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Category: Game Spotlight

Game Spotlight – Bananagrams

By burtonja Posted on May 10, 2021 Posted in Game Spotlight, News

Bananagrams, by Bananagrams, (which isn’t confusing at all) is a game similar to Scrabble if Scrabble had taken an edible and decided to do away with word scores.  And also the board because who wants to be constrained by a …

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Game Spotlight – King of Tokyo

By burtonja Posted on April 5, 2021 Posted in Game Spotlight, News

Let me introduce you to one of my favorite games: King of Tokyo from Iello. Iello also does Bunny Kingdom, Steam Park, and the sister game to this one; King of New York plus many other games-go take a peek …

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Game Spotlight – Kenny G: Keepin’ it Saxy

By burtonja Posted on March 12, 2021 Posted in Game Spotlight, News

Today’s spotlight game is a little vanity press game from Big G Creative, LLC (who also do Bob Ross: Art of Chill as well as a game called Kraft Heinz Variety Game Pack which…what is that even?) and Kenny G. …

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Game Spotlight – Junk Orbit

By burtonja Posted on February 21, 2021 Posted in Game Spotlight, News

Junk orbit from Renegade Game Studios is a game about picking bits and things up in orbit around the Earth, Mars, or the Moon (and  Phobos and Deimos with a 4 and 5 player game) and chucking them out of …

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Game Spotlight – Forbidden Island

By burtonja Posted on December 4, 2020 Posted in Game Spotlight, News

Hello! I hope you got to enjoy some of Virtual U-Con this year and if you couldn’t make it, I hope you have been able to play some games – either with your pod of people or remote with friends. …

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Game Spotlight – FormulaD

By burtonja Posted on August 24, 2020 Posted in Game Spotlight, News
Game Spotlight – FormulaD

No one should be surprised that we are visiting a car racing game given that we had bikes and hoverboards (of the Screaming kind) already.  Plus I alluded to this game in both write ups so without further ado, may …

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