Tag: Card Games
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The inescapable expansion
Part of Castle Combo’s beauty is that it fits a pleasing thinky puzzle into nine swift turns, wrapping up in around 15-20 minutes. After which players will deconstruct the easy going beginning, consideration filled middle and then the regret filled end game where you realise where you went wrong before deciding to have another game…
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Cartwheel in a phonebox
There are three games in my collection that evoke the same feeling, the one where what you decide to do on your turn really matters and if you make a poor decision you damn well feel it for the rest of the game. That’s not to say that in every other game your turn simply…
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Flipping good fun
There’s some games that are so simple, fun, accessible and cheap they seem to fall into my collection without me realising they’ve appeared there. My decision to add them almost doesn’t happen, they are the official no brainer, why wouldn’t I purchase it? It’s harder to find a reason not to than just pick a…
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Faraway
There’s no shortage of good small box card games circulating around this hobby and for people like myself it can be hard not to add just one more of them to the shelf. They seem to be a really easy purchase, not just for the fact they are generally on the cheaper side but because…
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It’s make your Mind Up time
Mind Up sits in the themeless small box card game category, which sounds like a bit of an insult doesn’t it? Well it most certainly isn’t meant to be, as clever themeless card games can often be most enjoyable and a very useful weapon in the arsenal of a gamer. Certain themes can put people…
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San Juan
Some things have elements that aren’t terribly inspiring when described but seem to sing when consumed, an example of this is the television series Detectorists. After it being described and quietly recommended by a few people I decided one evening to give it a go. The pacing was steady, the dialogue and humour perfectly enjoyable,…
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