Tabletop Game Reviews

Carnegie

First Impression: A unique, if dry, economic engine-builder.

First Impressions

Chronicles of Frost

8/10, A game of strong mechanisms, enjoyable, and that appeals to my tastes.

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Core Worlds

9/10 A deck-building game greater than the sum of its parts.

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Darwin’s Journey

First Impression: Fun, complex combos, but lacking in surprises.

First Impressions

DinoGenics

7/10 Good, though the theme does most of the work

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Fire & Axe: A Viking Saga

8/10, solid, streamlined, thematic

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Glen More II: Chronicles

First Impressions: Easy and satisfying mechanisms.

First Impressions

Nusfjord

First Impression: Streamlined and fast with interesting combinations of ideas.

First Impressions

Runebound 3rd Edition

5/10, a mixed bag

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Scythe

7/10, solid but flawed

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The Castles of Burgundy

8/10 A classic strategy game of satisfying mechanisms

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Yedo

8/10 A thematic Euro with a unique combination of mechanisms.

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