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Catch the Moon Review

A version of this review was published on a site, I have discovered, no longer exists. Catch the Moon is delightful, with its tone somewhere

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Can’t Stop Review

Sometimes you feel like you’ve arrived late to the party. Everyone’s moved on from a game, but you weren’t there when it was popular so

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Babylonia Review

The first time you play Babylonia you’ll probably play poorly. Fair warning. I’ve taught this game to at least 4 groups of people and no

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Codenames Duet Review

Codenames Duet is more than simply a 2-player version of the most popular party game of the last few years. It’s transformed, different, and compelling

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Letter Jam Review

For those reading this in the distant future: Wordle is all the rage right now. Maybe it’s still the bee’s knees in your time too,

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Q.E. Review

At one of my first gaming conventions I attended a discussion about game design. There, I first heard about the double/halve rule. So many people

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The Search for Planet X Review

Deduction is rigid, which makes it difficult to incorporate into board games, which thrive best in the rivers of uncertainty and doubt. If a deduction

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Oceans Review

Going scuba diving was one of the most surreal experiences of my life. It’s at once impossibly serene, a blanket of subaqueous white noise and

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Carpe Diem Review

Stefan Feld’s Carpe Diem is so clearly riffing on many of the same ideas in his masterpiece The Castles of Burgundy that I can’t help

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Battle for Biternia Review

Adapting an outside property into board game form is simple. I mean, it’s not. But it also is. Bear with me here. Board games, insofar

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Union Station Review

Union Station is on kickstarter now. Travis D. Hill’s Union Station is admirable in its transparency. It doesn’t disguise itself with excess; it’s confident in

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