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Sneaky – One More Roll, What Could Go Wrong
In Sneaky, you’re rolling dice to catch bandits from the center of the table… or from each other. That’s really the whole idea. You look at what’s available, roll your…
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Postcards – Pack Your Bags, We’re Going to France
Postcards is one of those games that puts you on a bike and sends you across France. No rush, no pressure, just moving from place to place and picking up…
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Gangs of Kyoto – Cats Testing Their Limits
In Gangs of Kyoto, you’re cats. Not heroes, not warriors, just cats doing what cats do best… wandering off when they probably shouldn’t. You head into the streets of Kyoto,…
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Pilgrims: Curious Adventures – Building Something, Then Letting It Go
In Pilgrims: Curious Adventures, you don’t really set out with a big plan. You just… start walking. You pick things up, meet strange characters, and somehow end up with a…
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Quando – Knowing When to Knock
Quando is one of those games that looks very simple at first. A small deck of cards, numbers from 0 to 10. You get a hand of cards, play a…
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Theocratia – Managing Civilizations From the Clouds
In Theocratia, players take on the role of powerful alien beings watching a distant world from somewhere far beyond the stars. And if you have all the time in the…
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Strato – Trying to Control the Weather
Strato is mainly a solo puzzle game, although the box also includes a cooperative multiplayer option. In the game you’re basically managing a small weather system where clouds, wind, rain,…
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Unmatched: Lee vs Ali – Two Legends Enter the Arena
The Unmatched series has been around for a while now, and at this point it’s pretty safe to say it’s one of the more popular skirmish systems in board games.…
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Verso – Two Sides to Every Card
Verso is a small card game about building little landscapes of land, sea, and sky. Sounds peaceful, right? Well… sort of. The catch is that every card has two sides,…
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River Woods – City Dogs Discover Country Life
There are a lot of board games these days. I mean… more than anyone can realistically keep up with. Every month something new appears with big artwork and promises of…
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Apex Carnivore – A Small Deckbuilder About Survival
Nature can be rough. Animals adapt, species change, and sometimes things just disappear because they were not strong enough. Apex Carnivore takes that idea and turns it into a small…
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Sibille – Majority Battles And Mind Games
When I first heard about Sibille, I expected something very thematic and maybe a bit fluffy. Tarot cards, fortune tellers, Enlightenment salons… it sounded like one of those games where…
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12 Rivers – More Than a Pretty Mountain Backdrop
In this game you’re leading a tribe exploring twelve rivers that flow down from a mountain lake. Pearls sit at the top behind a floodgate, and once it’s removed, they…
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Aspens – A Two-Player Forest Duel
When I first put Aspens on the table, I honestly thought, okay, this looks nice. Forest colours, warm yellows and greens, chunky wooden trees. It feels like something you’d play…
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Age of Bitcoin – Speculation Around The Table
In 1971 the world left the gold standard. Since then money has felt a bit… abstract. Inflation creeps up, markets go up and down, and most of us just try…
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Celestia – Push Your Luck in the Clouds
In Celestia, you climb into a wooden flying machine and head off toward floating cities full of treasure. It sounds heroic. It feels heroic. And then the captain rolls the…
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Emblems – Coins Over Crowns
The king is dead. No heir. Five families suddenly looking at the throne like it’s been left unattended for just a second too long. That’s the situation in Emblems. And…
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Hot Heads – Flying High, But Not Too High
There’s something funny about hot air balloon racing. It looks peaceful. Blue skies, colorful balloons, everyone floating around. But in Hot Heads, it really isn’t like that. You’re all trying…
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Perch: Birds of Play – Small Modules, Noticeable Impact
Birds of Play is a modular expansion for Perch. What you get are three small add-ons that you can use separately or all together. Think of it as the same…
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Inferno 1348 – So… Florence Has Rats Now
If you already thought Inferno was intense, well… it can get worse. In a good way. Or at least in a way that makes you sit up a bit straighter.…
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Sensu – Folding Fans & Finding Fifteen
In Sensu, you’re basically trying to make 15. That’s it. That’s the hook. It’s dressed up in beautiful folding fan artwork inspired by traditional Japanese design, but once you sit…
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Snorkeling – A Card Game About Staying Underwater
I’ll be honest, when I first saw Snorkeling, I expected something very light and maybe a bit forgettable. Cute fish, bright colours, small box. You know the type. But after…
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Perch – Not Quite as Peaceful as It Looks
Don’t let the cosy farm setting fool you. Perch looks like something you’d play on a quiet Sunday with tea and biscuits. I mean, it has trees, nests, little birds.…
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Ichor – A Knizia Duel on Mount Olympus
When you see Reiner Knizia’s name on a small two-player abstract, you probably already have a picture in your head. Clean rules, tight decisions, and a game that looks simple……
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