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Rosalie Board Game Review: Beautiful Flowers, Brutal Economics
Rosalie pairs serene rose breeding and adorable robots with a demanding economic engine where debt, interest, and every action matter.
Personal Demons Board Game Review: A Wickedly Funny Puzzle
A clever, colorful card-drafting puzzle where you summon personal demons, complete sigils, and find surprising fun in facing them.
Pergola — A Beautiful Garden of Puzzling Choices | Review
I don’t normally like gardening, but Pergola turns building a piece of nature into a fun and puzzling experience full of choices. Here’s why it became one of my favorite games.
Excalibur — Essentials Edition | Review
Excalibur asks one noble question: can you find the sword, and then survive your family long enough to keep it? Here’s my review of Roxley’s delightfully chaotic bluffing party game.
Top 12 Board Games — Date Night Review
Date Night: we played a ridiculous number of games this month. Here’s our punchy round-up of the twelve games that stuck with us — short takes, real feelings, and a few surprises.
Enthrone — A Hidden Identity Battle for Two | Review
Enthrone looks like it belongs in a medieval castle and plays like a quiet war. Here’s my full review of Smirk & Dagger’s stunning 2-player abstract deduction game — and why Page and I played it four times in a row on date night.
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