“Ruins: Death Binder” from Marek Vogelsinger at Heavy Punch Games is a roguelike deckbuilding (or rather: deck destruction) game that is heavily inspired by Slay the Spire and Darkest Dungeon. And just as addictive! #boardgames

SPIEL | FIGUR ist das neue Buch von Felix Schröter - genau darüber habe ich mit ihm für nahaufnahmen.ch gesprochen. Viel Spaß! nahaufnahmen.ch/2021/07/17/nic… #gamestudies #spieleforschung //cc @xcrowingx Peter Klement @The_Synchronos Schüren Verlag Stefan von der Krone GameCamp Berlin @konsolita

Killing the time on my way to SPIEL@Essen - #SPIEL24 with some Palm Island by Jon Mietling / Portal Dragon . Perfect train game! #boardgames #SPIEL22

First demo of the show: Ares Games ‘s War of the Ring - The Card Game. Really thematic and interesting design choices. #SPIEL22

Playing My Shellie by Dunstan & Walker-Harding / Cranio Creations . Lovely little brain burner of a game about filling shelves in point-scoring ways. #SPIEL22

Played a game of CoraQuest, an adorable little dungeon crawler for kids by Dan Hughes and his daughter Cora. Charming presentation, smart mechanisms and great sense of humor. (#SPIEL22 bonus: introduction by the designer 🙃)

Playing “Dice Colony” by Louis da Ponte at #SPIEL22, another fun roll-and-write about settling planets (mine was aptly called My First Planet).

Also playing Frédéric Guérard’s It’s a Wonderful Kingdom for the first time. A fast but intense card-drafting engine builder about converting stuff into other stuff into victory points… erm, building a kingdom I mean. #SPIEL22

Another prototype tested at #SPIEL22: Pathfinder Arena by Giochi Uniti / Paizo. The game is a unique blend of RPG, dungeon crawler and the classic 1980s board game hit “Das verrückte Labyrinth”. Weird but fun!

#SPIEL22 day 2 loot. Self-control has not been exerted. #boardgames

Played Mage Noir by Double Combo at #SPIEL22 today, a smart deck-building card game of duelling mages (with a shared mana pool!). Good stuff! #boardgames

First-time play of Red Rising by Stonemaier Games at #SPIEL22 today. A combotastic hand-management game set in the world of Pierce Brown’s dystopian sci-fi novels. Did not disappoint! #boardgames

Essen #SPIEL22 loot, part 3. The nerdification of the offspring is being relentlessly pursued. #dnd

You know this was gonna happen, didn’t you? 😅 Peter B. Hoffgaard CGE #starshipcaptains #boardgames #SPIEL22