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A ladder climbing duel of two Chinese clans
Chu Han • 3 min read

A ladder climbing duel of two Chinese clans

🎎 Chu Han from Matagot is a ladder-climbing & card-shedding game - a genre of card games that we really fell...
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A family game of tile-laying, drafting and memory
Pfad der Elemente • 2 min read

A family game of tile-laying, drafting and memory

🌬️Pfad der Elemente (aka. Path of Elements) by @apex_ideenschmiede is a family game combining tile-laying, drafting, memory and pattern...
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Logical deduction for families?
Little Alchemists • 2 min read

Logical deduction for families?

⚗️Little Alchemists is a family friendly version of Alchemists. The main difference, aside from the reduced complexity, is the absence...
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The Apocalypse never felt so good
Phoenix New Horizon • 7 min read

The Apocalypse never felt so good

The cover art was the first thing that drew me towards Phoenix New Horizon. Of course a picture alone isn’...
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The beautiful greens of forests and plants
Canopy: Evergreen • 2 min read

The beautiful greens of forests and plants

🌲 Canopy Evergreen is a nature themed gateway game about building a forest. The presentation deserves an immediate mention: it is...
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In pursuit of effectiveness
Minecart Town • 2 min read

In pursuit of effectiveness

🛤️ Minecart Town is a tranquil little tile-laying game about building a town that is basically an automated point-generating machine. During...
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A fresh take on the TCG genre
Altered • 2 min read

A fresh take on the TCG genre

🌀Altered is the newest hot trading card game on the block! The first thing that might jump out is the...
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Spiel Preview 1
Spiel 2024 • 2 min read

Spiel Preview 1

We only have to survive one more week, then it is time to head out to Essen for this year’...
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A trick-taking wargame?
Arcs • 3 min read

A trick-taking wargame?

🛸Arcs, the “Sci-Fi Root”. With the track record of @ledergames the bar was set really high for this game, but...
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An interactive euro of network building
Terminus • 3 min read

An interactive euro of network building

🚉 Terminus is a competitive euro game for 1-5 players about building an underground transportation network. This is quite a balancing...
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A curious combination of game mechanics
Concilium Urbis • 3 min read

A curious combination of game mechanics

After playing the awesome Phoenix New Horizon from Perro Loko Games, we also tried 🪬Concilium Urbis. This game is a...
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Saltfjord and Santa Maria - dice drafting at its finest
Saltfjord • 7 min read

Saltfjord and Santa Maria - dice drafting at its finest

Saltfjord is a reimagination of the game Santa Maria by the same designers, Kristian Amundsen Østby and Eilif Svensson. It...
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