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Quorum is a game of two halves set in ancient Rome. No, that doesn’t mean it’s about Romans playing football. We’re talking about the fact that although it may be mechanically easy to play, the scorin

If you’ve ever spent a hot summer battling through Streets of Rage on the MegaDrive, you’ll have known the joy of button-mashing your way between an absolute shower of grunts on your way to taking out

Wargames are pushing the boundaries of narrative gaming. I, Napoleon, War Story: Occupied France, and Undaunted: Stalingrad are a few recent revelatory titles with a story-driven framing of conflict.

In Console Wars: The Card Game, you and up to four other players represent competing console companies trying to amass a stellar lineup of games for your system while cutting your rivals’ legs out fro

Do you feel powerless to cheeky companies looting your hard-earned wages by hoiking up bills? Try Looot, a game that puts you in control of the pillaging – albeit ten centuries back in Viking times. L