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Mid-heavy ramblings about mid-heavy Euro board games.

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Celtae

If you can look beyond how abstract things feel in this medium-light offering, there is a particularly good game to be enjoyed – especially for fans of rondels, dual use cards and strategic goal chasing. Celtae Designer: Orlando Sá Publisher: Pythagoras 2023 How to Play: Grab a player board, choose a ‘Leader’ for your clan of Celtae (offering a tiny bit of strategic focus for the game ahead and some possible endgame VP), take a green ‘farmer’, a yellow ‘builder’ and a red ‘so

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Men-Nefer

The previous game in this 'Thaumata' series, Sabika, was my game of the year in 2022 and my first 10 out of 10 review. How does the follow up Men-Nefer fare? Lets find out..

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Florenza: X Anniversary

I really need to listen more to what a game is clearly trying to tell me rather than trying instead to manifest what I might like the game t

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