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Moddervarkens: Schoonheidswedstrijd – The Beauty Pig Expansion
Farmer Bert has clearly accepted that his pigs are never going to behave like respectable farm animals. Right before the big village beauty contest, they once again decide to throw…
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Tanbo – Harvesting in Circles
When we first saw Tanbo, we thought it was going to be one of those small farming games you play while relaxing with a cup of tea. Cute rice paddies,…
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Strategeti – An Abstract Battle with Animal Instincts
When we first saw Strategeti, we expected something pretty light. Animal miniatures, warm colours, Serengeti theme… you kind of assume it’s going to be a relaxed family strategy game where…
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SHUG – A Social Fantasy Adventure Full of Strange Encounters
There are games where you sit there planning five turns ahead and trying to optimise every little move. Shug really doesn’t care much about that. This is a game where…
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Coloro – Chasing Colors Across a Shrinking Grid
Coloro is one of those games that looks a lot softer than it actually is. You see the colorful wooden pieces, the little origami symbols, the clean layout on the…
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Night Soil – A Dirty Job, but Somebody Has to Do It
Board games keep getting stranger, and I kind of love that. We’ve reached a point where games are no longer afraid to explore really odd themes, and sometimes those end…
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Forest Shuffle – More Than a Relaxing Nature Game
Nature games have become really popular lately, and I get why. There is something nice about sitting around a table building forests, planting trees, and pretending we are all peaceful…
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Burnout – Surviving Office Life
I think most of us have had at least one job that slowly drained the life out of us. Endless meetings, strange management decisions, somebody replying “per my last email”…
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Moddervarkens (Drecksau / Dirty Pig) – Keeping Your Pigs Dirty
In Moddervarkens, every pig just wants one thing in life: mud. Your job is to make sure all your pigs end up filthy before the other players manage to do…
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Card Trip Europe – Drafting a Road Trip Across Europe
There’s something fun about games that immediately make you think about travelling. Not in the big “quit your job and backpack across Europe” kind of way, but more like scrolling…
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Maestro – A Heavy Eurogame About Artistic Rivalry
Renaissance Italy must have been exhausting. Every city wanted to prove it was richer, more cultured, more important than the next one. Art was everywhere, but not in the museum…
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Wingspan – A Look at the Fan Art Pack
Most expansions try to give you more stuff to manage. More rules, more boards, more tokens you’ll forget the purpose of halfway through the first game. The Wingspan Fan Art…
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Toy Battle – Toy Armies Fight for Control
Few things work better in board games than the simple idea of toys coming to life and fighting each other. It instantly makes people curious. In Toy Battle, pirate monkeys,…
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Little Soldiers – Tiny Plastic Wars on Your Table
There’s something weirdly nostalgic about little plastic army men. Almost everyone has probably used them at some point. Under the sofa, on the windowsill, behind books, fighting battles that made…
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Emberleaf – A Forest Full of Small Decisions
In Emberleaf, you take on the role of an Emberling, one of the small creatures trying to rebuild their forest home. The idea is quite simple. You explore different clearings,…
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Star Wars: Battle of Hoth – Fighting for Position in the Snow
Hoth is not exactly a cozy place. It’s cold, it’s messy, and everything is trying to shoot at you. In Star Wars: Battle of Hoth, you’re dropped right into that…
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Cup the Crab! – Build It Up, Then Watch It Go
Cup the Crab! is a small card game about building stacks together… and hoping no one grabs them before you do. It looks light, a bit silly even. You’ve got…
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Captain Flip: Isla Bomba – Fresh Boards for Familiar Waters
If you’ve played Captain Flip a few times, you probably already know the feeling. Quick turns, a bit of luck, a bit of “why did I flip that tile”… and…
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Eye 2 Eye Duel – Keep Your Eyes Up While You Play Your Cards
I’ll be honest, this is one of those games that sounds simple… and then feels a bit unusual the moment you actually play it. Eye 2 Eye Duel is a…
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Gatsby – A Duel of Connections and Control
Long Island, early 1920s. Jazz in the background, people pretending they’re not watching each other, and everyone trying just a bit too hard to look important. That’s the vibe Gatsby…
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Gazebo – Reiner Knizia Builds a Garden, Then Lets You Fight Over It
Reiner Knizia again. You kind of have an idea of what you’re getting… but I was still curious how this one would feel. It looks like a calm little garden…
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Slime Artist – Turning Blobs into Masterpieces
Most party games ask you to draw, guess, or explain. Slime Artist does something a bit weirder… in a good way. The idea is that you’re a tiny slime that…
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Astraios: Starlight – Building Constellations Together
In Astraios: Starlight, the stars are just gone. Completely. And without them, the world is left in darkness. The game puts you in the role of children chosen by Astraios,…
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Underwater Cities: Data Era – Not A Big Change, But A Noticeable One
So… remember when building cities under the sea already felt like a lot to manage? Yeah, now we’re adding data to that mix. In Underwater Cities, humanity has already moved…
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