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Mortal Shell is so close to being a Souls game, that I don’t know how it isn’t
There’s a fine line between imitation as flattery and outright copying the work of a person or group that you admire. In the case of Mortal Shell, the line is so blurred that I could hardly see it, and if you put screenshots from Mortal…
Deckscape offers an Escape Room experience without leaving your living room
Modern board and card games encompass all kinds of things, from directly confrontational head to head games, to abstract puzzles and party games that can accommodate four or more players. Through this creative diversity, we also have access…
Karuba sees you building a map out of card tiles you draw
Karuba: The Card Game is a, well, card game all about exploring in the jungle, looking to lead specific adventurers to the temples they have been tracking, while grabbing as much gold and gems as you can along the way. Karuba is a really…
Maid of Sker — Just how Skery is it?
At first, things seem quiet but it doesn’t take long for you to overhear people being assaulted, murdered, and sacrificed by the family and staff. From this point, you’ll be finding keys and solving puzzles to unlock more of the hotel…
Battle Brothers: Blazing Deserts is an essential expansion for the tactical RPG
Sand beasts, gladiatorial duels, alchemical weaponry and much, much more are added into the already expansive Battle Brothers world by its new Blazing Deserts expansion. Six years is a very long time in video games, almost a whole console…
Venom Switch Lite Charging Stand — Almost like putting the game on a TV
When we got a Nintendo Switch Lite, one of the main trade-offs for the console was that it could not be projected onto a TV. This meant that the device was completely handheld as a console, not one to be played in the front room or while…
Goosebumps: Dead of Night — Dead on arrival
Goosebumps: Dead of Night is broken into three stages. The first has you sneaking around Stine’s home, avoiding monsters and collecting the lost pages, followed by a jaunt through a conservatory to collect potion ingredients, culminating in…
Radical Rabbit Stew is so full of levels omg
Look, I have been playing demos of Radical Rabbit Stew for absolute ages. I can get through the entire first world in so little time, beating the first boss and moving into the greater campaign in my sleep. However, now that the game is…
Order of Battle: Red Steel tackles the USSRs mid-WWII efforts
Where recently reviewed Red Star, tackled the pre- and early years ('38-'41) of WWII from the Soviet perspective, Order of Battle: Red Steel takes the conflict through '42 through to the critical battles of early '43. As I noted in the Red…
Splash Party is the family game that will turn up the heat this summer
As a board gamer with young kids, I’m always on the lookout for new ways to hook my family into enjoying the hobby with me. The trouble with most kids games is that they offer little in the way of interest for adult players. Splash Party,…
Keyforge’s New Mass Mutation Is Bigger and More Bonkers Than Ever
You may already be familiar with Richard Garfield’s Keyforge — a head to head card game in which each player guides a procedurally-generated and entirely random deck in battle against the other player. Now onto its 4th set, Mass Mutation,…
The Plague: Kingdom Wars Brings Us Strategic Disease Management
The Plague: Kingdom Wars is the next entry in the Kingdom Wars grand strategy series. We have been playing it.
Petrichor is back on Kickstarter with a new Cows expansion!
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times — a unique theme can sell a board game to me in a heartbeat. With that said, I’m ashamed to say that I’d never really heard of Petrichor before I took on this review. Now that I have,…
Golden Light — Welcome to the MEAT ZONE!
You’re out for a nice picnic with your partner. She’s talking gibberish for some reason, but maybe that’s why you love her. You decide to go and get her a rose, only to return to the sight of a giant hand made of meat pulling her into a…
Get in, we’re going farming — Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town
Grab your overalls, we’re going farming. Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town is a 3D remake of the classic Game Boy Advance game Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town bringing a much-needed refresh while staying true to the original.
Othercide — Murder the Others!
The real meat of the game is in the missions which are a turn-based grid affair, and are oh so enjoyable to play! Characters have a set of action points (AP), usually 100, used for moving and attacking. You’ll have your Daughters dashing…
Lumina — Chase fireflies as long as you can remember how to get there
Memory games have been around for so long — those games where you flip up two cards and hope that they match. It’s a simple something that even children enjoy playing. Lumina is a board game that takes that simple idea and uses it for all…
Order of Battle: Red Star focuses on the USSR’s fights from 1938-41
In a deliberate, continuing avoidance of the more classic, Western Front battles, The Artistocrats has, with Red Star, started a trilogy of expansions for Order of Battle which focuses on the Soviet's battles through WWII. One of the main…
Casetify — Design and durability
Picking a phone case is something that I have spent a lot of time struggling with. I always want something that looks cute, but I also am quite clumsy and end up dropping my phone to the death. I don’t like bulky items either, so having…
Hanni Honey Bee — a vertical boxed board game
It’s summertime and everyone loves flowers and bees, so Hanni Honey Bee is a great little garden-related game for young board game players to either play on their own or with up to four friends! Hanni Honey Bee has the aim of not only…