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by W. Eric Martin Get ready for another round of "If you like game A, check out expansion A:#" and weigh in on whether you really want more for A -- or just more A, if you get what I mean: - In a May 2025 newsletter, designer Elizabeth Hargrave notes ...

by W. Eric Martin Spirits, new and old- Spirits of the Wild: Awakening is a new edition of Nick Hayes' 2018 game Spirits of the Wild, which was part of a two-player strategy game line that Mattel released in the mid-2010s. Here's a brief on this ...

by W. Eric Martin - U.S. publisher Happy Camper will debut two games at Gen Con 2025, one being a new co-operative game from Matt Leacock, Matt Riddle, and Ben Pinchback. Here's an overview of the 1-5 player game The Four Doors: The Shadow Veil wants ...

by Jeff Grisenthwaite Positano is a light strategy game about building resorts on the scenic Amalfi coast, so it seems appropriate to take the scenic route in how I created the game and teamed up with SlugFest Games to make it. Inspiration I keep a ...

by W. Eric Martin UK Games Expo 2025 ended June 1 -- that is, yesterday from when I'm writing this note -- and Origins Game Fair 2025 runs June 18-22 ...

by W. Eric Martin In a late May 2025 post, I suggested an article called "Hot Take: Reviewers Aren't Representative", and this review is an example of just that, with German publisher AMIGO offering me the chance to play a game before it's released ...

by W. Eric Martin - I've already covered two Norwegian releases for SPIEL Essen 25, so let's move on to a third, this time from Vegard Eliassen Stillerud, Eilif Svensson, and Åsmund Svensson, with the latter two being owners of publisher Chilifox ...

by W. Eric Martin - In mid-April 2025, Office Dog announced a new Reiner Knizia design set in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth -- The Hobbit: There and Back Again. Here's an overview of this late September 2025 release: The Hobbit: There & Back Again is ...

by W. Eric Martin - In September 2024, publisher Sorry We Are French released 365 Adventures: The Dungeon - 2025, a combination calendar/adventure game from Juhwa Lee in which a solo player fights one monster a day. U.S. publisher Pandasaurus Games ...

by W. Eric Martin - Ravensburger has released details on two standalone Villainous titles that will join its catalog in Q3 2025. Disney Villainous: Treacherous Tides features the first live-action villain in the series -- Davy Jones from The Pirates ...