We Love Games – Board Game News & Reviews
Ohanami is a beautiful set-collection card game of cleverly gathering cards to build your garden (in an abstract, card-drafty sorta way). With a unique scoring mechanism, this little game brings just enough strategy to stay engaging. Want to know more? Check out Game in a Minute!
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I love a good abstract game. While thematic gameplay mechanisms and a really cool setting can make a game incredible, at the end of the day, the mechanics of a game will either make or break the experience for me, and a good abstract delivers a lean dose of gameplay without anything extraneous. Twinkle is just this sort of experience, bringing with it just a few simple rules, some equally austere components, and the sort of fun that only an abstract puzzle can manage.
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Papageno is a gorgeously (and hilariously) illustrated set collection game that manages to take a few simple decisions and turn them into a fantastically compact and fun gaming experience. Want to know more? Check out Game in a Minute and find out!
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Thinking about backing Themeborne’s Escape the Dark Sector – Expand the Universe Kickstarter? Check out our review of the core game in this sci-fi dungeon-crawler.
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HexRoller is a tight, abstract roll & write – a fantastic dice-driven puzzle of number placement and simple scoring mechanisms.
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Please Fix the Teleporter seizes on the horrifying idea of a transporter breaking mid-teleport, leaving Captain Gerf and his arch nemesis Emperor Korlax trapped within the beam as a garbled mess of parts! You and your fellow likely-to-be demoted teleporter techs are racing to see who can fix the teleporter first and save the Captain and the Emperor from becoming a massive pile of nightmare fuel. (But, like, in a cute, family-friendly way!)
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Dual Powers: Revolution 1917 is a beautifully-presented area-influence duel for 2 which combines a clever action-cost mechanism with just enough bluffing and mind-games to keep things tense and engaging the whole way through!
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Lift Off! Get me off this Planet! is a race to be the most successful at evacuating your Alieneeples from the core of your swiftly-exploding homeworld and onto an escape rocket. With tons of variety in its mechanisms and gameplay, is Lift Off! Get me off this Planet! the escape you’ve been looking for? Check out Game in a Minute to find out!
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Today is National Cat Day, so let’s celebrate with a cat-themed game review! Today Jess takes a look at this purrfectly delightful game about sewing quilts for cats.
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A Game of Cat & Mouth is like a cross between knock hockey, pinball, and a boisterous trip to the vet all rolled up into one. As a dexterity flicking game it’s design might look toy-like, but is it as fun as its’ packaging? Check out Jess’ review to find out.
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