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Athena
Mar 14, 2020
In defense mode
As the coronavirus threat is keeping me inside, not so much in fear of falling victim to the disease but of becoming a potential carrier...
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Mar 13, 2020
Tutti frutti punti
After a successful Kickstarter campaign, 2018 Golden Geek Best Print & Play Board Game-winner Orchard has now been released. The game is...
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Athena
Mar 7, 2020
A small empire engine
Micro Space Empire is a very attractive PnP. The sci-fi art (taken from NASA) makes half the game. The other half, that is the gameplay,...
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Mar 5, 2020
Eerie broadcasts
This post about the thematic set collection game Arkham Noir: Collector Case #1 – The Real Leeds was previously published on a Solitaire...
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Athena
Mar 1, 2020
Silence of Tsathoggua
After playing one of the scenarios in the Dead of Night expansion to Arkham Horror third edition for a ridiculous number of times without...
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Feb 28, 2020
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho!
Dwarf is a worker placement game, played on a changing grid of cards. Every turn you put two new mountain locations in play, covering up...
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Feb 23, 2020
The Needle and the Damage Done
I've called the automa Neil, as I understand he's a bit clumsy at making quilts and I'd like to stand a chance. I've owned this deck of...
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Feb 19, 2020
The joys of being Commander
In Deep Space D6 you've answered a distress call, only to find it's a trap. All kinds of enemy ships attack you. Will you survive before...
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Athena
Feb 15, 2020
A not so Rusty Throne
The solitaire PnP wargame A Rusty Throne tells a tale of revenge: King Alric is mad. He accused your father of treason and had him...
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Athena
Feb 14, 2020
Just a step away
...from being a great game. I'm talking about Xenoshyft: Dreadmire. As a fan of deck building games, I like this one a lot and always...
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Athena
Feb 8, 2020
Chased by the CREATURE
The last micro-game I played was about serving tea. This time, I am the sole survivor inside a Rig station in Europa (the moon of...
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Athena
Feb 5, 2020
The guild's favourite
I had been resisting Spirit Island for quite some time, due to mistrust and prejudice. I thought I wouldn't like it because the gameplay...
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Athena
Feb 5, 2020
Ten minutes of your tea time
Micro-games are not so easy to evaluate, exactly because they are very short. How much 'game' can you pack in a small deck of cards? Not...
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Jan 23, 2020
Roll along, cowboy
It's the end of the 19th century, out in the Wild West. You are The Drifter. You've lived a restless, violent life, but you think it's...
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Athena
Jan 18, 2020
A roll 'n' write oldie
Utopia Engine is a roll-and-write game designed years before the current roll-and-write craze (these games were not even called...
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Athena
Jan 15, 2020
Garden of degenerate delights: musings on the art and theme of Dungeon Degenerates
‘I'm not sure that I can get past the art style. It definitely belongs on the side of a purple van with wall to wall shag carpeting’.[1]...
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Jan 13, 2020
One tough galaxy
Now that the Kickstarter campaign for One Deck Galaxy has been postponed until 21 January, I suddenly had time to print an play the beta...
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Jan 10, 2020
Derailing the Old Ones
Earlier this week I learned and played AuZtralia. Then played it again. Then again and again and again. In the solitaire game you try to...
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Athena
Jan 9, 2020
Yes, but does it spark joy?
If you haven't been KonMari-ing your board game collection until there's only Mage Knight left, then it's about time you caught up with...
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Jan 5, 2020
Stranded at the moonbase
All communication had been lost with a station on a distant moon. You went to investigate, but your ship crashed. The moonbase looks...
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