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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8427593/ecologic-europe Designer and Publisher: The one and only Borys BinkowskiIllustrations: Anna Winkiel First of all, I’m not being sarcastic with my line above; it’s truly incredible that he designed and self-published this game. Besides my interest in the game theme and mechanics, a major driving factor for me backing this game was…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/6996584/endeavor-deep-sea Designers: Carl de Visser and Jarratt GrayPublishers: Burnt Island Games and Grand Gamers GuildArtist: Fahed Alrajil Besides the fact that it takes up a lot of table space (which I guess makes sense since you’re in the ocean, right?), this game is a real winner. It has beautiful artwork, deliciously intriguing…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/3712899/oh-my-goods-longsdale-in-revolt Designer: Alexander PfisterPublishers: Lookout Games, GaGa GamesArtist: Klemens Franz The Longsdale in Revolt expansion for Oh My Goods! is necessary to play solo, so it’s the only way I’ve ever experienced it. The beauty of this expansion, at least for me, is the slightly branching campaign that introduces a story, additional…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8291216/beyond-the-horizon Designer: MargaretPublisher: Carrotpen Beyond the Horizon is a thematic, unique, well-designed roll and write. During the game, you utilize your dice to gain resources and equipment, send crew members to explore planets, research, and develop knowledge. For being a roll and write, it’s impressively complex without being overly complicated; it strikes…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8591006/moving-wild Designer: Chris PriscottPublisher: Oink GamesArtists: Rie Komatsuzaki and Rie Takahashi In Moving Wild, players build a personal tableau of animal, area, and improvement cards to design and construct the best possible national park. At the start of each round, a certain number of cards are set aside from the deck. Then,…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8093211/soul-biting Designer: Marco SalogniArtist: Marco Salogni SOUL-BITING is a maze-based adventure story book for one brave soul (pun intended) to explore alone. Using the book, a writing utensil, and three six-sided dice, you try to make it out of the maze through success in mini games, your physical adventuring, and defeating enemies.…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8317636/everdell-duo Designers: James A. Wilson and Clarissa A. WilsonPublisher: Starling GamesArtists: Enggar Adirasa, Andrew Bosley You might want to grab a snack and a beverage; this one’s my longest review to date. 😮🥳 Since Starling Games was amazing and I received my Kickstarter copy MONTHS early, now I get to do an…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/7810232/flowers Designer: Paul-Henri ArgiotPublishers: Actarus Editions, HUCH!Artist: Julie Gruet FLOWERS is a quick, chill, relaxing, puzzly game where players work to create a tableau of flower cards to score as many points as possible. While the game is super easy and straightforward to learn, the design is brilliantly thinky. To set up,…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/6831437/fish-n-flip Designer: Kevin LuhnPublisher: HelvetiqArtist: Dominik Wendland For those that have never lived a full life, this review is named after Free Willy’s theme song. 😉 Fish ‘n’ Flip is a cute, ecologically minded, card movement and action selection game. There’s a spatial puzzle aspect as well, since the cards are laid…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8453037/volatile-vintage Designer: Zach SullivanPublisher: Grazing Bear GamesArtist: Diego Sanchez Volatile Vintage is a print-and-play light engine builder where you are working to produce the most wine barrels while also running your vineyard and fending off mob attacks. Besides the player sheet, all you need is a writing utensil and a standard deck…