Caravanserai – There Was Definitely a Shorter Route
A caravanserai is probably a decent place to start if you want to make some money. Merchants are everywhere, travellers are passing through with goods to trade, and there always seems to be someone looking for something. In Caravanserai, we’re…
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Machi Koro: Life – Dreams Are Getting Expensive
Ten years after playing Machi Koro with our six-year-old, we’re back at the table with him at sixteen. This time we’re building lives instead of cities, and the dice still have other ideas.
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Kinoko Kombat – An Educated Mushroom Guess
Every year, leaders from across the Mushroom Kingdom gather for a tournament, recruit Kinoko from different factions and try to put together the best team. Being individually strong isn’t everything here. What matters is getting the right group of mushroom…
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Magicats – Why Is Everyone Attacking My Cat?
Every year, the Felinor School of Witchcraft and Wizardry hosts the Great Magic Cat Tournament, where four clans compete to prove who is best at throwing magic around. There are orange tabbies controlling the wind, cats carrying staffs, cats playing…
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ASHES: Blackout Protocol – There’s Still More We Wanted to Do
It’s 1989, and things have gone rather badly. Decades of political conflict have ended in the Great Nuclear War, most of humanity now lives underground, and the surface isn’t exactly somewhere you’d go for a relaxing weekend. The surviving colonies…
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Blancat – How Hard Can Folding a Blanket Be?
You’ve made a set of new blankets for your cats. That sounds like a nice thing to do, but the cats don’t agree. They miss the patterns on their old blankets, and now it’s apparently your job to recreate them…
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Loyalty: Rome – Where Did All My Messengers Go?
Keeping the gods happy was rather important in ancient Rome. In Loyalty: Rome, you’re one of several senators trying to maintain the Pax Deorum, the peace between Rome and its gods. Of course, you’re also trying to become more prestigious…
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Jusayo – I’m Pretty Sure You Have One
In most card games, having useful cards in your hand is a good thing. In Jusayo, we’d often rather make somebody else play theirs. You ask another player for a card, watch what comes out of their hand, and try…
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Terravista – Where Is This Road Going?
Across a sunny patchwork of fields, forests, waterways and rocky ground, roads slowly begin to appear. Some head towards colourful markets, others pass olives, strawberries and oranges, and a few start out looking suspiciously like we had no idea what…
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Opera Magna – Maybe We Should Build the Cathedral
Building a cathedral is complicated. You need marble, wood, metal, glass, skilled workers and, apparently, a very good supply chain. Opera Magna takes us to Renaissance Florence, where each player runs a workshop helping with the construction of the Cathedral…
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