Feature: Japanese Game Festival
Freshly inspired by the bundle of new Japanese games I came back from UK Games Expo with, I’ve decided to run a short feature here on Punchboard
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Mars Expedition: SOL43 Review – Out of this world logic puzzles
Mars Expedition: SOL43 pits you as someone in the combined roles of geologist, navigator, cryptologist, physicist and many more besides, exploring our red neighbour, trying to unlock its secrets.
Pergola Review – Bloomin’ good
Different coloured hollyhocks at either end of the garden? Go for it. You want the lavender under the tree? Do it your way, Titchmarsh.
Gwent Review – You want peace? Fight for it!
If you know the differences between different Gwent versions, you know what to expect. If you’ve no idea what I’m blathering about, don’t worry about it. This review is for you, Gwent newbie.
Overparked Review – Lots of fun
I’ve introduced Overparked to three separate groups since I bought it at UKGE, and it’s been a hit with each and every person who’s played it.
Great Western Trail: El Paso Review – All hat and no Cowboy?
Seemingly coming from out of nowhere, Lookout Games blindsided us with Great Western Trail: El Paso, a new, smaller, more accessible version of the game.
Lunar Trick Review – Dark side of the moon?
I hadn’t seen anything like it, and the idea of three suits which changed, and knowing that trump cards could be in one, two, or even all three suits, had me intrigued.
Cat Chi Cat Review – Tell your cat I said ‘pspspsps’
Cat Chi Cat has a really simple premise which plays out in ten to twenty minutes, and I love the moment when people truly get it
An Interview with Travel Games
In the UK, we’re lucky to have a specialist importer now in the form of Travel Games. I’m a customer myself, so I reached out to the owner – Ben Davenward – to see what he can tell me about the import game scene in the UK.
Come Sail Away Review – Masterful Maritime Mancala
The aim of the game is to fill the different rooms aboard your liner as efficiently as possible, using one of my favourite mechanisms in all of gaming, the humble mancala. With plenty of tactical space to play in, Come Sail Away is excellent. Come aboard, and let me tell you why.
Guessocracy Review – Dicing with democracy
In that fleeting time, those precious three seconds, you have to scan your eyes over the cubic mess in the box and try to figure out two things simultaneously
