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Agricola (Revised Edition) is Uwe Rosenberg at his best, but is it fun?

Matthew Smail Aug 5, 2022 0

You wouldn’t think that 17th century subsistence farming would make for an interesting game setting, would you? Yet somehow, Agricola manages to not only be interesting — but also extremely compelling and ridiculously tense. Why, you ask?…

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Forgive Me Father — All win, no sin

Rob Covell Aug 4, 2022 0

Combat is fast paced and thrilling, as you’ll have a lot of targets to deal with at any one time. Your movement speed is high enough to keep you out of trouble if you’re careful, but you’ll need to manage threats effectively. Those enemies…

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Norco — Everything That Rises Must Converge

John Mulcahey Aug 3, 2022 0

Stepping away from Norco the game, here’s the slug line: “A sci-fi southern gothic adventure…” I stopped reading here. They had me within 5 words. It delivers on this basic sentiment with enthusiasm and then some; creating a swirl of decay,…

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Arkham Horror: Mothers Embrace is trapped between two worlds

Matthew Smail Aug 2, 2022 0

As regular readers will know, I am at least as big of a board game fan as I am a fan of video games. In fact, whilst I probably spend more hours actually playing video games, I cherish the time sitting around my table with friends as more…

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Mysterium Park has you contacting ghosts

Jupiter Hadley Aug 1, 2022 0

I always find games with a paranormal element to them really interesting. Mysterium Park has you take on the role of either a ghost or a psychic, trying to solve the mystery of what happened to the park director, who did it, and where it…

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Neobuds Pro – New friends?

Rob Covell Jul 30, 2022 0

Of course the key thing with these audio devices is how the sound comes across, and the Neobuds Pro do a really rather good job. Everything in music, movies, and podcasts came across very clearly, with the bass sounds being notably…

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Terra Mystica Big Box is a dry, heavy fantasy Eurogame – and it is brilliant!

Matthew Smail Jul 29, 2022 0

It’s very unlikely that you can have been involved in hobby board games for long without at least encountering Terra Mystica. This ten-year-old game of terraforming, worker placement and pseudo-area control was designed by Jens Drögemüller…

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Project Warlock 2 (Early Access) – (War)Lock and Load for Some Retro Shooter Carnage

Matt Fuller Jul 28, 2022 0

Project Warlock 2 aims to take players back to the shooters of yesteryear. With its blend of retro shooter gameplay and a few clever twists, developers Buckshot Software aim to capture the same blood, bullets and badassery from the classic…

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Birth is a calming puzzler about building a new friend

Dann Sullivan Jul 27, 2022 0

Have you ever found yourself in a strange place, alone and lonely? Even though you know that the world is just as weird and strange as anybody might find you, you just can't seem to connect with others. In Birth the solution is simple, to…

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Winter Ember burns too cool

Matthew Smail Jul 26, 2022 0

If you asked me to take the mythos and style of the legendary Thief games (excluding the crap 200X remake) and build an isometric Desperados style stealth game out of it, I’d bite your hand off at the chance to see the outcome. And so here…

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