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  • Next Station Paris Review: Guided Tours / Game Design

    March 26, 2026

    ★★★★☆ — While some other blank-and-writes revel in boxes combo’ing into other boxes, Paris is comparatively restrained. The metro is coming together thoughtful turn by thoughtful turn, not exploding out over the map like a spilled coffee.

  • First Class Letters Review: Who Ordered the Letter Q?

    First Class Letters Review: Who Ordered the Letter Q?

    ★★★☆☆ — By my count, First Class Letters is about two things: words with lots of Js in them and knowing your alphabet.… Read More

    March 5, 2026
  • Tag Team Review: Corner Combo in Cardboard

    Tag Team Review: Corner Combo in Cardboard

    ★★★★☆ — I had resigned to not reviewing Tag Team after my initial plays, but something remote and hidden in a pretty bad… Read More

    February 23, 2026
  • Outfox the Fox Review: A Cleverer Pursuit

    Outfox the Fox Review: A Cleverer Pursuit

    ★★★★☆ — Outfox the Fox gets the details right, executes a novel concept, and lets you do some friendly deception without having to… Read More

    February 3, 2026
  • Take Time Review: Some Things Last a Long Time

    Take Time Review: Some Things Last a Long Time

    ★★★★☆ — Designers Alexi Piovesan and Julien Prothière let you encounter each challenge on your own terms: problem solving, coming up with your… Read More

    January 25, 2026
  • Dungeon Fighter Review: Spell Slinger

    Dungeon Fighter Review: Spell Slinger

    ★★★☆☆ — Dungeon Fighter is less a dexterity game about getting good at accurately placing cubes and more a gauntlet of dice-themed humiliations… Read More

    January 18, 2026
  • My Most Played Games of 2025

    My Most Played Games of 2025

    Extra! Extra! Manaworm is entering its Buzzfeed era and I’m making a list of games I’ve played a lot in 2025. Read More

    January 13, 2026
  • Pyrotechnics Review: Pocketful of Sparks

    Pyrotechnics Review: Pocketful of Sparks

    ★★★☆☆ — For every limitation imposed by size, there is someone out there creative enough to accept the challenge and bound over them.… Read More

    January 8, 2026
  • A Gentle Rain Review: Water Memory

    A Gentle Rain Review: Water Memory

    ★★★★☆ — Kevin Wilson’s A Gentle Rain is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle with an infinite number of subjective solutions. When I… Read More

    December 9, 2025
  • Bullet Heart Review: Extradimensional Lead Storms

    Bullet Heart Review: Extradimensional Lead Storms

    ★★★★★ — Level 99 Games beamed Bullet♥︎ into this universe from an alternate one where its diverse cast was already beloved in profile… Read More

    December 3, 2025
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