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Scurry Up! – We All Picked the Same Spot, Obviously
Let’s be honest, a game about squirrels running up a tree already has a bit of an advantage. I mean… it’s hard not to like that idea. In Scurry Up!,…
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Snowp – More Than Just Flicking Rings
Snowp is one of those games where you look at the table and think, ok… what exactly is going on here? You’re sliding metal rings across what looks like a…
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Yotei – A Town Builder Where Potatoes Run the Economy
At the foot of Mt. Yotei in Hokkaido, life changes with the seasons. Spring brings wildlife, summer brings food and activity, and winter turns the area into a snowy destination.…
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Zoology – Guess Who’s Who in the Animal Kingdom
Zoology is one of those games that seems easy to understand at first, but once you start playing, it turns into something a bit different than you expected. The idea…
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Duel for Middle-Earth – Allies: Worth Adding?
If you’ve played The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth and thought, “this is already pretty tight… but what if it pushed just a little bit more?”, then Allies…
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OrthoGnomes – A Puzzle That Changes From Every Angle
Let’s start with this: OrthoGnomes looks simple. Small box, a few blocks, a rotating board. I thought, ok, quick abstract, place pieces, make lines, done. Yeah… not quite. It’s a…
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Keer op Keer 3 – Simple Turns, Not Always Simple Decisions
So… you know that feeling when a roll-and-write looks nice and relaxed, and then halfway through you’re staring at your sheet like it personally betrayed you? Yeah, that’s kind of…
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Thebai – Not Just What You Do, But When You Do It
Dark times have fallen upon Thebes, and things are not going well. The old king Oedipus has stepped away from the throne, leaving his sons in charge… which, let’s face…
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Goa – Still Worth Playing After All These Years?
Some games don’t really disappear… they just kind of sit on a shelf somewhere and wait. And then suddenly they’re back again, like nothing happened. Goa feels like that. Now…
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Honey Wall – Building and Protecting Your Hive
Honey Wall looks like a calm little game about bees… and then you play it and realise it’s not that peaceful at all. I mean, you’re building a hive, sure,…
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Ghosts Galore – Building Tracks in a Haunted Mineshaft
Deep underground, in an abandoned mineshaft no one really wants to visit anymore, things haven’t exactly gone quiet… they’ve just gotten a bit strange. Instead of doing typical monster things,…
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Paddy – Growing Terraces and Chasing Majority
Paddy is one of those games that looks very relaxed at first. You see green tiles, little animals, waterfalls… it almost feels like it should come with background music. But…
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Phoenix – A Small Puzzle About a Fire Bird
In Phoenix, you’re helping a small mythical bird come back to life. Not in a big over-the-top way, but slowly, feather by feather. I guess you could say you’re more…
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Epona – Not As Relaxing As It Looks
Running a horse business sounds peaceful, right? Fresh air, green fields, horses doing their thing. Then you sit down with Epona and realise you’re basically juggling staff, money, planning, and…
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Reef Gardens – Not All Dives Go as Planned
Saving coral reefs sounds calm, right? Nice colors, relaxing vibes… yeah, not quite. In Reef Gardens, you’re basically building something beautiful and then letting it go again because you ran…
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Canal Houses – A Small Puzzle of Streets and Windows
Canal Houses is one of those games that immediately pulls you in with how it looks. You’re building a row of narrow houses along a canal, stacking them floor by…
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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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