Reviews

It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there and there’s not enough territory to go around. You’ve got to lay claim while the going’s good if you hope to be Top Dog by the end.

Can you draw a cowboy quickly? Can you draw a cowboy so that he doesn’t look like a pirate? And what’s that other player drawing? Is it a knight or a fencer?

Create and manipulate trade routes to transport the best goods across 14th Century West Africa as efficiently as possible.

Dive into the ocean to collect lost treasures. Fulfil orders for exhibits or stash your findings in your vault. Create aquariums full of diverse sea creatures, and gather shells from the beach.

Aid 22nd Century Australia by being one of the architects to create a hamlet in a rising sea in this city-building dexterity mash-up.

The dragon’s lair is full of gold but it will take brains, bravery, and nerve to make off with any of the plundered loot.

The king wants peacocks. Gather as many as you can, and offer more than your opponents in order to earn his favor. But be quick about it, because before you know it he’ll have changed his mind and decided he wants stallions instead!

Cooperative, competitive, or teams. Why choose only one when you can have all three? Gamewright’s game of finding matches and racing against other players features three different game modes and some truly zany patterns.

Guide cute critters across multiple modes in this action programming gem from designer Nikki Valens.

Each First Look adventure is designed to be a standalone RPG experience to teach players the basic concepts of the genre and let them judge for themselves if roleplaying games are for them.