games, in fact, we've got over 400 tabletop reviews on the site already. What you might not know is that we've got a penchant for food-themed ones; We've actually reviewed…

It’s been several years since the last large DLC pack for Nicalis’ legendary roguelike, The Binding of Isaac. Nonetheless, our persecuted hero is back for more in The Binding of Isaac: Repentance, which is without doubt one of the biggest…

The Captain’s gone a little space crazy. Firstly changing his name to Toonhead whilst converting a TV screen into a space helmet as part of his ensemble. Turning his weakness to strength, Toonhead creates his own weapons and contraptions to…

After having a bizarre murder-cow infested dream that acts as a tutorial, you wake up in your apartment with a guide to working at the titular Happy’s Humble Burger Farm, your new source of employment. You’re instructed to pick up a…

A tsunami destroyed your home and submerged all land far beyond where the eye can see; There's only one choice, you and your buddies must search for land — as Trash Sailors — and survive off the debris from before. Cooperative games come in…

Ground Shatter’s new roguelike deck-builder, Fights in Tight Spaces, is a deep and rewarding strategic experience, but it can also be pretty tricky. Below are some tips to help newer players plan, both for the long-term and for…

It must be tough to take an IP as popular as former Spiel Des Jahre 2017 winner Kingdomino and expand on it without spoiling a working formula, but Bruno Cathala and friends seem to keep managing it. First we had the roll-and-write…

2021 has been another wild year, with the world still mostly on fire and everything being terrible. But you know what hasn’t been terrible? Some of the games I’ve managed to play during the last 12 months. Whilst I haven’t played as much in…

Does Alan Wake Remastered count? Maybe not. If it does, it's that. >So... 2021 huh. Let's leave it at that for a yearly recap. We all know it sucked. Will next year be better... I'm not willing to tempt fate. At least, as ever, media…

Aeterna Noctis sees the Queen of Light and the King of Darkness in an eternal strife for power over Aeterna.

I have to admit that when I first saw the previous World of Warcraft branded take on a thematic board game (Small World of Warcraft) I was pretty dubious. Somehow though, the Warcraft theme really enhanced the base game and I really enjoyed…

Zillionaires on Mars reminded all of us of Monopoly — specifically the auction phase in Monopoly, where you’d auction to purchase properties. I did not really play much like it beyond that though, instead taking notes from Bingo. Regardless…

Transient is one of those games that, on paper, that I should love. It’s an old-style adventure game; along the lines of Myst. You explore, poke around areas, and solve puzzles. It’s a synthesis of Lovecraft and Cyberpunk, both narratively…

In the years since classic, fixed-camera survival horror games like Alone in the Dark and Resident Evil were popular, there have been many attempts to capture the same “essence” almost all of which have failed. Tormented Souls, however,…

A long time ago (2002) in a galaxy far, far away (when Milton Bradley were still a trading brand) there was a game called Star Wars: Epic Duels. In this game, iconic heroes from the Star Wars universe did battle using cards and dice. For…

Long after society as we know it has ended, people start to appear from the world below. Unexpectedly it's been really unremarkable down there, and nature has done a great job of healing. Before We Leave is a city/colony building game that…

In Steamopolis, players compete for the title of mayor of the titular steampunk town by building the best steamship, flying supportive banners and visiting the various factories in the city. It’s not exactly clear why much of this equates…

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