Reviews & Previews of Indie and Kickstarted Games
The silly cogtraption is broken again. And there’s only a few qualified cogineers capable of repairing it. In today’s review, Fairway takes on that role in this review of COGZ. See if he’s good enough to reCOGnize the broken cognections or if the machine will remain broken.
In this review, Fairway plays with fire when he travels to Ambyria in search of the mysterious ember stones. Find out whether Ambyria: Shroud of the Shadow Demon is too hot to touch or just cool enough to play a bunch of times. The first expansion for Ambyria is hitting Kickstarter toward the end of this year.
This probably sounds like a terrible plan, but what if we climb to the top of a Wizard’s Tower and then take all the precious items as we leave. Well, that’s basically what Fairway does in this preview of Daily Magic Games’ upcoming Kickstarter for 10 Minute Heist – The Wizard’s Tower.
Fairway loved Frogger growing up. There’s something lovable about the idea of a frog trying to cross a road only to drown (?) in a river. Today, Fairway picks up what feels like the board game equivalent of Frogger, Highway to Shell, by Concrete Canoe Games.
Fairway has a thing for art games. Today he picks up master game artist, Reiner Knizia’s, Masters Gallery and released by Eagle Gryphon Games. Find out if Fairway is as good a gallery manager as he is a paint-by-cube artist.
If you haven’t read it, you should first pick up Brian Greene’s The Elegant Universe before you continue reading this review. I’d suggest the Kindle version so you can get it right now. I’ll wait. Done? Cool, you’ll need it. Today, Fairway previews Pentaquark, a frustratingly fun solitaire game from designer Mike Mullins and part of Buttonshy’s ever-expanding wallet game series. In this preview, Fairway explores the smallest things in the known universe in search of the pentaquark. CERN, look out! The Kickstarter launches this week!
Fairway loves donuts. No really, really loves donuts. So it should be no surprise that he wanted to preview this upcoming Daily Magic Games Kickstarter game: Go Nuts for Donuts.
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.
Mars is a lonely place… today. I mean, there’s a few rovers tooling around the planet, but it’s no place for humans. For the mission directors of Mars 04:45, they have plans to change all that. Fairway takes a look at real-time, multiplayer solitaire game: Mars 04:45. See if he can successfully populate the red planet.
Today class, we learn that Fairway is a terrible person. In this Kickstarter preview, he picks up enDANGERed Orphans of Condyle Cove, a horrifyingly, creepy card game coming to Kickstarter. It features the art of Jesse Labbe and the creepiest themed game he’s played. The game is coming to Kickstarter Monday, August 22nd. Note: the theme isn’t rainbows and lollipops. Be warned, but keep reading anyway.