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Toy Tactics is approachable, wobbly miniature-strategy
Toy Tactics is a tabletop twist on real-time tactics, complete with goofy physics, and pieces that wobbly rather than march. The biggest problem with a game genre having had its heyday a few decades back is that there's always a massive…
Seven Dwarfs: Legends Untold pits four players against the forces of evil
Co-op roguelite meets one of the Brothers Grimm's best-known stories in Seven Dwarfs: Legends Untold. Blick, Flick, Glick, Snick, Plick, Whick and Quee, or the verb-y ones, are out though. Instead Surprised Turtles' dwarves have names that…
Nine Sols combines a beautiful futuristic setting with deflection driven Sekiro-style combat.
Take on the role of Yi in their arduous journey to take revenge on the Nine Sols, a mysterious group of beings that have built a whole world around their own preservation. Did you play Sekiro? Well, whether you have or haven't it's become a…
Astro Duel 2 is a refreshing arena shooter.
There are a lot of top down, arena fighting games that can have you facing off against another player, controlling your own spaceships. Many of them have a pixel style, upgrades, and differences between the different machines. However,…
Demon Spore places you right at the heart of a deadly contamination breach
I don't know about you, but one thing that I definitely don't want to find myself having to do the next time I'm at the office is fighting my way out of a laboratory that's being overrun by an expanding, deadly lab-created viral horror born…
Munch is an evolutionary adventure of careful dodges and decisions
One of the most underused but effective design choices in action games (and cleverly used in puzzle games) is a transforming and evolving main character. In Munch it's core to the action-adventure experience. Imagine yourself as a blob, or…
Circle of Kerzoven is a city builder about balancing ecology and economy
Setting up frontier settlements is probably already hard enough as it is, but in Circle of Kerzoven you also need to factor in the fact that the weather, flora and fauna are all set on following their own patterns regardless of your plans.…
Dr. Fetus’ Mean Meat Machine is the match-3 game you didn’t see coming
I feel like I played Super Meat Boy a lifetime ago as a completely different person. I remember the rage platformer well: I hated it. So when I saw Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine — a game that takes place in sort of the same world, I was…
Go-Go Town! has you creating a cute world
Slice of Life adventure games are ones that I simply love. Creating my own little world, building up a town, and managing different characters always feels like a fun time. In Go-Go Town, you are able to build up your own small town, for a…
Monster Hunter World Iceborne: The Board Game Pre-Kickstarter Hands on
Monster Hunter World Iceborne: The Board Game takes the setting from Capcom's 2019, Monster Hunter World expansion and brings it into the board game format as a lightly-compatible, playable stand-alone package following on from…
KartRider: Drift is everything you want from a racing game
There are tons and tons of different racing games on the market. Some rely on being super realistic, some rely on the types of cars or characters featured in the game, and others are doing something new and different. KartRider: Drift is a…
Shattered Heaven Demo – No Stairway?!
So the gameplay is really fun, the story is interesting in its own way, and all this is supported by wonderful art and great sound and voice work. The art in particular is worthy of mention as it’s absolutely gorgeous, giving me The House…
Bat Boy hits one out of the park
Bat Boy by X PLUS Games is an ambitious 8-bit side-scrolling tribute to some of the best platformers around.
Tin Hearts is much more than a simple puzzle game about toy soldiers
Tin Hearts is a puzzle game all about time. Its story revolves around technologies ahead of their time, features a story told out of time, and you, yourself, have the power to pause, speed up and reverse the passage of time. When people…
Magic: The Gathering — Beginner’s Guide
Magic: The Gathering is one of those games that has certainly stood the test of time. Thirty years later, it’s never been a better time to get in the game, even if you’re not familiar with the rules.
King of the Castle challenges a monarch to control hundreds of rebellious, player-controlled nobles
King of the Castle is a multiplayer narrative game, one optimised for large groups of players, or massive Twitch audiences. Narrative and Multiplayer aren't two things that tend to go hand-in-hand when it comes to game design. In fact,…
Steamforged Games’ Elden Ring: The Board Game is incredible ambitious
Some people have accused the Souls series of feeling a little wooden at times, but Elden Ring: The Board Game feels great as cardboard. There is little doubt that From Software's Elden Ring was one of the gaming phenomena of 2022, with…
February is 7 Wonders Month – Find out what makes this such a classic series!
With the excitement of Christmas long behind us and the chilly darkness of Winter still in full swing, February can feel something of a dower month at times. That said, as we look for the positives — like the fact that spring is just around…
John M’s Top Games of 2022 and One They Wish They Loved Less
2022 eh. Bit of a mixed year, but I dare say a modest improvement over the last few. Music and movies absolutely crushed it this year, so many quality releases for all tastes. Even the pandemic decided to take a smaller role in the year’s…
Space War Battle Cadet is more than meets the eye
When it comes to space shooters, Space War Battle Cadet might look like a pretty simple game. However, there is far more depth in this space shooter that starts to reveal itself as you play. You see, Space War Battle Cadet is a vibrant,…