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Burgle Bros – Board Game Review

Burgle Bros – Board Game Review

In Burgle Bros, you and your co-conspirators are tasked with breaking into a 3-story tower, cracking the safe on each floor, and escaping out the ceiling to the conveniently placed escape helicopter with the loot that you gathered from the safes. You'll need to work...

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A Gentle Rain – Board Game Review

A Gentle Rain – Board Game Review

A copy of A Gentle Rain was provided by Incredible Dream for the review purposes "Always changing, yet always itself" is the message from the game to the player on the front of the rule leaflet. Themed as a tranquil retreat to a quiet lake that will centre your mind,...

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One Deck Dungeon – Board Game Review

One Deck Dungeon – Board Game Review

A few games have tried to capture the feeling of a roguelike video game, and in my opinion, no game does it better than One Deck Dungeon by Chris Cieslik, published by Asmadi Games. In One Deck Dungeon, one or two heroes take on a dungeon, guarded by numerous traps...

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Tinderblox – Board Game Review

Tinderblox – Board Game Review

Apparently I have a love hate relationship with dexterity games. It's a love, because I adore games like Crokinole and Tokyo Highway. Flicking and building rickety structures makes me giddy and excited. But then I also harbour this utter hatred for Jenga. You'd think...

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Magic Maze – Board Game Review

Magic Maze – Board Game Review

Remember that time, when I was talking about the games I've played the most, but don't own, and said that Magic Maze just wasn't a game that I felt compelled to own, despite having played it nearly 3 dozen times? Well, Math Trades are wonderful things, and I'm now the...

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Jenga Maker – Board Game Review

Jenga Maker – Board Game Review

Considering how often I profess that I love dexterity games, I've never really liked Jenga. Even that's an understatement. Jenga stresses me out and makes me want to leave a room. So imagine my surprise when I found Jenga Maker on clearance after Christmas at my local...

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Knarr – Board Game Review

Knarr – Board Game Review

My trajectory as a board gamer has taken an interesting dip lately. When I first got into the hobby, I skyrocketed up the weights, seeking out heavier and heavier games at every opportunity. Nothing was too long, too complex, or too onerous for me. But over the past...

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First Rat – Board Game Review

First Rat – Board Game Review

There was a period of time when it felt like every board game coming out featured medieval austere white men staring over a city, kingdom, or grimly staring at you from the box cover. It was around that time when I started really getting into board games, so the theme...

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Too Many Poops – Board Game Review

Too Many Poops – Board Game Review

I've started adding "Board Game Review" to the title of my posts to make it easier for me to schedule my posts according to my schedule, and because it's surprisingly helpful with SEO, but I feel weird doing it when I'm reviewing a game that is just cards, like Too...

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