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by W. Eric Martin - I've already previewed the AMIGO dice game Biddle, which I first sampled at Gen Con 2025, but I also got a taste of another September 2025 release from the German publisher: Shadow Cards, a 2-5 player trick-taking game from ...

by Jasper de Lange A Game with Something to Say I'm in love with the way analog games can use metaphors. Games, through their rules and mechanisms, can offer powerful experiential metaphors to players without being explicit about it. They can present ...

by W. Eric Martin Finding a hidden treasure and introducing it to others intertwines hope and risk. Ideally the other person appreciates the discovery you're sharing, something they would likely never have encountered without your assistance ...

by David Ausloos Game ideas seem to sneak up on me more and more during that fuzzy, dreamlike moment between sleep and the rude awakening of an alarm clock. And so, one such morning, somewhere between sleep and consciousness, I was visited by the ...

by W. Eric Martin - I previously marveled at the cover of ARCTICA from designers Rémi Mathieu and Sams, and at Gen Con 2025 publisher This Way! ran game demos ahead of a crowdfunding campaign scheduled in early 2026. The short description: "ARCTICA ...

by W. Eric Martin Among my hundreds of images of games seen at Gen Con 2025 are images of ...

by Trevor Benjamin Under the Leaves is a cozy "take and make" game for 2-4 players. Each turn, you add a tile to your personal garden, attracting birds, bees, and a host of adorable little creatures known as dwellers. The player with the most ...

by W. Eric Martin Here's more from the floor of Gen Con 2025. (I have zero pics from the ceiling of the Indiana Convention Center, so in fact it's all from the floor.) - While U.S. publisher Keymaster Games focused on demoing and selling Henry ...

by Greyfax Here is the discussion for this week: At a public meetup a few weeks ago at my FLGS, someone sat down to join a game we were setting up. Before we started the teach, this person asked whether this was a game that they could drop out of ...

by W. Eric Martin Draft coverAs I expected, three weeks have passed since Gen Con 2025 ended, and I'm still writing about that show: - U.S. publisher Asmadi Games was demoing two upcoming games, one by company founder Chris Cieslik called Mystic ...