Trick taking games are a staple of the tabletop world (see page 36 if you don’t believe us). Every month there seems to be a new trick taker vying for your attention and each one needs a ‘hook’ to mak

Dying Message comes in a small box, reminiscent in size of a video cassette – if anyone remembers those. A bit bigger than a DVD? It’s a cinematic feeling that the game is going for from the off, as i

In Forest Folk, you play as witchy denizens of the sylvan realm, using magical powers to cultivate an arboreal sanctuary fit for pilgrims to seek enlightenment within. In practical terms, this involve

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Sometimes I really fancy playing something a bit like chess. A game that’s strategic and completely without luck; a two-player puzzle where we can outwit one another. I just don’t want the overwhelmin

K eeper ’s central themes are all extravagantly ...