Chris Hinkes

Kinfire Delve: Vainglory’s Grotto is the first in a series of dungeon delving card games from Incredible Dream Studios. It is set in the same universe as the excellent campaign adventure game Kinfire Chronicles: Night’s Fall. However, it is a much shorter and lighter affair with a single

Aurum is a trick taking game that is easiest to learn if you’ve never played a trick taking game before. Unlike most trick taking games, you have to play a different suit than what has already been played during the current trick. The trump suit is always gold, which

District Noir is a 2 player only filler game, with plays lasting around 15 minutes. Yet, it feels like something more. Art and Theme The art is excellent and matches up with the theme very well. I really like the dark style, and yet the color splashed in the different

This review is based on an entire playthrough of Kinfire Chronicles, including every quest and side-quest, except for one that I did not unlock. I played with two characters, Khor and Valora. There will be no specific spoilers, but I will discuss mechanics that are introduced throughout the game. A

Snap Ships Tactics cannot be properly reviewed as a whole product without first going into the details of its three component parts: the toy, the game, and the metagame. The Toy Snap Ships have existed before there was ever any tactics. If all you want to do is collect and

The Midnight Queen is dead. Players will have to use strength, cunning, and diplomacy in order to make sure that their princess is the one to take the throne. Queen by Midnight is a deck building game with a heavy emphasis on asymmetric characters and combat. There are two resources

Robot Quest Arena combines deck building with tactical arena combat. Matches can either be free for all or teams, with the goal being to have the most victory points after a certain number of robot deaths. Victory points are primarily earned through dealing damage to opponents. Players use energy that

Tesseract is a cooperative puzzle game. An alien cube has appeared in the sky and begun collapsing in on itself rapidly. As humanity’s top scientists, you must solve the mystery of the cube before it collapses completely, taking our planet with it! While Tesseract can be played solo by