Reviews & Previews of Indie and Kickstarted Games
It’s not Atkins v. South Beach. This fight is a serious one: vegetables v. meat. Broccoli v. Bacon. Life v. Death. Today, Fairway picks up Foodfighters by Kids Table Board Gaming and designers Josh Cappel and Helaina Cappel. Originally funded on Kickstarter, Fairway snagged this one up from his friendly local game shop.
In episode 34, I check out the really fun social deduction game Get Adler! It’s the 1930’s London and secret Intelligence documents have gone missing, and so has Agent Adler. Figure out who Agent Adler is and stop him from escaping with the documents in this fun 4-6 player game.
All aboard! Fairway takes a ride on the rails. The dice rails (?). In his review, he picks up a long-ago delivered Kickstarter game, Trainmaker (or is it Train maker) from Grey Gnome Games and designer Chris Leder of Roll With For It! fame. See if he can keep his trains running on time or whether he derails.
Lotus is a beautiful game released recently by Renegade Studios, in which players take turns laying cards to create up to five different types of flowers ranging from the three-petaled Iris, to the seven-petaled Lotus. Harness the energy of the Lotus Garden and achieve true enlightenment as the winner in this light and delightful game, Lotus.
In episode 33 I take a look at Zipang Portable, a card game for 2-6 players in which players are Samurai attempting to become the greatest Shogun in the Sengoku period of Japan. For more information about Zipang Portable, Engine ID, and how to get the game on Game Crafter, visit: http://sengoku-zipang.com/ https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/zipang-portable- Music Intro and outro: Rainbow Street by Scott Holmes Playthrough: Toys by Steve Combs
Matryoshka (pronunciation may be found here on Wikipedia) from White Goblin Games is a very beautiful game that takes the wonderful art of Russian nesting dolls to create a fun and easy to play, yet strategic card game with mechanics of set collecting and trading. Matryoshka is a 3-5 player game, and plays for about 20-30 minutes.
With a young daughter and son, a game about fairies and goblins is always welcome in the Fairway household. It should come as no surprise then that Game-O-Gami’s Goblins Drool, Fairies Rule is a huge hit. This week, Fairway picks the game up again and writes the review that should have been written years ago.
Grab your blanket and pillow. Rest your head down. Fairway takes a look at the Kickstarter game, Project Dreamscape, by Undine Studios. Project Dreamscape is a one- to four-player, card chaining, set collection game that puts players in charge of a somewhat freaky lab attempting to control the sleeping minds of the research participants. Find out if Fairway is now afraid of the night!
Fairway loves science-themed games and, with a daughter, loves the idea of a card game featuring an array of famous women scientists, engineers, and astronauts. Fairway takes a look at Luana Games’ Women in Science and the Women in Space expansion pack.