Ever heard of Scarabya? Probably not. This is a fairly obscure title (designed by Bruno Cathala and Ludovic Maublanc) that has mostly been sold on the French market. It looks intriguingly similar to Knizia's My City and relies on the exact same gameplay core. Each player has a board and a set of polyominoes. Each turn, a card is revealed, showing a polyomino piece. Everyone then gets to place the piece on their board, until all cards have been revealed, all pieces placed or d

SOS Titanic is a 1-5 player Patience-style card game in which you are trying to save as many passengers as possible from the Titanic before it sinks. The game was originally published in 2013 and has now come back in a deluxe edition by TGG Games. You can order a copy from their website. To set up the game, you will open the spiral book on the first page that shows the ship at the beginning of its sinking. There are four compartments at the bottom of the page, each carrying a

Update: Conan the Conqueror is live on Kickstarter, and the campaign will run for 13 days. This expansion contains revised solo/co-op rules and seven solo/co-op scenarios. For just 26 euro more, you can also add the Conan retail base game to your pledge (only available to EU backers) or pay a bit more and get the Conan Kickstarter edition (available to both EU and North America). Tales of the Brotherhood is an optional add-on expansion. Our preview post below was published on

Update no2: The campaign has been cancelled, as it became obvious that it wouldn't reach the funding goal. Monolith will return to Kickstarter in the future with revised Conan plans. Update: The Beyond the Monolith system for Conan has launched on Kickstarter, and the campaign will run for only 6 days. If you are looking for information on the Legacy pledge (applicable to solo/co-op), make sure to scroll way down the campaign page to see exactly what it offers. Our preview po

Update: Arkeis is live on Kickstarter, and the campaign will run for 22 days. Since this is a legacy game, you have the option to add a reset kit to your pledge, as well as a playmat, extra dice, metal coins and an extra character expansion. Our preview post below was published on November 1. Arkeis is a 2-4 player cooperative adventure legacy game (it seems to be easily playable solo double handed). The Kickstarter campaign will launch on November 5. You play as a member of