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Though I’ve played a few hours of Coffee Talk at this stage, it’s still too early to give a proper review of it. However, I’ve been dying to write about it ever since I started playing. It’s a wonderfully unique concept; essentially a visual novel in which you play as a night time barista in a coffee shop, Coffee Talk […]
The first Eight-Minute Empire was an excellent experience; though games rarely wrapped up faster than 20 minutes – rendering the title a bit economical with the truth – it was […]
Though I’ve just covered another Shadowrun board game this week (the Lords of Waterdeep-esque Shadowrun: Sprawl Ops), I’ve also recently acquired two player card game Shadowrun: Zero Day. For once in a Shadowrun game, the complexity and buckets-of-dice elements are dialled down or tossed out entirely, leaving a more focused, fast-paced experience that goes all in on presenting just one […]
As a fan of cyberpunk since the early 90s and a D&D player for even longer, the fantasy/sci-fi mashup of tabletop RPG Shadowrun always appealed to me. Though it could sometimes feel as if not enough is done with its fantasy elements – and that it may as well just be straight cyberpunk – it does have an appealingly detailed […]
Version Played: Android (also available on iOS, Windows and Mac) Based on a board game that was first released in 2012, Lords of Waterdeep is a worker placement game set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe. Players take turns placing their agents at different locations in the titular city, hiring adventurers or getting other bonuses that will allow them to […]
Version Played: Android – Price: Free (Bloodbones included, other books available as in-app purchases) When I covered the Steam version of Fighting Fantasy Gamebook Appointment With F.E.A.R., I mentioned how much the series meant to me. With very little money in the mid- to late-80s, Fighting Fantasy books provided me with interactive, imaginative and exciting fun at a much more […]
Version Played: Switch – $6.99/£6.29 – Published by: Ultimate Games I was excited to get my hands on Otherworldly; it looked like it had a real old school dungeon crawl feel, with horror elements such as jump scares thrown in the mix. Sadly, it’s quite a disappointing game. The dungeon is extremely dark; though this is intentional in order to […]
It was the early 90s when I saw my first animé – thanks to the BBC. Akira was broadcast on BBC2 and absolutely blew my mind. Animation in the West […]
I’m a sucker for Dungeons & Dragons, as readers of the blog – who’ve read RPG-related articles from me – will know. Amongst all of the D&D related games I’ve […]
Version Played: Switch – Out Now – Price: £7.99/$7.99 I hadn’t heard of or played the first Devious Dungeon game when I happened upon the second; however, it does seem […]
I hear you. “We get it,” you cry, “you really like small tabletop games!” You’re not wrong. I’m not someone who has an abundance of space at home – so […]
I’ve written a few articles on tabletop games of late, with my most recent articles of that nature being a look at the point-and-click PC adventure inspired The Dungeon and the D&D-themed, fast-paced chaos of Dungeon Mayhem. Both are very different experiences indeed. Rainbow Knights is another tabletop game that feels very different to a lot of games out there, […]
I’ve talked quite a bit on here about my love for tabletop roleplaying, and old school Dungeons & Dragons in particular. Though not an RPG itself, Dungeon Mayhem is a card game ostensibly set in the D&D universe, albeit with a much more cartoony look than players may be used to – along with very simple gameplay. Contained in the […]
Official Website/Available to back here via Kickstarter Despite not having a chance to play D&D in the last few years, I’ve been a fan for a very long time (since […]
Coming to PC in Q2/Q3 2020, Lost Viking: Kingdom of Women is an intriguing looking, third-person adventure/survival game with a unique and appealingly unusual visual aesthetic. The main plot of […]
Version Played: Xbox 360 Current CEX Price: £3 I can’t believe I’m on my 20th Bargain Bin article already; I started out covering Wii games before getting hold of some […]
