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Puzzle Dungeon — Solitaire with charm to spare
Puzzle Dungeon is a Solitaire-based dungeon crawler, where your hero must slay certain types of monsters to triumph.
Robin Hood and the Merry Men — Criminally fun
Robin Hood and The Merry Men is the third major release from Macedonian publisher Final Frontier Games. In our reviews for their previous titles, Cavern Tavern and Rise to Nobility, we called out the exceptionally high build quality,…
Zombicide: Tactics & Shotguns — Overwhelmed with zombies
I've played the tabletop version of Zombicide before, and it was one that I quite enjoyed when played with the right group of people. You see, as with any game with friendly fire, people can sometimes be jerks. But in Zombicide: Tactics…
Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig — Building with friends
There are so many modern board games these days that it’s hard to play all of them, so why not tackle two at once with Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig? If you’re new to the scene, it can be especially hard to track down some of the…
Battle Brothers’ Beasts and Exploration DLC changes the game from the ground up
The latest DLC for Battle Brothers, Beasts and Exploration, adds even more tests for your mercenary band.
Hand of Fate: Ordeals — Deadly dealings
Hand of Fate: Ordeals is the recently released board game about a video game about a card game. We followed the Kickstarter closely back in 2017 and we’ve recently managed to get our hands on a retail copy. Hand of Fate: Ordeals wisely…
Mucho Taco — Piñatas, resturants, tacos and quests
One moment you're flinging tacos across the screen, then you're switching to your restaurant to collect some of the fallen tacos for a bonus. Then in a flash you're attempting upgrades on the tacos you were making and flinging — there…
Ghost Giant — Feeling Boo
Ghost Giant is a game that greatly encapsulates the willingness to help and tells a story of Louis, a cat who just wants to help his mother.
Magic Mansion — Floor to floor traps
Magic Mansion, a retro-styled arcade platformer, sees you trying to scale a never-ending tower, with traps on every floor. This adorable mobile game challenges you to climb up the tower, taking on each floor with its traps and monsters.…
Kodama (and Kodama Duo) — Spirited away
Kodama (and recent two player standalone/sixth player expansion Kodama Duo) are among the cutest of all the small box card games that I’ve played. What these games lack in size and apparent complexity though, they more than make up for…
Forget the world is on fire — Play Bunnybuns
Bunnybuns puts you in the shoes of a bunny who owns a small bakery and wants to make some dough.
Heaven’s Vault — Words of the past
Even something so seemingly boring as looking at broken pottery and random words from thousands of years ago can be made interesting — and that’s what Inkle’s Heaven’s Vault tries to achieve.
Elevenses — Cutthroat tea time
Having the best tea party out of all of your friends is the aim of the game in Elevenses. Elevenses is a cute yet cut-throat card game which sees you trying to make the best tea party that you can as a 1920s socialite, all before someone…
Outward — To boldly go
What makes Outward unique, however, is that it supports split screen cooperative play and is arguably even more demanding than the games that inspired it. Outward is an ambitious, open world RPG from Nine Dots Studio and publisher Deep…
Wingspan — Soar to greater heights
Ornithologists: prepare your binoculars for the birds of Wingspan.
Feather — Friendly skies
Feather is a beautiful game where you fly around an island as a bird.
Generation Zero — Robot end wars
If you’ve had your fill of zombie-based, post-apocalyptic survival games, but still have room in your heart for the genre then perhaps Generation Zero’s robot based carnage will appeal. Generation Zero is a cooperative online shooter from…
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! — It’s a challenge on Nintendo Switch
When Cook, Serve, Delicious! came out on PC, I was all over it. I played a bunch of the game, getting perfect days, designing a menu that met my taste and generally enjoying creating my own restaurant. When Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! came…
Forum Trajanum — Forum the Emperor!
2018 was a year in which there was not one, but two Stefan Feld games themed around ancient Rome. The first, Carpe Diem, is a relatively straightforward tile drafting and placement game where players act as wealthy Patricians. The second,…
All the Delicate Duplicates — A cerebral trip down memory lane
The reality-bending premise of All the Delicate Duplicates is strong, and even with some errors, it was deeply satisfying to uncover clues in the small but ever-changing environment.