Category: First Impressions

• Copperdale: Print-and-Play Series

  

  I’ve been playing a lot of single-page print-and-play games recently, such as Sunshine City and Aquamarine. One thing all of these games have in common is that they use the roll-and-write mechanism to progress the game. So, when I heard about a new single-page print-and-play game called Copperdale that uses the flip-and-write mechanism with a…

  Alex Beers

  September 23, 2022

  First Impressions, Print-and-Play Series

  city building themed, flip-and-write games, light complexity, print-and-play games, short playtime, solo games

• Aquamarine: First Impressions

  

  Print-and-play roll-and-write games have become very popular recently on Kickstarter. Postmark Games led the way with this trend with their first game, Voyages, where you navigate a ship around a hexagon-filled map. Now Postmark Games have released their second print-and-play game titled Aquamarine. In Aquamarine, you dive below the ocean surface to make discoveries and,…

  Alex Beers

  September 2, 2022

  First Impressions

  light complexity, print-and-play games, roll-and-write games, short playtime, solo games

• ROVE: First Impressions

  

  I recently played ROVE: Results-Oriented Versatile Explorer for the first time! ROVE is an 18-card wallet game from Button Shy Games where you control a robot on an unknown planet. You aim to complete seven different missions in a row by moving six module cards around in a specific pattern.

  Alex Beers

  August 19, 2022

  First Impressions

  light complexity, puzzle games, science fiction themed, short playtime, solo games

• Underwater Cities: First Impressions

  

  A couple of weeks ago I played a game of Underwater Cities for the first time and have some thoughts to share about it. In Underwater Cities, Earth has become overpopulated and humanity needs to expand underwater. So, you are tasked with designing the best Underwater City!

  Alex Beers

  August 5, 2022

  First Impressions

  city building themed, high complexity, long playtime, science fiction themed, solo games, worker placement

• Sunshine City: First Impressions

  

  In Sunshine City, you are moving your city away from being powered by fossil fuels over to solar energy. To do this, you have to build a certain number of solar farms (the number differs based on the game mode). When playing solo, Angus the anti-environmentalist is going to be working against you trying to…

  Alex Beers

  July 22, 2022

  First Impressions

  city building themed, medium complexity, medium playtime, roll-and-write games, solo games

• Wingspan Cooperative Variant: First Impressions

  

  Wingspan is super popular and a lot of people have heard of it, but I’m not so sure if the cooperative variant is well known. The rules for it are in the Automa rulebook of the Oceania expansion. However, you don’t need any special components to play, so you could play it with the base…

  Alex Beers

  July 15, 2022

  First Impressions

  animal themed, cooperative games, medium complexity, medium playtime, nature themed