Looking through conspiracy theories at the right angle, all twisted and askew that angle may be, can provide (false) sensations of validation that your ideas hold merit and assurance that the world around us isn’t a randomized series of events...
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The world can be a vast and confusing place, and there can be a great comfort in discerning order through disorder with all that information. Sometimes that manifests in organized systems that make our lives easier and more efficient. Other...
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Fantastic Factories is the sort of game that takes a number of fairly familiar concepts and compiles them together in such a way that provides a wholly unique experience of its own. Within the game’s core mechanisms resides a number...
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There’s an appeal to the action hero tale. With larger than life situations, danger at every turn, and tasked with overcoming improbable odds, there’s a reason it has become such a storytelling staple. Some of these characters are driven by...
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While a game about crafting, creating, building, or otherwise forging items in and of itself isn’t exactly new, Swordcrafters goes the extra step in that thematic immersion. Rather than abstract the idea of creating glorious weaponry, the crux of the...
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Feudum is a pretty meaty ‘sandbox’ style board game, where it mixes numerous different mechanics together in an open-ended thematic way and then simply folds its hands in waiting as you try to explore and strategize your way across the...
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Gloomhaven is a massive game in more ways than one. The game boasts a staggering 21 pounds of product in a single box. It has over 90 playable scenarios. It touts an extensive and winding RPG-style dungeon crawling campaign. It...
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The town of Arthursburg is one in need of saving, and thanks to the efforts of a handful of determined youngsters, you now have that chance to step into their shoes, grab your lucky marbles, and take on the bad...
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Mechanically speaking, Apotheca is not a complicated game. It’s largely intuitive with only a handful of concrete rules, ensuring that it can be taught in just a couple of minutes. Yet the game’s simple concept belies a rich and often...
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If you’ve been around skilled poker players then you know that there’s just as much skill at work as luck. You may not be able to control the cards you receive, but you can control the rest. Advanced poker players...
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