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Tyr
Read more: TyrDespite games being my primary hobby, every now and then I’ll find myself tumbling into a subgenre of design thats been around for two decades, and that I’ve never touched. Tank games are one of those. Despite decades of banner ads, I’d never actually tried World of Tanks/Planes/etc, as no one had actually recommended them…
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Odd Tabletop Games New England
Read more: Odd Tabletop Games New EnglandThat’s right! I did in fact get out of my apartment on a long weekend for once!
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Super Raft Boat Together
Read more: Super Raft Boat TogetherI had hopes for Super Raft Boat Together. Not high hopes; if the game wasn’t good, my year wasn’t going to be ruined. And likewise, Super Raft Boat Together didn’t pop my hopes like a balloon. It just sort of deflated them, like a bouncy house at the end of a birthday party. It was…
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Dorfromantik: The Board Game
Read more: Dorfromantik: The Board GameDorfromantik: The Board Game, as you might be able to tell from the title, is an adaptation of the video game Dorfromantik: Doesn’t Actually Have a Subtitle Because It Was Made First. Admittedly, capitalizing every letter in the latter half of that last sentence was a stupid bit, but it’s about the quality that this…
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Idleon – The Idle MMO
Read more: Idleon – The Idle MMOThis writeup is technically about Idleon. But it’s also about Universal Paperclips, Spaceplan, and Cookie Clicker. These are all incremental or clicker games. It’s a somewhat nebulous genre primarily defined by clicking, and ‘number go up,’ but much like Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once said, “I’ll know it when I see it.” Admittedly he…