Case File: Unmatched Adventures: Tales To Amaze

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 1-4⏳Time: 20-60 minutes🎂Ages: 9+⚙️Mechanisms: Co-operative, hand management, variable player powers, action points Have you ever watched an old supernatural film and wondered how you would fare against the creature? Well, in Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze by Iello Games you're given the chance to take on the role of a hero and find out... in … Continue reading Case File: Unmatched Adventures: Tales To Amaze →

Case File: Wave

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2-4⏳Time: 25 minutes🎂Ages: 10+⚙️Mechanisms: Cooperative, communication limits I love small portable games, and I'm a huge fan of co-ops, so you can imagine how excited I was when I discovered Wave from Kosmos ticked both those boxes. Will you be able to ride the perfect wave? In this surfing-themed game, you work together to try … Continue reading Case File: Wave →

Case File: Trekking Through History

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2-4⏳Time: 30-60 mins🎂Ages: 10+⚙️Mechanisms: Card Drafting, Set Collection, Time Management If you had a time machine where would you go? Would you sculpt with Michelangelo, fly with the Wright brothers, or maybe watch Queen perform at Live Aid? Those are just some of the great places you can visit in Trekking Through History, which … Continue reading Case File: Trekking Through History →

Case File: Linx

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2-4⏳Time: 15 minutes🎂Ages: 7+⚙️Mechanisms: Tile placement Mashing up two songs results in bangers like Never Gonna Wake You Up (Avicii x Rick Astley). If you link two childhood games together (specifically Tic-Tac-Toe and Rock Paper Scissors), you get Linx from Matagot! Two games link together to become... Linx In Linx, players attempt to get … Continue reading Case File: Linx →

Case File: Butterfly

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2-5⏳Time: 30-45🎂Ages: 8+⚙️Mechanisms: Set collection, Movement Hudson the hedgehog needs your help! In Butterfly, a cute little game for 2-5 players, you take turns moving Hudson around the board collecting interesting insects! Look at all those interesting insects! On your turn you can either stay facing the current direction, or turn 90 degrees left or … Continue reading Case File: Butterfly →

Case File: Trash Talk

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2-8⏳Time: 25 minutes🎂Ages: 10+⚙️Mechanisms: Cooperative, communication limits Have you ever wondered how raccoons would communicate? The answer is with trash, obviously! Trash Talk from Friendly Skeleton is a cooperative limited communication game for 2 - 8 players. One player is a raccoon, attempting to talk to possums (the other players) using trash. Each object the … Continue reading Case File: Trash Talk →

Case File: Fairy Ring

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2-4⏳Time: 40 mins🎂Ages: 8+⚙️Mechanisms: Card Drafting, Worker Movement Deep in the forest, where no human has ever set foot, live the fairies. Dancing from mushroom to mushroom, they build their villages and visit their neighbours as they collect the mana needed to get them through the upcoming winter. In Fairy Ring, you are trying … Continue reading Case File: Fairy Ring →

Case File: Azul Summer Pavilion Mini

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2-4⏳Time: 30-45 mins🎂Ages: 8+⚙️Mechanisms: Tile drafting, Combo Building Honey, I shrunk the Azul…again! About a year ago we reviewed Azul Mini over on our Instagram page. It's a pint-sized version of the original that’s proven perfect for traveling. This time around we’re taking a look at a tiny version of Summer Pavilion, the third … Continue reading Case File: Azul Summer Pavilion Mini →

Case File: Knarr

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2-4⏳Time: 30 mins🎂Ages: 8+⚙️Mechanisms: Set collection, hand management, open drafting If you had told me a year ago that one of my favourite games this year would be Viking-themed, I would have told you "Knarr mate, you're havin' me on!" At its heart, Knarr is an engine builder - but you're building an engine … Continue reading Case File: Knarr →

Case File: Wok and Roll

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 1-5⏳Time: 30 mins🎂Ages: 8+⚙️Mechanisms: Dice drafting, Set Collection, Combo Seeking Are you ready to Wok and Roll (and write)!!?? grab your guitar frypan, start your stove and get ready to cook up a storm! Yum Wok and Roll is a cute and compact roll-and-write game from Origame, a Singaporean publisher that has recently started … Continue reading Case File: Wok and Roll →