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7 Wonders (Second Edition) is an old treasure, brought back to life with spit and polish
Antoine Bauza’s 7 Wonders is — apparently — one of the most awarded and best selling modern board games in circulation. Its city-building gameplay is evocative of the Civilization series of video games, yet its light mechanics and support…
Warhammer 40,000 9th Edition — Changes from 8th to 9th edition
Games Workshop are back, once again, with the ninth edition of Warhammer 40k, the world’s most popular tabletop miniatures game. What has changed between editions and are those changes for the better?
The EPOS | SENNHEISER GSP 602 Gaming Headset is perfect for console gaming
When it comes to working from home — or indeed gaming from home — you’ll want a headset that stripes away all of the other noise around you. Our console sits in the living room, meaning that if you want to play Xbox or Playstation games,…
Against the Moon — Literally fight the moon
The story is bonkers if you leave it at that point. The moon is evil and sends monsters to destroy humanity who have a god that lives in a box, isn’t the most common plot, but as the campaign progresses, new secrets as to the history of…
Order of Battle: Red Storm wraps up the USSR trilogy with a series of carefully orchestrated bangs
Sometimes when a trilogy wraps up there's a feeling of wanting left afterwards. However, unlike in fiction, history tends to wrap up at the highest point of escalation; Wars rarely end with a whisper. Order of Battle's Red Storm expansion…
Hotshot Racing is a pretty radical game dude.
In an attempt to keep the spirit of arcades alive, Developers Sumo Digital and Lucky Mountain games have taken a step back in time with their new arcade racer, Hotshot Racing. Today, it’s near impossible to find a good arcade anymore. I…
Small World of Warcraft is late to the party, but it comes with beer and snacks, so…
Exceptional collaborations come in many forms — gin and tonic, bacon and eggs, Starsky and Hutch, to name just a few. In media such as board and video games however, such collaborations often seem doomed to failure as creative differences…
Top of the Pops The Party Game — Top pick for pop pickers!
Kazoo has you play one of the artist’s songs on a kazoo. This is what makes Top of the Pops: The Party Game significantly different from Blockbuster and it’s really quite funny. Trying to get through the chorus of Wonderwall on “the world’s…
As Far As The Eye is a strategy game about what you take and what you leave
Ultimately, everything which is created must be destroyed, but the stories of each cycle can only persist if you can lead successive generations of Pupils As Far As The Eye in this clever strategy game. I was first drawn to As Far As The…
Gordian Quest — A promising roguelite-RPG that needs to be careful not to fall down the cracks
Gordian Quest is a roguelite, turn-based RPG from Mixed Realms, currently in Steam Early Access. Players control a party of three characters, levelling-up and modifying card-based skill decks to survive encounters with a variety of…
Warhammer 40,000 9th Edition — A review for newcomers
Games Workshop are back, once again, with the ninth edition of Warhammer 40k, the world’s most popular tabletop miniatures game. Players marshall their armies and compete across the blasted battlescapes of the 41st millennium for supremacy…
Binding of Isaac Four Souls is nice nod to the video game
When playing Binding of Isaac Four Souls with a bunch of people who have not actually played the video game that this board game was adapted from, it certainly provided for an interesting experience! I have played a lot of the video game…
GSX 300 is an outstanding external sound card for PC gamers
I was a bit sceptical at first if the GSX 300 is going to be of any use for me, but it turned out to be everything I didn’t even know I wanted.
Necromunda: Underhive Wars — The emperor would be displeased
Having been a fan of the Warhammer IP for many years, any chance I get to try out something set in the grim, dark future of the 41st millennium, I take it. So when I first heard about Necromunda: Underhive Wars, I naturally jumped at the…
Raji — A nostalgic yet refreshing adventure
In short, Raji is a game capable of making you feel like a kid again.
Panzer Corps 2: Axis Operations — Spanish Civil War: the Precursor to WWII
Panzer Corps 2: Axis Operations - Spanish Civil War is the first Panzer Corps 2 DLC in which you play as the Axis side, and from 1936-1939.
Going Under — UNIONIZE
We have all heard horror stories from tech startups. Young workers being overworked and underpaid all on the promise of being “on the edge of innovation”. Going Under is basically about that, but with more smacking monsters across the head.
Tiny Epic Dinosaurs gnashes its teeth at larger worker placement games
Given how obvious the idea is, I’m surprised that it took board game designers so long to adopt the idea of building out a Jurassic Park style dinosaur safari park. Only recently have we seen the likes of Dinosaur Island and Dinogenics…
SpellBreak — Magical Warfare
SpellBreak is a Battle Royale with magic. Now that’s a great elevator pitch. If you have been paying attention the last few years, you’ll see one genre making its way into nearly every facet of gaming: Battle royale. Regardless of whether…
Secret Government allows you to rule the world from the shadows
Secret government puts you at the helm of a secret cabal, set on controlling the world from the shadows, controlling the masses to attain your goals.