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Dawn Review

A friend of mine recommended the Battlestar Galactica board game to me years ago, back when it was in print and I was new to

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Medici: The Card Game

Knizia’s Medici: The Card Game rides a thin line. Like so many other simple games that rely on a healthy dollop of luck, it’s at

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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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Shobu Review

It’s all about the rope.  Shobu looks and plays like a game that’s been around for centuries. The genre trappings—black and white pieces, square grids,

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Blackbrim 1876 Review

I enjoy puzzle games but I often feel a bit out of my element when I try to review them. Puzzles are, in some sense,

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That Time You Killed Me Review

Spoiler warning: I’ll try to not reveal particulars but this is technically a campaign game with sealed material so fair warning. I want to recommend

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Broken; Unbroken

I’ve got a copy of Unbroken and I’m not sure what to do about it. I received it from another game reviewer a while back.

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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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Xenon Profiteer Review

Remember when deckbuilding was new and fresh? In those times of old it seemed like every single new release was messing around with the system.

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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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Pictomania Review

Sometimes I think if Vlaada Chvatil was a new designer today he would have a terrible time trying to get his games published. The board

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Bat Flip (prototype) Review

Bat Flip will be available on kickstarter on the 18th You’d think there would be more sports board games, with both sports and board games

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Dinosauria Review

Honestly, I’m split. Now that the paleontological scholarship has shifted towards dinosaurs being feathery and perhaps occasionally brightly colored, I can appreciate the appeal of

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Dice Command Review

Dice Command, the small box WWII game debut from Ejected Planet, caused me to reflect on the expression that “war is the continuation of policy

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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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The Alpha Review

The Alpha is the kind of game you pull out at the end of the night, when your capability to play something more complex has

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My City Review

The legacy game, as a concept, is 10 years old and My City is the first one I’ve seen that’s wholly, unabashedly humble. After Pandemic

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