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Review of Neuroshima Hex – Battle!

Neuroshima Hex is a tile-placement skirmish game with a very clever initiative system. First published in 2006, it has numerous fans who collect each expansion army as it comes out. This new version is a great entry point because Neuroshima … Continue reading

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Review of Age of Galaxy (Second Edition)

[Second Edition reviewed, but changes between the editions are minimal and noted below.] Are you used to playing a game once and judging it?  I am, especially when not reviewing it. Many games seem to reveal much of what they … Continue reading

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Dragons Down: A Review

Dragons Down By Scott DeMers Players: 1-4 Time: 45-60 min per player Played 6 times, 3 co-op, 2 competitive, and 1 solo Review by Jonathan Franklin I entered the land of Dragons Down as a Pip, the halfling archer. I … Continue reading

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Thorgal: The Board Game

Thorgal: the Board Game Designers: Joanna Kijanka, Jan Maurycy Święcicki, Rafał Szyma Artists: Maciej Simiński, Frédéric Vignaux Publisher: Portal Games Players: 1-4 Age: 14+ Time: 90-120 minutes Played with review copy provided by the publisher Do you want to go … Continue reading

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Review of Far Away

Far Away Designer: Alexander Jerabek Artist: Jake Breish Publisher: Cherry Picked Games Players: 2* Age: 14+ Time: 90-150 minutes Played with an owned copy and I have backed the expansion Far Away is a fanciful cross-genre cooperative two-player* game. This … Continue reading

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Little Alchemists: A Spoiler-Free Review

Little Alchemists Designer: Matúš Kotry Artists: David Cochard, Štěpán Drašťák, Dávid Jablonovský, František Sedláček Publisher: Czech Games Edition (CGE) Players: 2-4 Age: 7+ Time: 20-40 minutes per game Played with review copy provided by CGE Little Alchemists is a seven-chapter … Continue reading

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