Posts By Eric Ace
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708ReviewsSet A Watch – Defend against encroaching creatures with onerous dice placement
Thematically, ‘Set A Watch’ sets the stage fairly well; after a day of adventuring, your party of adventurers survive against the darkness,...
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953ReviewsThe LOOP – Co-op deck building action of trying to close down a time loop
The LOOP is a cooperative deck builder where players take the role of time traveling agents sent to stop a villain from...
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1.3KReviewsMy Little Pony: Adventures in Equestria Deck-Building Game – A Co-op deck builder that is too demanding for kids
My Little Pony: Adventures in Equestria Deck-Building Game is a cooperative deck builder game where players take turns trying to build up...
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1.5KEditorialsBest tabletop games of 2022
2022 was an amazing year for Gaming Trend’s tabletop team: We more than doubled our crew, reviewed more tabletop games than any...
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1.5KReviewsAvatar The Last Airbender: Fire Nation Rising – Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked
Avatar The Last Airbender: Fire Nation Rising is a cooperative game where players build up a team of characters while they try...
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1.2KReviewsStar Scrappers: Orbital – Building a space station one card at a time
Before Terraforming Mars was a huge hit, Jacob Fryxelius had a far more humble game called Space Station that involved taking turns...
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2.2KReviewsMassive Darkness 2 – Lightbringers heading straight into Hell
Massive Darkness 2 is a co-op dungeon crawler for 1 to 6 players. Players pick from different classes of ‘Lightbringers’ that head...
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1.7KReviewsSummoner Wars (Second Edition) review – Two summoners enter a pit…
Summoner Wars (Second Edition) is a 2 player game that is a remake of the previously released game of the same title...
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1.2KReviewsLunar Outpost — Like our moon, it’s a good gateway to bigger and better things
Lunar Outpost is a 2-4 player strategy game where players take on the role of different astronauts in charge of building a...
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1.5KReviewsCartographers Heroes – A map drawing game that ironically needs help to find its core self
For a game about making maps, Cartographer Heroes has some issues finding itself. Sitting down to play, there are some great fantastical...
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1.9KReviewsMystic Vale: Essential Edition review ⏤ A deck building game where you also build each individual card
Mystic Vale: Essential Edition is a 2-4 player game where players slowly modify their deck by modifying their very cards through see-through...
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2.2KReviewsResident Evil 3: Board Game + City of Ruin review ⏤ A survival horror battle between source material and game play
Resident Evil 3 is a 1-4 player campaign style board game based off the PlayStation 1 game, that has players navigate zombie-filled...
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1.9KReviewsEnchanters review– Simple but deep
Enchanters is a 1-4 player game where players will either play competitively or cooperatively to build up their stats on magic items...
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1.4KReviewsWild Space review⏤A tableau builder that is anything but wild
Wild Space is a short 30-minute game with players laying cards down in a tableau very reminiscent of ‘Race for the Galaxy’....
