JD Saltz Jan 20, 2022 0
Wartales — Fantasy combat with a side-helping of plague, death and…
The Binding of Isaac Repentance is a fitting end to an iconic…
Alex Wilmot Jan 13, 2022 0
The Captain's gone a little space crazy. Firstly changing his name to Toonhead whilst converting a TV screen into a space helmet as part of his ensemble. Turning his weakness to strength, Toonhead creates his own weapons and contraptions to…
Rob Covell Jan 12, 2022 0
After having a bizarre murder-cow infested dream that acts as a tutorial, you wake up in your apartment with a guide to working at the titular Happy's Humble Burger Farm, your new source of employment. You're instructed to pick up a…
Dann Sullivan Jan 11, 2022 0
A tsunami destroyed your home and submerged all land far beyond where the eye can see; There's only one choice, you and your buddies must search for land — as Trash Sailors — and survive off the debris from before. Cooperative games come…
Beginner's Guide to Fights in Tight Spaces
iwantpie Jan 8, 2022 0
Ground Shatter's new roguelike deck-builder, Fights in Tight Spaces, is a deep and rewarding strategic experience, but it can also be pretty tricky. Below are some tips to help newer players plan, both for the long-term and for…
Matthew Smail Jan 7, 2022 0
It must be tough to take an IP as popular as former Spiel Des Jahre 2017 winner Kingdomino and expand on it without spoiling a working formula, but Bruno Cathala and friends seem to keep managing it. First we had the roll-and-write…
Rob's Top 5 Games of 2021
Rob Covell Jan 6, 2022 0
2021 has been another wild year, with the world still mostly on fire and everything being terrible. But you know what hasn't been terrible? Some of the games I've managed to play during the last 12 months. Whilst I haven't played as much in…
John's Top 5 Games That Made Another Hellish Year More Acceptable
John Mulcahey Jan 5, 2022 0
Does Alan Wake Remastered count? Maybe not. If it does, it's that. >So... 2021 huh. Let's leave it at that for a yearly recap. We all know it sucked. Will next year be better... I'm not willing to tempt fate. At least, as ever,…
Aeterna Noctis — The Eternal Cycle
Hira Jan 4, 2022 0
Aeterna Noctis sees the Queen of Light and the King of Darkness in an eternal strife for power over Aeterna.
I have to admit that when I first saw the previous World of Warcraft branded take on a thematic board game (Small World of Warcraft) I was pretty dubious. Somehow though, the Warcraft theme really enhanced the base game and I really enjoyed…
Zillionaires on Mars is an auction focus Monopoly game
Jupiter Hadley Dec 31, 2021 0
Zillionaires on Mars reminded all of us of Monopoly — specifically the auction phase in Monopoly, where you'd auction to purchase properties. I did not really play much like it beyond that though, instead taking notes from Bingo. Regardless…
Transient — Neither Here Nor There
John Mulcahey Dec 30, 2021 0
Transient is one of those games that, on paper, that I should love. It's an old-style adventure game; along the lines of Myst. You explore, poke around areas, and solve puzzles. It's a synthesis of Lovecraft and Cyberpunk, both narratively…
Tormented Souls is the spiritual sequel that Resident Evil deserves
Matthew Smail Dec 29, 2021 0
In the years since classic, fixed-camera survival horror games like Alone in the Dark and Resident Evil were popular, there have been many attempts to capture the same "essence" almost all of which have failed. Tormented Souls, however,…
Unmatched: Battle of Legends and its Expansions are a Duelling Delight
A long time ago (2002) in a galaxy far, far away (when Milton Bradley were still a trading brand) there was a game called Star Wars: Epic Duels. In this game, iconic heroes from the Star Wars universe did battle using cards and dice. For…
Before We Leave is a peaceful, calming colony-building experience
Dann Sullivan Dec 28, 2021 0
Long after society as we know it has ended, people start to appear from the world below. Unexpectedly it's been really unremarkable down there, and nature has done a great job of healing. Before We Leave is a city/colony building game that…
Steamopolis — Prepare for a headache
iwantpie Dec 27, 2021 0
In Steamopolis, players compete for the title of mayor of the titular steampunk town by building the best steamship, flying supportive banners and visiting the various factories in the city. It's not exactly clear why much of this equates…
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New York Slice is pizza collecting fun.
I am a big fan of food-based board games. I have an entire bookshelf dedicated to the food theme games I have come across and picked up in my time. I am also from New York, and love Pizzas — my dad was a Pizza cook before I was born. So, I…
Pronty: Fishy Adventure — Dive Into The Apocalypse
Hira Dec 23, 2021 0
Pronty: Fishy Adventure is a brand new metroidvania in the vein of Hollow Knight, except everything is underwater and Bioshock vibes abound.
Mechajammer is a grungy, dystopian cRPG full of chaotic potential
Mechajammer's Calitana is a grungy world stuffed with the dregs of a crime-ridden society. The only things scrubbing away at the grime is the unsustainable cycle of corruption and death, that and the fires from the open rioting and fighting…
I Am Fish is tricky, ball rolling fun
A long, long time ago, I got the chance to play a demo of I Am Fish, and was quite interested in the game when it came out. It has finally made its way onto my Xbox, as part of Xbox Games Pass, so I have had my chance to play as a fish,…
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