Dexterity games, dismissed by many in the board game world as children's toys (whereas, by contrast, we laud them as children's toys), can offer a unique window into the player's soul. A fine dexterity game is a crucible in which one's true character emerges. Are you an assertive, grandiose table-hog capable of great feats but undone by hubris? Are you a small-minded, plodding dilettante lacking in ambition or imagination? Junk Art can reveal all!
Games Played Last Week:
02:11 -Age of Innovation (Helge Ostertag, Capstone Games, 2023)
13:33 -Paku Paku (Antoine Bauza, Ravensburger, 2017)
14:49 -Belratti (Michael Loth, Mogel-Verlag, 2018)
16:47 -Revive: Call of the Abyss (Helge Meissner, Kristian Amundsen Østby, Eilif Svensson, and Anna Wermlund, Aporta Games, 2023)
22:13 -Tetra Tower (Uncredited, Enksy, 2014)
24:27 -Junk Art (Jay Cormier & Sen-Foong Lim, Pretzel Games, 2016)
27:47 -General Orders: World War II (Trevor Benjamin and David Thompson, Osprey Games, 2023)
36:30 -Riftforce (Carlo Bortolini, 1 More Time Games, 2021)
37:20 -The Wolves (Ashwain Kamath and Clarence Simpson, Pandasaurus Games, 2022)
39:34 -Cthulhu: Death May Die (Eric M. Lang & Rob Daviau, CMON, 2019)
43:19 -Drags 2 Riches (David Pettifer, Bored Wreckers Inc, 2023)
News (and why it doesn't matter):
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50:59 Aqua, oceanic tile-laying
51:44 Mark laments the market rewarding bad actors: Palladium Games and Steamforged Games
56:19 Feature Game: Daybreak (Matt Leacock & Matteo Menapace, CMYK, 2023)
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