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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8402314/tir-na-nog Designers: Isaac Shalev and Jason SlingerlandPublisher: Grand Gamers GuildArtists: Marlies Barends and Brigette Indelicato Tir na nÓg is a competitive game focused on hand management, set collection, and tableau building. There are five rounds, and at the start of each round, a specific layout of cards is created (dependent on player…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8482775/chateau-gardens Designer: Zach SullivanPublisher: Grazing Bear GamesArtist: Diego Sanchez I’m just going to start by saying this may be one of the best blank and write experiences I’ve ever had. The game design (can only speak for the solo mode) is superb; mechanically, the game is simple and easy to understand, but…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8537755/doom-pilgrim-pocket Designer: Waclaw TraierPublisher: War Claw GamesArtist: Waclaw Traier I’ve never played the original Doom Pilgrim, but from my understanding, this is a smaller version of that game; it is all contained in a tin that could fit in your pocket. Before we get into it, I do want to say I…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8168180/a-nice-cuppa Designer: Scott AlmesPublisher: Button ShyArtist: Andrea Ivetic Vicai I’m a Scott Almes fan, and I also like solo Button Shy games (at least most of the ones I’ve played), so I was already intrigued by this game, but once I saw the theme, I was sold! I love tea, so why…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8091469/the-sleeping-giant Designer and Artist: Marco SalogniPublisher: Web Published The Sleeping Giant is a double-sided puzzle maze where you also have to fight monsters! You get to choose your own path and explore the giant robot and all it has to offer. To play, all you need is the sheet, three six-sided dice,…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8305438/dorfromantik-sakura Designers: Michael Palm, Lukas ZachPublisher: Pegasus SpieleArtist: Paul Riebe While I haven’t reviewed it yet, the original Dorfromantik was in my top five solo games for quite some time, so when I saw a new version was being released, I preordered it immediately! I’ll get into more specifics, but while Dorfromantik:…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8077548/reforest-plants-of-the-pacific-northwest-coast Designer: Sébastien Bernier-WongPublisher: Firestarter GamesArtist: Janine van Fram If you read nothing else, know this: Reforest deserves a chef’s kiss 👌, and this review doesn’t do the game enough justice. In Reforest, you are growing a forest ecosystem by “arranging and evolving a synergistic collection of plant cards” (as the rule…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/6893002/come-together Designers: Vegard Eliassen Stillerud, Eilif Svensson, Åsmund SvenssonPublishers: Chilifox Games, MatagotArtist: Yan Moussu Come Together is an innovative worker placement game themed around 1960s music festivals. The game is played over three rounds, and each round you place workers on different locations across the board to eventually gain the associated card.…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/5428723/under-falling-skies Designer: Tomas UhlirPublisher: Czech Games EditionArtists: Petr Bohacek, Kwanchai Moriya Where to even begin. This game is absolutely phenomenal. If you want hours and hours and hours of content at a really good price point with intriguing and exciting mechanics and a campaign, this is the game for you! And I…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/7570975/kinfire-delve-vainglorys-grotto Designer: Kevin WilsonPublishers: Incredible Dream StudiosArtists: Katarzyna Bekus, Sandra Chlewinska, Weronika Kozyra, Kate “vesner” Redesiuk Kinfire Delve is a tactical and cooperative card game for 1-2 players where players are Seekers using unique, asymmetric decks of cards to delve down a well of challenges and events to ultimately try to defeat…