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Fromage Board Game Review

  • Post published:12 October 2025
  • Reading time:4 mins read

Fromage is a medium-light euro game about cheese making, featuring unique mechanics and quick gameplay. The main board is divided into four quadrants, and everyone plays in their own quadrant…

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Read more about the article Finspan Review: A Lighter Wingspan?

Finspan Review: A Lighter Wingspan?

  • Post published:9 July 2025
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Finspan is the newest addition to the Wingspan line. With similar ideas to Wingspan, Finspan is focused on fish. Players play fish cards with various powers and activate them to…

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Read more about the article Galactic Cruise Board Game Review

Galactic Cruise Board Game Review

  • Post published:3 June 2025
  • Reading time:7 mins read

Galactic Cruise is a crunchy euro game for 1-4 players. It combines worker placement, resource management, and launching space cruises to compete for the most victory points. Gameplay The worker…

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Read more about the article SETI Board Game Review

SETI Board Game Review

  • Post published:24 May 2025
  • Reading time:6 mins read

SETI is a crunchy eurogame for one to four players. In this game, you’ll search for extraterrestrial life, uncover their traces, discover and interact with them to compete for victory…

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Read more about the article Laserox SETI Organizer Review

Laserox SETI Organizer Review

  • Post published:17 April 2025
  • Reading time:3 mins read

The number of popular big and complex board games has grown over the years. This usually means games come with many components, often stored in plastic baggies, making setup and…

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Read more about the article Underwater Cities and New Discoveries Expansion Review

Underwater Cities and New Discoveries Expansion Review

  • Post published:13 April 2025
  • Reading time:9 mins read

Underwater Cities is a worker placement and engine-building game for one to four players. In this game, you gradually build underwater domes and production buildings that generate resources, which can…

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Read more about the article Hoplomachus: Victorum and Pandora’s Ruin Expansion Review

Hoplomachus: Victorum and Pandora’s Ruin Expansion Review

  • Post published:26 March 2025
  • Reading time:16 mins read

Hoplomachus: Victorum is a solo campaign packed with epic, tactical combats, offering tons of variety and meaningful choices. In this game, you travel across a map, participate in events, and…

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Marco Polo II: In the Service of the Khan Review

  • Post published:8 March 2025
  • Reading time:4 mins read

Marco Polo II: In the Service of the Khan is a dice-placement game for 2–4 players where you traverse the map, build trading posts, increase your income, and fulfill contracts…

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Have you played Yokohama or Yokohama Duel? Yokoha Have you played Yokohama or Yokohama Duel?

Yokohama is one of our favorite games, but we had never played Yokohama Duel. They share similarities, but they are different games and play differently. After Tasty Minstrel Games (TMG) closed its doors a few years ago, Synapses Games picked up the rights to Yokohama. They published a revised version of the original game with better art and components a couple of years ago. Now, the new edition of the Duel game has also been released.

I like the new editions a lot more. The art is far cleaner and the components are improved. I know there was a deluxe version of both games published by TMG, and I believe the new edition also has deluxe components, but comparing only the standard versions, the new edition is much better.

The Duel game feels different from playing the original game with two players. I can easily see some people liking one and not the other. But we equally enjoy both. Yokohama is an excellent game at all player counts, but the Duel version doesn't feel as tight as the original and plays faster. It also comes in a much smaller box.

What are your thoughts? Have you played the Duel game?

Please keep in mind that we received a review copy of this game.

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Do you like Splendor? Have you seen Splendor Kids? Do you like Splendor? Have you seen Splendor Kids?

Splendor Kids, the latest addition to the Splendor lineup, is a light and straightforward implementation of Splendor designed to play with kids.

Instead of cards, the game comes with a board with multiple paths and players race to reach the castle at the top of the board with their pawn. During your turn, you either collect resources or move your pawn up a path. The resource collection rules are the same as collecting gems in Splendor, but instead of purchasing cards, you move up a path.

All players have the same number of turns, and everyone who manages to reach the castle wins.

As expected, the rules are very straightforward, the artwork is excellent for the target audience, and the gameplay is quite fun for young kids. Getting this game for adults wouldn't make sense since the original Splendor exists, but if you have a little one, this game can be a perfect option.

Please keep in mind that we received a review copy of this game.

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Take Time was one of our favorite releases of 2025 Take Time was one of our favorite releases of 2025! It's fun, super quick, and has tons of variety even though it also has some shortcomings.

The game comes with 10 chapters, each containing four clocks and a rule sheet. The rules are very simple. There are two decks of numbered cards from 1 to 12. From these 24 cards, 12 are randomly distributed among players. These 12 cards must be played around a clock with 6 sections following certain rules. Players discuss strategy before seeing their cards and then take turns playing cards face down. When the cards are revealed, if all requirements of the clock are met, everybody wins.

Each game can be played in only a few minutes and there is tons of variety. Most of the puzzles feel very different and require different styles of problem-solving to beat. Also, because of the randomness of the cards, the same puzzle can feel different between plays.

However, that randomness can also be an issue. Depending on your cards, it's possible that you have no chance of winning the game. That being said, we also had plays that seemed lost from the beginning but we ended up winning. The game provides a way to play a number of cards face up, but that's not enough for some plays that are doomed from the start. In order to minimize this issue, coming up with strategies for different cases of card draw during the discussion phase is important.

The luck element can be a dealbreaker for some people. We didn't find it a big issue because the game is very quick. Losing a game out of several because of bad luck isn't a big deal when each game takes only a few minutes.

Take Time comes in a perfectly sized box and the artwork is excellent. The gameplay is fun, too. While it is not a game for everyone, it is a great option for light game sessions or playing with those who are not deep in the hobby.

What are your thoughts? Have you played this game?

Please keep in mind that we received a review copy of this game. 

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Happy holidays, everyone! 2025 was a busy year, bu Happy holidays, everyone! 2025 was a busy year, but we still managed to play tons of incredible games!

As has become tradition, here are the top 9 new-to-me games in 2025 in no particular order.

Galactic Cruise by @kinsonkeygames

SETI by @czech_games_edition

Fromage by @r2igames

The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship by @zmangamesofficial

Hoplomachus: Victorum by @chiptheorygames

Marco Polo II by @zmangamesofficial

Underwater Cities by @riograndegames

Evergreen by @horribleguild

Kinfire Chronicles: Night's Fall by @incredibledreamstudios

What is on your list? Have you played any of these?

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