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The Art Of Expanding Railroad Network – Imperial Steam

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“The industrial age is beginning to explode. You need more workers for your factories, and you need more workers to build tracks to expand your rail network.” – Capstone Games When I first heard about Imperial Steam, the first impression was still just “Oh, another route building game with pickup-&-deliver? Railways to .. series again?”. After learning that the designer is Huemer (the designer of the Lignum series), I decided to give this one a … Read more

The Test for Your liver – F Your Liver

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Are you bored of playing “Circle of Death”  at every single party you’ve been to ? Do you feel frustrated about explaining the rules every single turn when someone asks what it is about? Are you looking for a party game that can withstand your drunk roommates? Then you should check out the review for “F Your Liver” card game, from Wood Eye Games LLC.  How to “F your liver”  Just to clarify, this is … Read more

A Documentary of a life time – WILD: Serengeti

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Have you ever been amazed by watching the wildlife documentary on Animal Planet? Have you ever wondered how hard it must be to film the animals in their natural habitat without disturbing them? Even though it is a challenging task, it is rewarding to watch the final results. Bad Comet – a small board game studio from Seoul, Korea – just released their latest Kickstarter campaign to stimulate this experience – WILD: Serengeti  In WILD: … Read more

Enjoy your stay in Bantam West

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Have you ever had an immense amount of palpitation when you solve a puzzle in your own way? No, it is not any generic puzzle but a specific one indeed. The ones making you tear your own hair out since you can’t connect all the hints. The ones frustrate you because of a rabbit hole you dig, and come back to zero again. And the climax reaches when you have your “ah-ha” moment, figure out … Read more

The Millennium War – the Battle for the Ultimate Power

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MOBA has been dominating the world of video games for a long time. Everyone of us must have heard of one of these iconic titles: Aeon of Strite, Defense of the Ancients or League of Legends. Despite the difference in themes and mechanics, these games require players to have good reflexes, a constant and admirable harmony between the hand movements and the brain, and of course, transparent communication skills among team players. Due to these … Read more

Board Game Kickstarter Showcase – Drink your Life Away in Barcadia

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You are invited to your wife’s friend’s party. Everyone is really nice, and welcoming, but there is one problem: they only want to drink. You are not a big fan of drinking and, of course, your livers too. You don’t want to cause your wife to be concerned. She might think that you are refusing to hangout with her friends. You don’t want to end up sleeping on the sofa tonight. At the same time, … Read more

The Isle Of Cats Board Game – Leave No Cats Behind

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Remember the fabulous island – where a race of ancient, wise, fierce and playful cats made their home? Yes, the last time, we did an extraordinary job in rescuing them from the armies of Vesh Darkhand. Even though these noble creatures are safe now, we are not done with our mission yet. According to the latest scout Yanna Stormtree, her ancient friends are on the way to the Isle of Cats again, seeking for refugees … Read more

Duel in the World of Chai Tea for 2

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Call out for all tea lovers!!!  Following the success of their two previous campaigns, Dan & Connie are back with the newest one for tea lovers – Chai: Tea for 2. Even though it shares the same theme as the first one, the duel version features totally different gameplays, and more strategic plannings. The best part is the game still maintains the high quali-tea.     Unlike Chai, players will take part in a different perspective: … Read more

Get your Hopes up for a Brighter Tomorrow with The Market | A Pocket Game

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After decades of apocalyptic events, general resources are getting scarce. Citizens of Plaka have to manage their best to survive day to day. They have to keep their hope up, by acquiring more permanent resources, for a better and brighter tomorrow.  Welcome to The Market | A Pocket Game, where you will experience the daily struggle of going to the market in the year of 2121. Your main goal is the first person to gather … Read more

The Journey of Vivid Memories

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When you were a child, have you ever had any lifelong aspirations ? Following the footsteps of Neil Amstrong to reach the Moon ? Being brave, strong and adventurous like Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay to conquer Mount Everest ? Or being clever, empathetic and diligent as your teachers? Or becoming as talented and inspirational as Elvis Presley? Every aspirations all followed by the collections of imaginations, where we defied who we were, and … Read more

Agents of Smersh – the Epic Face-off awaiting

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  As you are sipping your daily dose of luxurious foamy espresso, you receive a decrypted message via a secure channel. The Director of the United Nations Intelligence Committee has informed you that hundreds of Secret Government Spies have been disappearing and nowhere to be found. If they are lucky enough to be found, they turn up dead. Due to the urgency of this issue, the Director is putting a team together, to fight against … Read more

ENHANCE Board Game Backpack – Release the Monster

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I want you to bear with me, for the sake of this article.  Let’s imagine when the pandemic is over, or at least it is safe to have game nights again. There are so many games that you are looking forward to bragging and playing with your group. From the top cell of your Kallax, you see a white box with a golden engraved letter. Yes, it is the deluxe edition of Brass: Birmingham. The … Read more

Hidden Leaders – Who will Claim the Throne of Oshra?

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The Emperor is dead. The High Majesty once unified the island of Oshra and also defeated the demonic fiendish Undead. Upon his death, Oshra is on the brink of a bloody and destructive civil war. The Empire keeps their oath of fealty, swears to protect the kingdom. On the other side, the rebellious Tribes, who have been vassalage to the submission of the Emperor, will rise up. Meanwhile, the Water Folk, who have been avoiding … Read more

One Card Wonder – Let the world envy your Wonder!

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From left to right: AL Khazneh (Jordan), Bedouin Camps (Jordan), Pharos Lighthouse (Egypt) Let’s go over the criterion for the new potential board game you are looking for:  You are so bad at having poker face and being bluffed countless times with the Apple, the Contrabands and the Royal goods in Sheriff of Nottingham. You are also deep in despair when you keep being isolated in all the Trades since you have too many cities … Read more

Transmissions – The Process Of Learning And Expressing Emotions

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What do you envision of Robots? Emotionless? Cold-hearted? A Cyborg Assassin like Terminator? Cyber-enhanced soldiers like Major in Ghost in the Shell? Or highly inquisitive but full of cuteness like WALL-E ? Matt Dixon believes Robots can also have complex feelings and emotions like humans do. He has been developing the Transmission series – where he tries  to examine feelings and emotion that might be difficult to express in other ways – since 2006. Till … Read more