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Elemental is an indie game by Joseki that pits player against player in a magical war of elements. To the Rubric, Batman!

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Gameplay: 7/10 Style: 7/10 Pacing: 5/10 Thematic: 5/10 Easy to Learn: 6/10 Replayability: 7/10 Overall: 6.3/10 Game Genre: Card Game

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Highlights:

• Abstract card game with some set collection
• Interesting primal artwork
• A bit more strategy than I expected
• A bit of luck to drawing the right cards, but a bit of strategy to know when to play them. Do I hear some Kenny Rogers?

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How to Play In Elemental, your task is to eliminate your fellow players through use of magical spells, powered by the 4 elements. Naturally, your opponent's are trying to eliminate you as well.

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Puppy Power is an indie game that came out several years ago from the good people over at Magato Studio. This review is for card game and not the digital versions that also exist for both iOS and Android. So let's hit the rubric and we can break it down.

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Gameplay: 6/10 Style: 7/10 Pacing: 8/10 Thematic: 2/10 Easy to Learn: 7/10 Replayability: 5/10 Overall: 5.5/10 Game Genre: Card Game

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Highlights:

• SUPER ADORABLE ARTWORK!!!
• An interesting spatial twist on set collection
• Easy and light weight
• A lot of luck in this game...

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How to Play In Puppy Power, your task is to collect all of...

Generations is a 4x game(ish) that has broken up the 4x into phases. This game was sent to us by Adam Browne. Although the game is effectively 3 games, it uses the same components throughout. As such, I have decided to do a single review rather than three separate reviews. Gameplay: 8/10 Style: 7/10 Pacing: 8/10 Thematic: 8/10 Easy to Learn: 7/10 Replayability: 7/10 Overall: 7.5/10 Game Genre: 4x Game Highlights:

• Revolutionary three phase game - 3 games in 1!
• So much game in this one game!
• A lot of fun to play!
• 4x's aren't for everyone.

How to Play First Generation: Discovery (~45 min) Players take turns drawing hexagonal tiles and placing them. Each tile has 2 areas...

Survivalistic is a game that came out several years ago from the good people over at Mandry's Gaming Co. We managed to meet up with him at Geekway to the West last year and shot a 'how to play' along with some gameplay action shots. Unfortunately, the vast majority of it suffered from bad audio. But rest assured, I believe Eric said something to the effect of, "Wow! That's the best game I played all con!" and you know what? That's saying something. So let's hit the rubric and we can break it down. Gameplay: 8/10 Style: 7/10 Pacing: 8/10 Thematic: 8/10 Easy to Learn: 7/10 Replayability: 7/10 Overall: 7.5/10 Game Genre: Card Game Highlights:

• A lot of gameplay in such a small package
• A surprising amount of theme for such few components
• A lot of fun to...

Dem Gems is a 2 to 4 player game that should play in 30 minutes or less designed by Old Coote Games. Note the game Sean and I received and reviewed is slightly different from the one now listed on The Game Crafter; for the sake of highlighting the updates I will reference the differences as I go about explaining the rules; I will also use images from their pages illustrating the new updated art and game assets. In Dem Gems; each player moves their pawn around the play area collecting points as they move over gems while avoiding bombs and holes with the goal of having the most points at the end of the game. The play area...