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Despite a weirdly generic name that feels oddly translated, I was pleasantly surprised by roguelike deckbuilding game, Pirates Outlaws. If you’ve played games like Slay the Spire, you’ll feel immediately […]
The first Piko Interactive Collection for Evercade – which I reviewed here – is still one of my favourite Evercade cartridges overall. The second was a little disappointing – oddly, […]
For British gamers of a certain age (cough – mid-forties or so – cough) the Amiga still holds a certain fascination and has an unbelievably strong nostalgic pull. Yet even […]
Seeing as MAR 10 is Mario Day, I thought I’d take the opportunity to once more cover my experience with the very first Super Mario Bros game I ever played […]
Mere weeks before its eShop is shut off for good and long after much of its online functionality has been cut off, the Wii U remains in the news for […]
Despite its enduring popularity, The Settlers of Catan – first published in Germany in 1995 as Die Siedler von Catan and more commonly known as simply ‘Catan’ these days – […]
It’s mid-February 2023 and, thanks to some organised thievery, I still don’t have my limited edition, black Evercade EXP console. I’m not bitter though. Well, maybe just a little. In […]
First published in 2008, co-operative board game Pandemic has proven so popular that it has spawned numerous expansions, spin-offs and licensed adaptations (including a fantastic Star Wars game based on […]
I’ve always been a big fan of the Cthulhu Mythos, despite the problematic nature of its origins and creator. HP Lovecraft often used thinly veiled – or not even veiled […]
In my mid-20s, I suddenly discovered board games again. Thanks to the surge in popularity of euro-style games – which emerged from Germany, for the most part – I discovered […]
Though the first titles in the Ninja JaJaMaru series were released in the late 80s – and became among the best-selling Famicom releases in Japan – ININ Games and developers […]
Billing itself on the cover as The Ultimate Guide to Gaming, the Next Level Games Review 2023 is a beautifully produced book covering the last twelve months of video games. […]
Ah, isn’t it a relief now that Christmas is out of the way? All of that stress over shopping, cooking and socialising. Not to mention all of those presents! Hang […]
It being the final day of 2022, it felt like a good opportunity to take a very rare breather and have a quick look at how things have gone this […]
One of the biggest problems board gamers have is not just learning a new game, but then remembering how to play it after a prolonged period of not playing it. […]
As tactile and simple as games can be, The Fuzzies is essentially Jenga, but with gravity-defying, colourful fuzzy balls. The basics are so simple that they’re printed on the back […]
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