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Mycelia Board Game Review
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Trick Taking - a Modern Card Mechanism
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Risky Games - Playing to Win vs Taking Risks
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October 17, 2023
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Solitary Happiness - Multiplayer Solitaire Games' Popularity
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October 10, 2023
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Crumbs!: The Sandwich Filler Game
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Outback Crossing Review
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October 06, 2023
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Raiders of the North Sea (Digital Eyes)
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October 03, 2023
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27 Jan 2023 00:00 #338080 by oliverkinne
Alien: Fate of the Nostromo Review was created by oliverkinne
If you haven't yet watched the 1979 horror film directed...

The Nostromo was returning to Earth with a seven-member crew in stasis. Detecting a transmission from a nearby moon, the ship's computer awakens the crew and they land on the moon. While one part of the crew tracks down the source of the signal, the rest decipher part of the transmission and discover it's a warning - but it's too late! Despite protestations, the returning crew brings with them an Alien: Fate of the Nostromo by Scott Rogers from Ravensburger.

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27 Jan 2023 11:37 #338081 by Shellhead
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The lack of character elimination (not to be confused with player elimination) is a complete dealbreaker for me. It completely betrays the the license and the theme at a fundamental level. I understand that modern gamers apparently lack the testicular fortitude to deal with a heavy concept like death, but then they should stick to dry, brown games about pleasing the prince.
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27 Jan 2023 14:12 #338086 by Sagrilarus
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I played this with my kids and they didn't want to finish. Now my daughter just asked to play again, so clearly it left a positive impression.
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