But wait, there's more! (Bare Essen-tials, part 2)
Yeah. Another year we’re not going. But if I was, these are some of the games I’d check out at Essen Spiel 2022. I am not someone who...
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Athena
- Sep 21, 2022
Bare Essen-tials
JW reminded me that Essen Spiel is going to take place at the very beginning of October this year, so I went through the BGG preview list...
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Athena
- Oct 10, 2021
Essener Delikatessen
Since neither JW nor I are going to Essen this year, we decided to do some online Spielunking and unearth the games we might be...
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Zerbique
- Oct 4, 2021
Protect the fallen kingdom
Oltréé is a cooperative game of narrative adventure, resource management, and threat containment for 2 to 4 players, but it can be played...
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Athena
- Sep 8, 2021
Legends of the App
Descent: Legends of the Dark is a 1-4 player cooperative app-driven fantasy game in which a band of heroes is journeying across the land...
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Zerbique
- Jul 24, 2021
Lucky numbers
Super Mega Lucky Box is a 1-6 players Bingo-style game, designed by Phil Walker-Harding. It is available to purchase from the Gamewright...
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Zerbique
- Jul 22, 2021
Fire the catapults!
Space Invaders is a dexterity-based board game for 1-4 players, inspired by the Space Invaders video game, and designed by Kane Klenko....
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Athena
- Jul 18, 2021
My cards will go on
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...
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Athena
- Jul 16, 2021
Aboard the Nostromo
ALIEN: Fate of the Nostromo is a 1-5 player cooperative adventure game inspired by the Alien movie franchise. You are playing as the crew...
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Athena
- Jul 15, 2021
Uncover the Secrets of the Houses of Dune
Dune: House Secrets is a 1-4 player cooperative app-driven storytelling game inspired by Frank Herbert's novel (and associated 2021...
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Athena
- Jul 11, 2021
Get the pizzas rolling
Mozzaroller is a 1-4 player set collection and push-your-luck game in which you are trying to fulfill the most customer orders in a...
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Zerbique
- Jun 29, 2021
Line up for fantasy battles
Card Tactics is a pocket-sized solitaire tactical combat game set in a Fantasy world. You'll manage a squad of three heroes fighting...
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Zerbique
- Jun 14, 2021
Track your sheeping patterns
Sheepy Time is a 1-4 players push-your-luck game in which you play as dream-world sheep that jump over a fence to get their dreamer...
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Zerbique
- Jun 13, 2021
Go back to your roots
Now or Never is a 1-4 players game by Ryan Laukat featuring a mix of adventuring and city-building, as you lead a hero through the...
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JW
- Jun 4, 2021
No more monthly bleeding for Arkham Horror expansions
Starting with the next pair of expansions, Arkham Horror: The Card Game will change its release model. Until now for each cycle you had...
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Zerbique
- May 31, 2021
Push your luck and earn some coin
Cut Throats Tavern is a card-based solitaire game in the Zadorf mini card games series. In all these games, you play to earn some...
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Athena
- Apr 17, 2021
Flower zen
A Gentle Rain is a solitaire (and possibly co-op) tile laying game about water lilies blooming in a pond. This is a very small box game...
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Zerbique
- Apr 1, 2021
Nature spotting
Meadow is a 1-4 players card drafting and tableau-building game about nature appreciation. Players go on a hike and try to see the most...
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Zerbique
- Mar 26, 2021
Puzzle solving in the '90s
The Initiative is a 1-4 players narrative-driven game by Corey Konieczka. The story is presented through a comic book that talks about a...
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Athena
- Mar 12, 2021
Flip 'n' write journeys
Explorers is a 1-4 player flip-and-write game in which you are traveling through a fantasy world, searching for gems and lost temples. It...
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Zerbique
- Mar 3, 2021
Place your bets and take a dive
Dive is a 1-4 players bidding game in which you are trying to be the first diver to reach a sacred stone lying at the bottom of the...
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Athena
- Mar 2, 2021
Rise up through the ranks
Red Rising is a 1- 6 player hand management game inspired by the novel by Pierce Brown. You are playing as a low caste character, trying...
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Zerbique
- Mar 1, 2021
Sewer quest
The Rat’s Lair is the first in a series of mini solitaire games published by Zadorf, currently available to order from the company’s...
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Athena
- Feb 21, 2021
Ginkgopolis returns to the stores
The 1-5 player urban city planning game Ginkgopolis has recently been reprinted, and is now available to purchase from European stores...
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Zerbique
- Feb 19, 2021
Crawl 'n' write
Paper Dungeons: A Dungeon Scrawler Game is a 1-8 player roll and write game in which you explore a dungeon with a team of four...
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Zerbique
- Feb 17, 2021
Be the Boss in Space
After a failed Kickstarter campaign in August 2019, Bossin’ Space by Czech publisher Albi has now gone straight to retail and is...
