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Cartographers – The Best Game I’ve Never Played
Number of Plays: 4 on Tabletop Simulator, dozens more via Android app Game Length: 30 minutes Mechanics: Flip and Write Release Year: 2019 Designer: Jordy Adan Artist: Luis Francisco, Lucas Ribeiro Publisher: Thunderworks Games March 2020 marked the end of the gaming...
Journal #2 – Sagrada – Be Better Than the Sum of the Rejected Dice
The question that comes up when I make the choice to play a solo game is 'what differentiates a game from a puzzle'? I could also question why do we even play games in the first place, but I'm here to write, not to think. I tried the Solo mode for Sagrada the other...
7 Wonders Duel – Head to Head Civilization Building
Number of Plays: 29 Game Length: 30 minutes Mechanics: Card drafting, set collection, tug of war Release Year: 2015 Designer: Antoine Bauza Bruno Cathala Artist: Miguel Coimbra Publisher: Repos Production 7 Wonders is a pillar of the board game community, often a...
Sagrada – A Game of Dice Drafting & Window Crafting
Number of Plays: 29 (Mostly 3 players, equal amount of 2 and 4) Game Length: 30 minutes Mechanics: Dice Rolling Release Year: 2017 Designers: Adrian Adamescu, Daryl Andrews Artists: Adrian Adamescu, Daryl Andrews, Peter Wocken Publisher: Floodgate Games I love...
Santorini – Gods Please be Gentle
Number of Plays: 11 Game Length: 20 – 30 minutes Mechanics: Abstract Strategy Release Year: 2016 Designer: Gord! Artist: Lina Cossette, David Forest Publisher: Roxley Games Named after a city in the Aegean Sea, known for it’s bleached white buildings and brilliant...
Automobiles – Cubes make for Terrible Wheels
Number of Plays: 8 (+13 more on Yucata.de) Game Length: 45 – 75 minutes Mechanics: Bag building, racing Release Year: 2016 Designer: David Short Here’s an odd confession to make as an adult man. I don’t like driving cars. I’ve actively avoided getting a drivers...
Tokyo Highway – Under the Overpass and Through the Streets
Game Length: 30-50 minutes Mechanics: Dexterity Release Year: 2016 Number of Players: 2 - 4 Game Length: Until you stop having fun Mechanics: Dexterity, Route Building Designers: Naotaka Shimamoto and Yoshiaki Tomioka Artist: Yoshiaki Tomioka Publisher: Itten Tokyo...
Journal #1 – Tiny Epic Tactics – Tactical Nostalgia
Number of Plays: 1 Solo Game Length: 30 minutes – 60 minutes Mechanics: Area Majority Release Year: 2019 Designer: Scott Almes Artist: Nikoletta Vaszi, Naomi Robinson, Benjamin Shulman Publisher: Gamelyn Games Banana for scale One of the games I spent over 100 hours...
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