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Boardgame fan/sometime playtester with a solo focus. Arkham Horror, Feld, Lacerda and Rosenberg tragic. He/Him.

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Corps of Discovery from @offthepagegames is one of my favorite solo games from 2025 - if you haven’t picked it up yet, the current campaign on KickStarter is the best place to start. Expect a glowing review shortly on Player2!

#boardgames #bgg

https://t.co/jZ0D8kYKPZ

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A sneaky Omen review - one of my favorite titles from Small Box Games

https://t.co/7stGsCb3Of

#review #cardgame

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I reviewed Block Party from @bigpotatogames over on @Player2au - keep an eye out for more tabletop coverage!

#boardgames #bigpotato #review #tabletopgames

https://t.co/EvWhTVlYJv

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Have started getting some tabletop reviews out there, have some more in the works - really enjoyed Archeos Society!

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@ianotooletweets Looks like my pile last time I got back from Japan 😅 definitely jealous of some of those, hoping they’re still in stock next April when I’m back over there! 🤞

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The @Player2au Tabletop Gift Guide for 2023 is now live! This year, it’s focused on games for lots of players and easy on-boarding 😃 #boardgames #giftguide

https://t.co/obXDelHY0E

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What are people’s tips for getting rid of games you just can’t seem to move on, even if they never make it off the shelf?

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My latest review, and hopefully the first of many tabletop reviews on Player2!

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Lovebird is a romantic social deduction game for 8-36 players, coming from Quokka Games, creators of Yum Cha and Boba Master - interested to see how this plays in person!

https://t.co/ZYiZ3fwzF6

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Huge shoutout to Lachlan for teaching me his game at #PAXAUS - check out the Kickstarter campaign and this interview!

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@DanThurot Great work as always - would love you to check out @WartideCCG to hear your thoughts - the designer taught it to me recently and it has echoes of A,L&S and Omen with some LCG characteristics too

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@ElPrezAU Have been interested in this one, train games and magic?!?

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Hey @roxleygames just a thought for your next release…

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@DanielleMusil No worries, I’ve had them all hit with non-gamers and newcomers! 😃

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So Australian distributor/publisher Meeple Games included the 2019 promos for Paladins of the West Kingdom from @garphillgames AND the three current promo packs for Quest for El Dorado from @ReinerKnizia in their printings - absolutely legendary publisher move right there 🙌

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There are too many games. Designers, if you could please choose to:

1) Stop making good games
2) Make SUCH good games that all previous games are rendered redundant
Or
3) Make awful games I’d have no reason to buy

You’d save me a heck of a lot of trouble, thanks in advance 😃

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@DanThurot Ahh yes, some titular Schadenfreude 🙌

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Instead, In the Shadow of Atlas is a race game with lanes, each player pushing the most out of their turn and trying to ensure the game end triggers while they lead in points, something I’m still working on 😆

Buy it now in PnP or physical preorder at
https://t.co/f7swsOZaTc

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I’ve gone a bit down the rabbit hole with Small Box Games this year from John Clowdus and wanted to highlight one game in particular - In the Shadow of Atlas!

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Clocking in at just 54 cards, this is a two player game full of tense decisions, chaining effects and my favorite, multi-use cards! Gorgeous art by @cobaltplasma caps everything off. At first blush it seems like another solid lane battler from Clowdus, but quickly pivots.