After many days of hard work in the bathhouse, Meephiro finally had a day off. And what better way to[…]
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Junta
Republica de los Bananas is a peaceful country. About one day out of twenty, at least. The other days, the country is in the grip of a revolution, counter-revolution, counter-counter-revoultion, insurgency, rebellion or upheaval. Since 1979, when Junta in its current form was firts published. This is an entry in the series “How to lose friends very quickly and with maximum drama”.
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Flash Point: Fire Rescue
When the call comes in, everything has to happen quickly. Slide down the pole, get on the truck and of you go. Yes, you can now experience the thrill of firefighting in a board game – minus the pole – in Indie Boards and Cards new cooperative game.
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Discworld: Ankh-Morpork
Space. The Final Frontier. These are the adventures of giant turtle Great A’tuin, her four elephant companions standing on her shell and the millions of people living on the world they carry. This is the Discworld, and that muddy brown spot over there is Ankh-Morpork, home to a million people and more drama than any other city in the multiverse.
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After Baghdad, everything else should have been a walk in the park. Should have been. Turns out I was wrong.[…]
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Old Men of the Forest
Old Men of the Forest is a charity game: all its profits go to the Orangutan Foundation UK. So don’t think of this as a review, its more a “bringing it to your attention”. You can support the apes – never call them monkeys, they hate that – and gain a light card game in the process.
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Pamplona – Viva San Fermín!
The Running of the Bulls in Pamplona is a world-famous festival, moreso since Hemmingway wrote about it. But its rarely used as a theme for boardgames. Pamplona – Viva San Fermín does make use of it.
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Mundus Novus
Mundus Novus is, despite its trade with the new world theme, a light set collection game with a complex(ish) trading mechanic and a bit of card based progress.
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The Gamer Files: The Warm Body
Tine is back with the Gamer Files, and this time it’s one that we all know. The one that will[…]
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The Settlers of Catan
The Settlers of Catan is the game that started the world wide eurogame craze. Sooner or later, everyone getting into boardgames will come across it, and if you haven’t yet we’ll gladly introduce you.
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