CGI#53: Final Girl, Con Recap, Board Games As Art, and Ancient Games | Casual Game Revolution

CGI#53: Final Girl, Con Recap, Board Games As Art, and Ancient Games

Casual Game Insider, Issue #53, Fall 2025
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The designer of Final Girl: A Rotten Harvest opens up about the inspiration behind this chilling solo adventure, with sanity pushed to the limits to defeat a pumpkin-headed killer.

Plus: trends and new releases from Gen Con and Origins 2025, a philosophical exploration of board games as an art form, the digital board gaming scene, what we can learn from the design philosophies of ancient games, and two FREE print-and-play games: Hnefatafl: Valhalla expansion by Roman Zadorozhnyy and Skyward Parcel by Marek Kolcun. Our readers also discuss their favorite dice games.

This issue features reviews of Medieval Academy, Ghosts Can't Draw, Diatoms, Mutton Bustin, Positano, Donut Shop, Pop Com, and a guest review of Hot Streak written by Major Fun.

Authors: 
Justin Spicer, Natalie Rodriguez, Jon Den Houter, Andrew Lupp, Bayard Catron, Roman Zadorozhnyy, Stephen Conway
Tags: 
Van Ryder Games, Game Conventions, Gen Con, Origins, Digital Games, Art, Artwork, Ancient History, Ancient Games, Classic Games, Dice Games
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