Title: Swamped Publisher: Bellwether Games Release Date: 2016 Designer: Jonathan Logan Clark, Benjamin Gerber, Dennis Hoyle Artist: Jonathan Logan Clark Rob: I think I’m always going to prefer cooperative board games over competitive ones, but I sometimes like it when
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Title: Codenames Duet Series: Codenames Genre: Deduction, Cooperative, Word Game Publisher: Czech Games Edition Designer: Vlaada Chvátil, Scot Eaton Artist: Tomáš Kučerovský Player Count: 2 (technically 2-4, but it's really for 2) For People Who Like: Codenames for the gameplay,
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Title: Jaipur Genre: Set Collection, Hand Management Publisher: Asmodee/GameWorks Designer: Sébastien Pauchon Artist: Alexandre Roche Player Count: 2 For People Who Like: Scoring sets, date-night games, camels Jaipur is one of our favorite date-night games, playing quickly and featuring fun, interesting
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Title: Caverna: Cave vs Cave Genre: Tile Placement Publisher: Mayfair Games Designer: Uwe Rosenberg Artist: Klemens Franz Player Count: 1-2 For People Who Like: Extremely well-tuned 2-player games Caverna: Cave vs Cave is a fantastic little game for 2, giving
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Title: Before The Earth Explodes Publisher: Green Couch Games Designer: Adrian Adamescu, Daryl Andrews Artist: Davy Wagnarok Player Count: 2 Before The Earth Explodes is a great little game, combining action selection, a twist on rock-paper-scissors, and a bit of
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Title: High Treason: The Trial of Louis Riel Genre: Hand Management, Area Influence Publisher: Victory Point Games Designer: Alex Berry Artist: Tim Allen Player Count: 2 High Treason: The Trial of Louis Riel presents itself, well, kinda poorly. The aesthetic
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Title: Merchants & Marauders: Broadsides Genre: Hand Management Publisher: Z-Man Games Designer: Josh Cappel Artist: Chris Quilliams Player Count: 2 Merchants & Marauders: Broadsides is a ship-to-ship brawl for two, which is both beautifully presented and ultimately lacking in depth.
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Title: Shahrazad Publisher: Osprey Games Designer: ゆお (Yuo) Artist: ことり寧子 (Kotori Neiko) Player Count: 1 or 2 Shahrazad is a microgame for one or two, combining delightful presentation with an abstract tile-laying puzzle. A simple puzzle as a solitaire game,
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Title: Agamemnon Genre: Abstract Publisher: Osprey Games Designer: Günter Cornett Artist: José Daniel Cabrera Peña, Rocío Espín Piñar Player Count: 2 For People Who Like: Abstract strategy Agamemnon is a gorgeously-presented game for 2, with tactical, strategic gameplay supporting its
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Title: Tides of Time & Tides of Madness Genre: Card Drafting Publisher: Portal Games Designer: Kristian Čurla Artist: Tomasz Jedruszek, Chris Ostrowski, Dan Pellow, Blake Rottinger, Artur Sadlos, Rafał Szyma Player Count: 2 For People Who Like: Gorgeous art, set
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