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Reviews   -   Apr 24, 2024 My Shelfie review — Don’t be a square, put the squares in the square
My Shelfie review — Don’t be a square, put the squares in the square

As much as my collection has exploded since I started reviewing and didn’t stop buying my own games, there’s been a niche I haven’t quite filled to my satisfaction. I’ve been trying to find a conversation game- something that’s light enough that my family can

Reviews   -   Apr 22, 2024 Black Sonata: Strange Shadows expansion review – Whence solo you doth played before, new variety can add one more.
Black Sonata: Strange Shadows expansion review – Whence solo you doth played before, new variety can add one more.

What is your substance, whereof are you made, That millions of strange shadows on you tend? Normally we don’t publish full reviews of Kickstarters, but this expansion was provided to the team in its completed form before launch. Check out the Kickstarter campaign which launched on April 22nd, 2024

Seaside review — tiles and tides
Reviews   -   Apr 27, 2024 Seaside review — tiles and tides

As you sit by the seaside, the sound of the waves crashing against the shore drowns out all but the occasional cry of a gull. All your cares melt away, and if you pay attention, the beauty of what’s around you comes to life. Crabs scuttle between the rocks.

by Mark Julian
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Reviews   -   Apr 27, 2024 Seaside review — tiles and tides
Seaside review — tiles and tides

As you sit by the seaside, the sound of the waves crashing against the shore drowns out all but the occasional cry of a gull. All your cares melt away, and if you pay attention, the beauty of what’s around you comes to life. Crabs scuttle between the rocks.

by Mark Julian
Reviews   -   Apr 24, 2024 My Shelfie review — Don’t be a square, put the squares in the square
My Shelfie review — Don’t be a square, put the squares in the square

As much as my collection has exploded since I started reviewing and didn’t stop buying my own games, there’s been a niche I haven’t quite filled to my satisfaction. I’ve been trying to find a conversation game- something that’s light enough that my family can

by Nick Dubs
Reviews   -   Apr 22, 2024 Black Sonata: Strange Shadows expansion review – Whence solo you doth played before, new variety can add one more.
Black Sonata: Strange Shadows expansion review – Whence solo you doth played before, new variety can add one more.

What is your substance, whereof are you made, That millions of strange shadows on you tend? Normally we don’t publish full reviews of Kickstarters, but this expansion was provided to the team in its completed form before launch. Check out the Kickstarter campaign which launched on April 22nd, 2024

by Dan Hinkin
Reviews   -   Apr 20, 2024 Black Sonata review – ABABCDCDEFEFGG…not a cheat code, but a brilliant sonnet.
Black Sonata review – ABABCDCDEFEFGG…not a cheat code, but a brilliant sonnet.

Many games in the tabletop space have solo modes. Oftentimes they adapt the rules to add in a dummy player, have players play in an alternate way, sometimes players are trying to beat a top score, and sometimes they are given a list of challenges. Usually these modes are added

by Dan Hinkin
Reviews   -   Apr 18, 2024 Factory 42 review — Dwarven dynamics through worker placement and negotiation
Factory 42 review — Dwarven dynamics through worker placement and negotiation

Step into the bustling corridors of Factory 42, where you’re thrust into the role of overseeing Marxistic dwarves in an industrialized setting fraught with resource management, negotiation, and government mandates. Designed by Ren Multimäki and published by Dragon Dawn Productions, Factory 42 is a worker placement game for 2-5

by Mike Case
Reviews   -   Apr 18, 2024 Qawale review — Tic-Tac-Yes
Qawale review — Tic-Tac-Yes

Continuing on my quest to play every two player abstract game that Gigamic and partner Hachette Games has to offer, we have arrived at Qawale. A mix of Tic-Tac-Toe and Mancala, Qawale is a unique entry in the lineup. If you haven’t already, check out our reviews of Pylos

by Mark Julian
Previews   -   Apr 09, 2024 Collectionomics preview — Redrawing the magic circle.
Collectionomics preview — Redrawing the magic circle.

Civilization designer Sid Meier famously said, “Games are a series of interesting decisions.” If you strictly apply that to what you can measure, the effects of your choices as they ripple across a board, then Collectionomics won’t please you. But if, by “decisions,” you include rhetoric—the art of

by Sean Weeks
Reviews   -   Apr 05, 2024 Tribes of the Wind review —Nausicaä of the valley of the windriders
Tribes of the Wind review —Nausicaä of the valley of the windriders

Rebuilding civilization after its collapse has become a popular theme in board games recently, and it makes sense that climate anxiety has finally taken ahold of the of the collective consciousness- as I write this review, it’s snowing in the mountain town I live in and a wildfire has

by Nick Dubs
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