Category: Game Preview

Tzaar is a 2-player tile-hunting game. Create stacks to hunt 1 type of your opponent’s tiles to extinction, but be careful because they are doing the same to you. Even though the rules are simple, avoiding bigger stacks, setting traps, and balancing stacking/hunting makes this a high-intensity game.

In this light card game, players combine factions such as Dinosaurs and Robots to fight other paired factions. Unique factions cards, random common cards, and free-for-all conflict lead to big plays yet frequently close games. Rules are simple, but for a fairly quick game the combos and strategy are satisfying .

Seasons is a dice-rolling card game with drafting. You define your strategy with your cards, and you execute it 1 die choice at a time. There are no bad rolls, so the winner is generally the player who makes the best choices. While not too difficult, high variability allows for multiple interesting strategies, and randomization makes them fun to execute.

Kahuna is a 2-player game that exemplifies the importance of timing and card advantage. Balancing expansion and over-extension is critical. Move too early and you become vulnerable. Move too late and you miss opportunities. However, it feels fantastic when you make that big play after saving cards and scheming for multiple turns.

Ninjato is a game of influence and subterfuge; by invading clan houses, you get treasure to influence envoys and spread rumors. Each action will help to define your strategy as it alters the board for everyone. Therefore, deciding how to invade, where to invade, and what to do afterwards will be largely informed by how your opponents are doing the same.