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  • My Most Played Games of 2025

    January 13, 2026

    Extra! Extra! Manaworm is entering its Buzzfeed era and I’m making a list of games I’ve played a lot in 2025.

  • Pyrotechnics Review: Pocketful of Sparks

    Pyrotechnics Review: Pocketful of Sparks

    ★★★☆☆ — For every limitation imposed by size, there is someone out there creative enough to accept the challenge and bound over them.… Read More

    January 8, 2026
  • A Gentle Rain Review: Water Memory

    A Gentle Rain Review: Water Memory

    ★★★★☆ — Kevin Wilson’s A Gentle Rain is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle with an infinite number of subjective solutions. When I… Read More

    December 9, 2025
  • Bullet Heart Review: Extradimensional Lead Storms

    Bullet Heart Review: Extradimensional Lead Storms

    ★★★★★ — Level 99 Games beamed Bullet♥︎ into this universe from an alternate one where its diverse cast was already beloved in profile… Read More

    December 3, 2025
  • Tinderblox Review: Little Inferno

    Tinderblox Review: Little Inferno

    ★★★★☆ — Piece by piece, you’re building this fire– not just the logs, but also the blocky fire and the blocky embers, too.… Read More

    November 26, 2025
  • Landmarks Review: Leading a Team to Water

    Landmarks Review: Leading a Team to Water

    ★★★☆☆ — It is their job to lead their team, the metaphorical horse, to water. In Landmarks, as in life, it is not… Read More

    November 22, 2025
  • Casinopolis Review: Paving Paradise

    Casinopolis Review: Paving Paradise

    ★★★☆☆ — I am impressed by how much “game” has been compressed to fit into such a thin and pocketable package, but I’m… Read More

    November 15, 2025
  • Nature Review: Invincible Mice and Other Captivating Creatures

    Nature Review: Invincible Mice and Other Captivating Creatures

    ★★★★☆ — Nature feels like the genuine article; a family-weight simulation of natural selection showcasing how animals put ecological pressure on one another.… Read More

    November 10, 2025
  • The Fox in the Forest Review: A Humble Start

    The Fox in the Forest Review: A Humble Start

    ★★★★☆ — If my understanding of board game genealogy is correct, less trick-taking games were coming out in the year 2017. Read More

    November 4, 2025
  • Things in Rings Review: Whorl Words

    Things in Rings Review: Whorl Words

    ★★★☆☆ — When a board gamer goes out of their way to describe a game as an “activity,” in my experience, they are… Read More

    October 28, 2025
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