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Ninety Nine – One More Card or Time to Score?
At first glance, Ninety Nine looks very straightforward. You build rows of cards, you score points, and you race to 99. That’s really it. But once you actually sit down…
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Raptor Race – So… Who Are You Really Cheering For?
Raptor Race looks like a simple dinosaur race at first glance. Five raptors, one finish line, fastest one wins. But let’s face it, that’s not really what you’re doing here.…
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Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay – Sailing Ahead and Hoping for the Best
Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay puts you in a pirate archipelago full of islands, ports, monsters, and places you probably shouldn’t dock at without a plan. You play as a pirate…
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Jolly Christmas – Because One Christmas Tree Just Isn’t Enough
It’s that time of year again when half the country is pulling tangled lights out of a box and pretending it’s all part of the fun. Honestly, we all know…
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Tag Team – Reading the Fight Before It Happens
Tag Team is a two-player competitive game that mixes ideas from auto battlers and deckbuilding, but does it in a way that feels a bit different once you actually sit…
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Oddland – Where Curious Creatures Look For A Spot To Settle
Oddland is a map-building game where everyone slowly creates one shared landscape and tries to sneak their own strange creatures into the best spots. You place cards with bits of…
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Bomb5 – A Bit of Counting, A Bit of Exploding
Bomb5 is a tile-laying game where you’re messing around with numbers, flipping tiles, and trying to sneak your cups onto a shared grid before everyone else catches on. It looks…
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Pinched! – A Night in the Life of a Wanna-Be Master Thief
In Pinched! you play a bunch of burglars who try to slip into fancy manors, grab whatever valuables they can, and sell them off before the others catch on. It’s…
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Wispwood – When Your Own Forest Gets in the Way
Wispwood is one of those games that looks gentle at first glance, with these glowing little forest spirits drifting around, but once you start playing you realise it quietly asks…
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7 Wonders Dice – Not the Same, Not New Either
With 7 Wonders Dice, Antoine Bauza takes one of the most well-known civilization games and squeezes it into a roll-and-write. No cards, no drafting, just dice, pencils, and a city…
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River Valley Glassworks – Flowing Glass and Puzzly Little Decisions
At first glance, River Valley Glassworks looks calm and friendly. There’s a river, some woodland animals, and bright pieces of glass drifting along. It feels relaxed, almost cozy. But once…
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Recall – Well, I’m On These Paths Now
Recall starts with your tribe standing among the remains of older cultures. From there, it’s about exploring outward, developing your options, and planning for the long game. As you play,…
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Linyo – Drawing Yourself into Corners
Roll-and-write games feel pretty settled these days, I guess. You roll some dice, everyone looks at the same result, and then each player quietly works things out on their own…
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Pondscape – Keeping Some Very Demanding Frogs Happy
In Pondscape, you’re not saving the planet or designing some grand wildlife reserve. You’re just building a small pond. That’s it. And honestly, that already tells you a lot about…
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Sanctuary – The Little Ark Nova We Didn’t Know We Needed?
Sanctuary: An Ark Nova Game is a standalone title that picks up the familiar way of choosing actions and the animal-focused engine-building from Ark Nova, but puts it into a…
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Garden Lake – Koi, Lilies, and A Board Full Of “Hmm… No, Not There Either”
Garden Lake is a tile-laying puzzle game where you try to build the nicest little water garden you can. The theme says you’re taking part in something called the Water…
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The White Castle Duel – When Two Clans Won’t Share the Castle
If you’ve played the original The White Castle, you’ll recognise the setting right away. We’re back around Himeji Castle during Japan’s Nanban Period, when Portuguese traders and Jesuit missionaries suddenly…
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Map Masters – A Crunchy Little Dungeon Walk
Map Masters is one of those games that looks cute and harmless at first. You set it up, see the bright artwork, and you think you’re in for a casual…
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Dragonarium – Our Little Dragon Architecture Project
In Dragonarium you step into the role of a hatchery official trying to earn the grand title of minister of the imperial hatchery. Sounds fancy, right? The idea is that…
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Aquatica: Duellum – Two Factions Taking a Dip
Two-player games have really become their own thing lately. You see them everywhere. And honestly, I get why. Sometimes you just want something you can play with one other person,…
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Covenant – Plenty to Do, Not Enough Dwarves
In Covenant, you step into the muddy boots of a dwarven clan trying to reclaim their old mountain home, Karrak Sur Kazar. It’s been overrun for far too long, and…
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Emberheart – Rescuing Dragons While Trying Not to Burn Out
On the island of Emberheart, dragons still soar across the skies like living fireworks. Beautiful, powerful and, unfortunately, very much in danger. Long ago humans and dragons lived peacefully together,…
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Orbita – A Duel That Doesn’t Let You Fix Your Hand
Orbita is a small two-player game where you and your opponent watch four planets drift around a circular track while trying to play cards from a hand you’re not allowed…
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Clickety Clack – A Roll-and-Write That Clicks… Most of the Time
Some games try to impress you with huge boards or artwork that looks ready for a museum wall. Clickety Clack… well, it really doesn’t. And honestly, I didn’t expect that…
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