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Zerbique
- Feb 15, 2021
Flee the Dungeon!
Available to order from The Game Crafter, Dungeon Flee has been on crowdsale since Friday the 11th. In a Game Crafter crowdsale, the game...
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JW
- Jan 30, 2021
Polyominoes? Check. Roll-and-write? Check. Legacy? Check. What do you mean, no minis?
Ada Lovelace. The woman. The myth. The legend. Ada Lovelace. Who saw the potential of computers, when they were just seen as calculating...
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Athena
- Jan 26, 2021
GMT Games announces solo-focused in-house studio
In their latest newsletter, GMT announced the creation of an in-house development team -GMT One-who will work on solo modes for the...
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Athena
- Jan 23, 2021
Fresh out of the portal: Portal Games releases for 2021
Ignacy Trzewiczek, live from PortalCon, just announced the games Portal Games is planning to release this year. We will only mention...
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Athena
- Jan 23, 2021
Coffee in the cards
Café is a 1-4 player card drafting and resource management game in which you are building an efficient coffee supply chain. It was...
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Athena
- Jan 6, 2021
Two of Cops
Buddy Cop is a 1-2 player cooperative hand management and dice rolling game set in the same universe as Blacklist Games' previous...
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Athena
- Dec 4, 2020
Living the Paleo life
Paleo is a 2-4 player cooperative game in which your tribe is trying to survive the adversities of everyday life in the Stone Age. It can...
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Athena
- Dec 4, 2020
Bowls of hearty ramen
Ramen! Ramen! is a 1-4 player card game about serving the best soup in a ramen restaurant. The game was planned to hit the stores this...
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Athena
- Dec 2, 2020
Glorious Day for the release of Aliens
Gale Force 9 is finally starting the distribution of the long-awaited Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps to retail on December 5....
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Athena
- Nov 16, 2020
Develop croc-free plains
Faiyum is a 1-5 player hand management game in which you try to win the favour of the Pharaoh by developing the Faiyum basin. This is a...
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Athena
- Nov 14, 2020
Harmony of the spirits
Sagani is a 1-4 player tile laying game in which you are trying to connect your tiles so that the elemental spirits are in balance with...
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Athena
- Nov 8, 2020
A Treasure Chest full of Robinson goodies
Treasure Chest is an expansion for the 1-4 player cooperative adventure game Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island. It...
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Athena
- Nov 8, 2020
Build the majestic Cathedral
The Red Cathedral is a 1-4 player action selection and area control game about building St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow. Devir just...
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Athena
- Oct 30, 2020
Roll 'n' write in Troyes
Troyes Dice is a 1-10 player roll 'n' write game set in the Medieval city of Troyes, like the dice allocation game Troyes by the same...
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Athena
- Oct 28, 2020
Let the spice flow
Dune: Imperium is a 1-4 player worker placement and deck building game in which you play as one of the factions that fight over the...
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Athena
- Oct 26, 2020
Unlock the secrets of the island
Lost Ruins of Arnak is a 1-4 player worker placement and deck building game in which you lead an expedition to explore the fabled island...
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Athena
- Oct 14, 2020
Hopping on to a new Uwe game
Hallertau is a 1-4 player worker placement game by Uwe Rosenberg in which you cultivate crops (mainly hop) and develop your village in...
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Athena
- Oct 12, 2020
The glory of a long lost city
Merv: The Heart of the Silk Road is a 1-4 player action selection game in which you try to gain the most wealth and power in the medieval...
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Athena
- Oct 8, 2020
The Bug Hunt is on
Aliens: Bug Hunt is a 1-4 player cooperative dice rolling game based on the popular Aliens IP. It has recently become available through...
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Athena
- Sep 12, 2020
Look closely
As soon as Eric Martin posted about MicroMacro: Crime City on the Home page of BGG, I clicked on the demo link and gave it a try. This is...
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Athena
- Aug 24, 2020
Spreading the Christian Faith
The Mission: Early Christianity from the Crucifixion to the Crusades is a solitaire game by Ben Madison about the early days of the...
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JW
- Aug 19, 2020
Goth damn
Stilicho: Last of the Romans is a new game by Robert DeLeskie, the follow-up to his Wars of Marcus Aurelius: Rome 170-180CE. It's the end...
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Athena
- Aug 18, 2020
Revised core sets for Shadows of Brimstone
Shadows of Brimstone: City of the Ancients and Shadows of Brimstone: Swamps of Death, the two core sets with which the Shadows of...
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Athena
- Aug 17, 2020
Create paths for elves and gnomes
Fairy Trails is a 1-2 player tile-laying game by Uwe Rosenberg in which you are building path networks in an enchanted forest. Retail...
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