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Art and Soul — Fugl
Fugl is a voxel-art game about transformation and discovery. Its use of voxels defines more than just the art of the game, but the experience as well.
Space Grunts 2 — Can’t quite lift-off
Space Grunts 2 still has the potential to be a great game, and hopefully, with more time and new development focused on expanding its already solid mechanics, it will become the game that it can be.
Take your loved one to play Museum this Valentines Day
With hundreds of beautifully illustrated cards and a thought-provoking theme, Museum is a recently fulfilled Kickstarter that focuses — as the name might suggest — on complex set collection. In Museum, two to four players operate as the…
Wrath: Aeon of Ruin is scary, fast
Wrath: Aeon of Ruin, a new FPS that pushes the Quake engine to its limits, throws hordes of enemies at you with one hand and offers you powerful weapons to slaughter them with the other — all while you run around gothic environments at a…
Keep moving Forward in Forward.
Over the last year, I have started really enjoying card-based games. Forward, a game from the 7DLR challenge feels inspired by Slay the Spire. It's an experience where you can slowly move forward, a card at a time, trying to defeat monsters…
Otto & The Ancient Worlds has moves like Mega’
Otto & The Ancient Worlds combines the moves and weapon formulas from Mega Man with the whip from Castlevania to make a unique platformer that is both fun and fresh.
Tapestry takes time and effort to unravel, but the result is worth the wait
The expectations placed on some board game designers are, simply put, too high. One designer who finds himself in the (both enviable and dubious) position of being considered among the very best of all time is Jamey Stegmaier, the…
Humanity Blazes in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II brings a bright hope for humanity.
Hot Brass — top down room clearing
Top-down shooting games were all the rage not too long back, then it seemed like that specific type of game faded away to make way for a more tactical breed. Hot Brass is a great return for that old particular brand of bloodsport. Sneaking…
Ghostrunner is a cybernetic playground
In Ghostrunner your cybernetic suit provides you with superhuman powers and lightning-fast reflexes to assist you in climbing a massive tower to take down the ruler — The Keymaster — of your dystopian city and finally find your true…
Reavers of Midgard is a heavy euro game about surprisingly generous Vikings!
Reavers of Midgard is the sequel to Champions of Midgard, a surprise hit from 2015 that is fun in its own right, but which really requires both of its add-on packs to really shine. Reavers aims to provide a heavier, more complete…
Foregone is blazingly fast and frantic
Foregone, by Big Blue Bubble, is a hand-crafted action-packed platforming game about loot and mayhem.
Wildermyth — An adventure to remember
For a studio's first outing, Worldwalker Games set themselves a rather bold task, and after my time playing I believe they achieved it.
Garden Story is a cute RPG about a little grape who could
In Garden Story, being a village guardian is a tough responsibility, but if anyone has the juice to do so it’s Concord: a fragile grape with a big heart who is determined to protect the Grove.
Zoom in Barcelona — Thar be dragons!
The dragon, transit card and zoom mechanics really embody the Zoom element of Zoom in Barcelona, moving it from a fairly standard card collection game into a hectic race with strategic deployment of finite resources.
Both puzzle and management sim, Big Pharma is a tough pill to swallow on console
Even though I haven’t played it, I’d imagine that the PC version of Big Pharma might be quite an interesting prospect. Four or five hours of console experience has certainly whet my appetite, but despite the interesting prospect, iffy…
Greak: Memories of Azur honors the power in family
Greak: Memories of Azur is a Metroidvania with hand-drawn animations, which tells the epic adventure of three magical Courine siblings fighting to free their land of Azul from evil.
Camped Out — Set up camp before darkness
Four player co-operative camping sim Camped Out combines co-op antics and the spirit of adventure
River Dragons is a cheeky and versatile puzzle that can entertain anyone
When reaching for a lighter game to introduce new friends to the hobby, classic choices like Catan and Ticket to Ride remain the go-to options. There are plenty of other gateway games however, and an often overlooked entry that was first…
Gindi’s Enchanters game is infinitely replayable thanks to Overlord and Odyssey content drop!
When it comes to choosing board games that fit Big Boss Battle and what I think our readers are interested in, I always look for bright, accessible games that have deep, competitive hooks to grab the players attention. Following a second…