Fences Game Review

If you own livestock, you need two things right from the start: space and means to enclose said space. In this game, players will take on the responsibility of building their farmland, filling it with as much livestock as they can, and then closing it with fences to ensure the livestock doesn't run amok. But there is only so much land to go around, and that makes claiming it just as important as building it.

Darwin’s Choice Game Review

English naturalist, geologist and biologist, Charles Darwin, said about his theory on the survival of the fittest, "I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection." In this game, players will introduce new and wonderous animal species, mutating them to adapt to shifting climates in hopes of keeping them alive for as long as possible. What players will quickly learn that no matter how strong an animal might be, it will not be able to survive unless it has the capability of changing.

Rune Game Review

You are a mighty Grand Master of the Runes. You know their secrets and their power. With the help of your lesser Rune Masters, you collect and focus energy to summon a creature from another world to do your bidding. But there is treachery among your ranks. Another Grand Master assisting in the ritual is working against you. The ceremony will continue, but who the creature serves will not be known until the ritual is complete.

Dragon Market Game Review

Congratulations! Your family has the honor of being invited to the prestigious wedding of a young princess. You are required to attend - without having any choice - and that brings up the problem of what wedding gift to bring? You consider your options and decide that one will not do for a princess. Making a list, you give what items to purchase to your energetic and talented heir. It's on them you put your hope that one of the items to be collected is a gift that makes the princess smile and brings honor to your family.

Gridopolis Game Review

American business magnate, entrepreneur, industrial designer, investor, and media proprietor, Steve Jobs, said, "That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains." In this game, light game rules and abstract simplicity create a hotbed of creative focus and strategic engagement on literally multiple levels.

The Rank Game Review (prepublished version)

Brazilian lyricist and novelist Paulo Coelho, said "Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, ideas, opinions." Writing is but one form of how we share. We also share ideas, thoughts, and feelings through music, art, a conversation, and even through a light touch on someone's shoulder when we pass them by. Of all these many ways we communicate with each other, how well do we know the person we are speaking and listening to? This game looks to answer that question.