A chief misgiving Mark has about the con is that he is a terrible playtester. He was able to play two unpublished games, and while the designers were gracious he is seldom able to offer anything of much substance. "This game," he might say, "has cards. And other things." Past that, for some reason, when confronted with a prototype his faculties often fail him.

01:48 AYURIS: Arborea (Dani Garcia, Alley Cat Games, 2023)

Games Played Last Week:

05:00 -Phantom Division (Pete Ruth & Mark Thomas, Phantom Horizon, 2026)

14:38 -Westphalia (Amabel Holland, Hollandspiele, 2019)

23:33 -Project: ELITE (Konstantinos Kokkinis, Marco Portugal, & Sotirios Tsantilas, CMON, 2020)

27:19 -Ankh: Gods of Egypt (Eric M. Lang, CMON, 2021)

33:25 -Rise & Fall (Christophe Boelinger, Ludically, 2024)

38:15 -Space Cadets: Dice Duel (Geoff Engelstein and Sydney Engelstein, Stronghold, 2013)

43:06 -Outlive (Gregory Iliver, La Boite de Jeu, 2017)

News (and why it doesn't matter):

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