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Kronologic: Paris 1920 – Board Game Review
Last week I wrote about Turing Machine, a deduction puzzle that fascinated me with its cardboard computer but ultimately left me a little cold with the multiplayer experience. This week I'm talking about designers Fabien Gridel and Yoann Levet's follow-up game,...
Turing Machine – Board Game Review
I’ve always had a soft spot for puzzle games. From Tetris to those logic puzzles you find in the Penny Press game books, to word games and Sudoku puzzles. I love the moment when I sit down in front of one, utterly clueless, then start teasing at the edges, working the...
For Sale – Board Game Review
The longer I've been into board gaming, the more I’ve noticed a steady drift toward hybridization. Mechanisms get smashed together, so now a game isn't just a deck-builder game or a worker placement game, but some intricate fusion of both, a la Lost Ruins of Arnak or...
Cat in the Box: Deluxe Edition – Board Game Review
At this point, there are a lot of trick taking games in the world. It's kind of comforting to pick up a new one, and already know most of the rules. "This is a trick taking game, but here's the twist..." and then bam, you're off to the races. Maybe you're trying to...
Frosted Blooms – Board Game Review
Disclaimer: A copy of Frosted Blooms was sent to me for review I have always loved polyomino based games. From Tetris as a young teenager to Patchwork being one of the games that made me fall in love with the board game hobby. So anytime a new polyomino game hits my...
Escape Comics: The Alien Ship – Review
Disclaimer: A prototype of Escape Comics: The Alien Ship was provided for review purposes. Exit games started hitting the market in 2016, and by 2017, it felt like they were everywhere, and since then I've only played 2 (Lord of the Rings, and The Enchanted Forest)....
Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon – First Impressions
I’ve always had a bit of a chip on my shoulder when it comes to people reviewing games that they haven’t been fully played. Not 100% completed, like, collect every token in every stage or see every single ending a game has to offer, that’s in no way realistic. But I...
Take Time – Board Game Review
It’s kind of funny to say out loud that a game about silently sorting cards can be one of the most engaging things you’ll play all night, but here we are. In Take Time, designed by Alexi Piovesan and Julien Prothière, and published by Libellud, you and your group are...
Fiction: Banned Books – Board Game Review
Have you ever played Wordle? Of course you have, everyone has! But imagine how that puzzle changes if, somewhere in the feedback step, the game was allowed to lie to you. Not constantly, not chaotically, but just enough misinformation to make you doubt everything you...
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