Let’s talk about our biggest find at SPIEL25 : 🌕 Zenith! It’s easily in the upper echelon of duel games, but definitely the best of 2025! 😁 I had a bunch of duel games to buy and try on my list, so we went to Zenith as “yet another duel game
In 📔 Magazine you lead a publishing company. You have to follow leads, develop them into stories and write articles to gather reputation and become the best of the best. The game is very simple: I was actually surprised how simple it is compared to the box size. It’s mainly
💩 Night Soil by Grail Games is an extraordinary game for multiple reasons. I think the first to commend is the theme of the game. You see, Tudor-era London didn't have a modern plumbing system, and with so many inhabitants, the constant build-up of human waste was an issue.
🗡️ The Slasher was a must-buy for us for the theme alone, but even more so after finding the gem Bahamut Dispute from Jelly Jelly Games last year. The Slasher is a co-operative 2-player trick-taking game, in which you are trying to survive the night, fending off the attacks of a
🚂 Railroad Tiles is basically a “3D version” of Railroad Ink, though I guess that won't come as a surprise. It goes for the same gameplay experience: A relaxing and cozy puzzle of making clever railroad and highway connections, with just a touch of stress and fear that you
😈 Faust vs Mephisto is a 2-player trick-taking game with some mind-busting twists. This is a new game from Mandoo Games and they had some bangers in the previous years already: Jekyll vs Hyde, Jekyll & Hyde vs Scotland Yard, Dracula vs Van Helsing or Yellow House - these are all
Any train fans here? 😄 I have to admit, I am no expert when it comes to trains or train themed board games, but I think Movers & Shakers will be loved by many! It is the newest upcoming game from @quinedgames , the publisher behind great euro titles like Carnegie or
What do you get if you take the best game of 2024 and add an amazing expansion to it? The best game of 2025! 😉 I am talking of course about 📡 SETI by Czech Games Edition and its brand new expansion, 🏢 Space Agencies. 😊 SETI is deservedly climbing high on the BGG
It’s #firstimpressionsfriday🎲 today, so let’s talk about 🔱 Aquatica Duellum! This is the new duel version of Aquatica. Even though we’ve never played the big brother before, I did hear about its mechanism of tucking in cards into the triple-layered board, and sliding them up as you activate
Ghost Lift was one of the hype titles of SPIEL25 - at least in our social circles. It was not easy getting a copy, as the Japanese publisher only brought with them a couple of copies. Maybe around 50 each day or so. After giving the game a go, we
In 🖌️ Jisogi: Anime Studio Tycoon from @esper.bgs , you become the manager of an anime publishing company. It’s not all roses in this industry - thematically, a big studio just went under, and now several smaller ones popped up to absorb the talent. 😔 In the wake of this, you
Have you ever played Ark Nova and thought to yourself: “It would be even cooler to build a zoo if it didn’t take 3-4 hours”? In that case, Sanctuary might be the exact thing you are looking for! 🦒 Sanctuary is the new Ark Nova spinoff game from SPIEL25, that