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Door 1
MechanXmas 2022 • 2 min read

Door 1

Behind door 1 of our MechanXmas calendar is Trick-taking. Now this is a genre we don’t normally play, as...
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November recap
Chatter • 1 min read

November recap

It’s a new month already! 😶 Time for a board gaming recap! ❓How was your gaming November? We can’t...
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Play as mighty raccoons
Raccoon Tycoon • 2 min read

Play as mighty raccoons

In 🦝 Raccoon Tycoon you are a business tycoon in the growing land of Astoria. You are here to try your...
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How would you react?
Re;Act • 2 min read

How would you react?

🎊 Re;Act is a grid-based 1v1 dueling game played with asymmetric characters - artists, who have been blessed with magical...
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3D upgrades for Tzolk'in
Sunday Showcase • 2 min read

3D upgrades for Tzolk'in

For this issue of Sunday Showcase we wanted to highlight the first game we ever pimped up: Tzolk'in!...
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Build your space station
Space Expatriate • 2 min read

Build your space station

🚀 Space Expatriate is a tableau-building game from Alkhwarizmi Games , a small indie publisher, released on SPIEL22. In this game you...
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Throw your meeples
Quetzal • 2 min read

Throw your meeples

In 🦜 Quetzal you play as adventurers and archeologists who have just discovered the City of Sacred Birds. You have 5...
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The most crunchy garphill game yet?
Wayfarers of the South Tigris • 2 min read

The most crunchy garphill game yet?

🌄 Wayfarers of the South Tigris is the first entry in the newest trilogy from Garphill Games . I am quite fond...
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The joy of crafting your own dice
Dice Forge • 2 min read

The joy of crafting your own dice

🎲 Dice Forge is a game I wanted to try for a long time now, but was never sure if it...
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I like to move it, move it... I like to...
Shake That City • 2 min read

I like to move it, move it... I like to...

🏙️ Shake That City is the newest game from AEG coming to Kickstarter next week! It’s a quick spatial puzzle...
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Boy, was I wrong...
Scythe • 2 min read

Boy, was I wrong...

🌾 Scythe is a game we were always interested in but mostly dismissed with the thought of “it probably doesn’t...
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To be or not to be?
Hamlet • 2 min read

To be or not to be?

🏘️ Hamlet 🏘️ is all about building out a small community, expanding it with buildings and contributing to the construction of a...
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