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Tapestry
The game: Tapestry by Jamey Stegmaier, published by Stonemaier Games in 2019. I got a review copy from Stonemaier Games. Originally they told me no, but when a local gamer who had preordered the game got a dented box, Stonemaier had him pass the damaged copy to me, while he got a brand new game…
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Combo Color
The game: Combo Color by Charles Chevallier and Laurent Escoffier, published by Asmodee in 2019. I got a review copy from Asmodee Nordics. Elevator pitch: A strategic colouring game where players try to score points by colouring valuable areas on the board. What’s in the box? The fairly big but shallow box contains four dry…
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Amul
The game: Amul by Remo Conzadori and Stefano Negro, published by Lautapelit.fi in 2019. I don’t own a copy, I’ve played with copies owned by other people. Elevator pitch: A card drafting and set collection game for up to eight players. What’s in the box? The game is a deck of cards, a small central…
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Tummple!
The game: Tummple! by Bruce Shadorf, published by Nordic Games in 2018 (and also by couple of other publishers, but that’s the copy I have). I received a review copy from Asmodee Nordics. Elevator pitch: Build a tower from blocks and avoid causing blocks to fall in a sort of reverse Jenga. What’s in the box?…
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Copenhagen
The game: Copenhagen by Asger Harding Granerud and Daniel Skjold Pedersen, published by Queen Games in 2019. I loaned a review copy from Lautapelit.fi, the publisher of the Scandinavian edition of the game. Elevator pitch: Tetris-like tile laying powered with rummy-style card play and clever use of special powers. What’s in the box? A big…
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Texas Showdown
The game: Texas Showdown by Mark Major. This was originally self-published as Strife in 2015, then published by Amigo in 2018. I bought this myself. Elevator pitch: A Western-themed trick avoidance game for 4–6 players with couple of very clever twists. What’s in the box? A standard Amigo card game box contains a 60-card deck…
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On Tour
The game: On Tour by Chad DeShon. The game was published by BoardGameTables.com in 2019 after a successful Kickstarter campaign. I received a review copy of the game from BoardGameTables.com. Elevator pitch: A lavishly produced roll and write game where you plan a tour of United States for your band. What’s in the box? A…
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WordPress: The Card Game
The game: WordPress: The Card Game by Rustan Håkansson. The game was published by Angry Creative in 2018 after a successful Kickstarter campaign. I was a sponsor-level backer in the campaign in order to get my WordPress plugin Relevanssi featured in the game. Elevator pitch: A simple card game about running a WordPress agency. Create…
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Astro Drive
The game: Astro Drive by Max Wikström and Mikko Punakallio. The game was published by Lautapelit.fi in 2018, sixth game in their small box series. My copy is on loan from the local library. Elevator pitch: A sci-fi racing game based on old arcade games. What’s in the box? The race track is made of oversize cards which…
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Gaming Year 2018
2018 was the year of the two-player card game. Look at my top three played games: Magic: the Gathering, KeyForge and Shards of Infinity, all with more than fifty plays. When I look at my lists, it feels like I mostly played new games this year. I managed to do that in moderation, though: we’re…
1918: Brother Against Brother, A Feast for Odin, Afrikan tähti, Agra, Azul, Blue Lagoon, Bunny Kingdom, Caverna: Cave vs Cave, Connect Four, Da ist der Wurm drin, Da Vinci Code, Dawn of Peacemakers, Deckscape, Discover: Lands Unknown, Dominion, Dragon Castle, Escape Room: The Game, Escape the Room: Secret of Dr. Gravely’s Retreat, EXIT: The Game, Fashion Show, Fast Forward: Fear, Glass Road, Hero Realms, Jishaku, John Company, KeyForge, Klunker, Magic: The Gathering, Mechs vs Minions, My Little Scythe, Mysteries of Peking, Nusfjord, Pax Pamir, Pax Renaissance, Raiders of the North Sea, Root, Santorini, Shards of Infinity, Speedy Words, Spirit Island, Star Wars: Rebellion, The Colonists, The Quacks of Quedlinburg, Tokyo Highway, Two Rooms and a Boom, Unlock!, Villa Paletti, Who Did It?, WordPress: The Card Game, Yokohama