Make cheesy delicacies or protect the coop as a heroic chicken! This month we have cooperative adventures, tense two-player head-to-heads, and solo micro games, as well as a unique book that is a story, game, and game design guide all rolled into one!
A new Similo has been announced, Sinister Fish Games has a new game available for pre-order, and Space Cowboys has announced a new cooperative deduction game.
Your friend is sad. How will you help cheer them up? Play a game, watch a movie, summon Cthulhu? Use emotions, brains, and life in this set collecting card game about being a good friend.
The Op has released a new cooperative board game, Czech Games Edition has made an online adaptation of one of their games, and Lucky Duck Games has a new game available for pre-order.
In this set of Rapid Reviews, we explore three thrilling new board games: Pyramido for pyramid construction, Chicken! for press-your-luck action, and My City: Roll and Build for city planning with dice.
Get your team to guess five secret words, but choose your clues carefully because you’re limited in the number of words you can speak. If you fail, the other team will steal the point!
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