In Kanagawa, all players are disciples of Master Painter Hokusai, trying to learn in his studio of art how to produce visual effects on canvas, capturing the mood of the different seasons as well as specific objects like trees, buildings, characters and animals. And while his wisdom is available to everyone, not every disciple can take away the same learning from the Master.
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Meople News: Cubic Cherries of Time
Kickstarter Just because it’s cube-shaped and has different faces does not always mean it’s a dice. In Quodd Heroes, on[…]
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Jacques Cousteau awakened the fascination for the submarine world in many of us. His film productions present the wonders hidden under the surface of the ocean, and yet they awaken curiosity for more. I think Monsieur Cousteau would approve of the way fellow Frenchman Antoine Bauza presents the underwater world in his game Oceanos: not as a place for warfare, like many games have done before, but as the object of curious discovery.
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Iello In a first announcement that doesn’t reveal much, Iello have presented a new game scheduled for end of 2017:[…]
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The right combination of two familiar game mechanics can create something new and fun. Sea of Clouds combines a drafting game with a press-your-luck mechanic. If you enjoy only one of those, then this game is definitely worth your time because it combines the best parts of them. And it does that while letting you loot the skies as a flying pirate, if you needed any more convincing.
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Horrible Games It’s a famous movie scene, often repeated: there are goblets of wine on the table, one of which[…]
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The year is god-knows-when BCE. The first people are spreading across the plains and forests looking for two things: food and shelter. Their most important tool in this dangerous voyage are Dominoes-like tiles they use to map out the surroundings. Okay, no, they didn’t really do that. You do that when playing Sapiens, map out the territory for your tribe to prosper.
Read moreMeople News: Energetic Bunny Dystopia
Fantasy Flight Games Forget space battles and AT-AT Walkers, most wars aren’t really won on the battlefields but in dark[…]
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GMT Games I appreciate when GMT Games makes non-wargames. I enjoyed all games by them I tried, but the whole[…]
Read moreMeople News: Icy Aether Legacies
Argyle Games With Landed Argyle Games are creating a terraforming tile laying game through Kickstarter. Players create a landscape from[…]
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