Category Archives: Preview

Lorna – Preview of Sweet Lands

Posted on August 27, 2024 by lornadune

Sweet Lands Designer: Totsuca Chuo Artist: Tatsuki Asano Publisher: Uchibacoya Players: 1-4 Time: 100-200 minutes Sweet Lands is the next big box game from Japanese publisher Uchibacoya. Well known for their delightful wooden tokens (the sea-eeples in Aqua Garden!), they … Continue reading →

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Preview: Ginza Retro Café

Posted on June 24, 2024 by lornadune

Ginza Retro Café is a new game from the Japanese design team of Nanatsumu. It was released recently in a Japanese only edition at TGM Spring 24 and sold out in 10 minutes. Nanatsumu will be bringing it to Kickstarter … Continue reading →

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Matt Carlson: Preview of Around the World in 10-15 Minutes

Posted on May 28, 2024 by Matt J Carlson

The Roll and Write genre, where gamers roll dice and use the results to fill in a scorepad, continues to gain momentum. I suspect this is due in part to the low cost of entry. This is particularly true for … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu: First Impressions of Formosa Tea 2.0

Posted on April 30, 2024 by Dale Yu

Formosa Tea Designer: Kao Chu Kan Publisher: Soso Games Players 2-4 Age: 14+ Time: 90 minutes (our game was 110-115 mins) Played with preview copy provided by Taiwan Boardgames Formosa Tea was originally released around 2019 and I remember seeing … Continue reading →

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Play – The Games Festival – 2024 edition

Posted on March 23, 2024 by Andrea "Liga" Ligabue

PLAY – The Game Festival, the international event dedicated to Board-Games, Role-playing Games,Miniatures Games, Live, and Collectible Card Games returns from May 17th to 19th at ModenaFiere with more than 28.000 square meters of covered area in five different pavilions. … Continue reading →

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The Gates of Valhalla Swing Open… Again: The Return of Heroscape

Posted on March 2, 2024 by Mark Jackson

Simply put, a game system that has been dead for fourteen years is back from the dead… and this time, it looks like the publisher understands what made Heroscape so special. When I last wrote about Renegade Game Studios beginning … Continue reading →

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