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Brant Guillory, 24 September 2020
Brant takes a look at Eight Minute Empire, a game that plays waaaaaay faster than it takes for him to write the review
How does a game with 2 types of blocks, a map that could hide in a magazine, and no combat pack a legitimate realm-building adventure into a 10-minute game?
Elegantly.
The small box includes 5 colors of tokens, punchout coins, a deck of cards, a very short instruction page, and a mounted, two-sided map. The box is pretty solid, too. You could really hurt someone if you hurl it at them.
Jim “Cyrano” Owczarski, 17 September 2020 ~ #UnboxingDay
We showed you the update kit earlier today, and now here’s the complete new edition of the game for you to ogle along with Jim.
Henry Vogel, 17 September 2020 ~ #UnboxingDay
Last month, Academy Games sent us a handful of promo photos for One Small Step as it still hadn’t taken a step off the boat that was bringing the games to them. This month, we’re happy to report the game is in, and here’s a look at it!
Gordon Bliss, 17 September 2020 ~ #UnboxingDay
After last year’s successful Kickstarter campaign, Fellowship of Simulations in France is shipping their new Verdun 1916 Steel Inferno game, and here’s a look inside.
Michael Eckenfels, 17 September 2020 ~ #UnboxingDay
I’d had SeaFall on my radar for a while; I’m intrigued by age of sail type games, but there are few that really look good. Blackbeard by GMT. Merchants and Marauders by Z-Man Games. Plenty of others out there that there isn’t room to mention here. The point is, from my perspective, this looked good, despite it being a legacy game. Of course, “legacy game” meaning “you have to rip your sh*t up to play it.” Even so, in my mind, if it tells a good narrative it would be worth a purchase. But at its high price point, I just never bothered.
Gary “Ardwulf” Mengle, 17 September 2020 ~ #UnboxingDay
Ardwulf joins us again this month, with a look inside Napoleon Retreats