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Earth – Player vs. Player: A Multiplayer Review
Number of plays: 2Designer: Maxime TardifRelease Year: 2023Mechanics: Tableu building, Card Drafting, Hand Management A prototype of Earth was provided by the publisher for review purposes Introduction Earth, designed by Maxime Tardif and published by Inside Up...
OT Fantasy Draft Review
Designer: Lance HillArtists: Matthew EbischRelease Year: 2022Mechanics: Card drafting, set collection A copy of the game was provided by the publisher for review purposes. Introduction OT Fantasy Draft is a up-coming card drafting and set collection game by Lance...
Earth – Man vs. Nature: A Solo Review
Number of plays: 2Designer: Maxime TardifRelease Year: 2023Mechanics: Tableu building, Card Drafting, Hand Management A prototype of Earth was provided by the publisher for review purposes Introduction Earth, designed by Maxime Tardif and published by Inside Up Games,...
The Castles of Tuscany – Shorter, Faster, Greener
Designer: Stefan Feld Artists: Antje Stephan and Claus Stephan Release Year: 2019 Mechanics: Set Collection, Tile Placement Introduction Not that I'm particularly well travelled or cultured, but I had never heard of a Tuscan castle before. I visited English and Dutch...
Initial Impressions of Rogue Angels: Legacy of the Burning Suns
A minimum viable prototype was provided for review by the publisher Designer: Emil Larsen Artists: Dinulescu Alexandru, Linggar Bramanty, Przemek Kozlowski Release Year: 2023 Mechanics: Cooperative, Dungeon Crawling, Dice Rolling, Modular Board, Legacy Rogue Angels:...
Evolution: Climate – A Digital Heat Wave
The Evolution app recently launched the Climate expansion, which adds significant changes to the Evolution landscape. If you haven't already, you can check out my thoughts on the base game of Evolution here! What's Different? Evolution: Climate adds a weather mechanic...
Evolution – It’s Not Easy Being a Carnivore
Number of (physical) plays: 6Designers: Dominic Crapuchettes, Dmitry Knorre, and Sergey MachinArtists: JJ Ariosa, Giorgio De Michele, Catherine Hamilton, and Kurt MillerRelease Year: 2014Mechanics: Hand Management, Direct Conflict, Secret Unit DeploymentPublisher:...
Eclipse – It’s a Euro-y War Game, I Swear!
Number of plays: 3 Designer: Touko Tahkokallio Artists: Ossi Hiekkala and Sampo Sikiƶ Release Year: 2011 Mechanics: Dice Rolling, Modular Board, Direct Conflict It's always fascinating when a piece of media tries to cross barriers between genres. I'm thinking of games...
The Fox in the Digital Forest
Game Length: 5-10 minutes Mechanics: Hand Management, Trick Taking Release Year: 2021 (Steam) Designer: Joshua Buergel Artist: Jennifer L. Meyer Publisher: Direwolf Digital A pre-release review code was provided by Direwolf Digital. I played the Steam version of The...
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