In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the encounters between Count Dracula and Professor Abraham Van Helsing perfectly capture the timeless battle between darkness and light, especially as they unfold in the hauntingly atmospheric Whitby, England. Dracula, a centuries-old vampire with chilling supernatural powers, has come all of the way from deep in the Romanian mountains, intent on…
Tag: 2-player game
Tuned: What We Imagine It Would Be Like If The Animals Actually Made It To Bremen
Inspired by the “Bremen Town Musicians,” Tuned is a 2-player board game recently published by ThunderGryph Games as part of the “Made In Wonderland” collection. For those unfamiliar with the Brothers Grimm tale, it follows four aging animals (a donkey, dog, cat, and rooster) who decide to run away and retire. Their goal is to…
Paper Planes: Can You Go the Distance in Witchway Games’ New Microgame?
Looping, flapping, long-distance flying, and even boomerang tricks are all possible with a single sheet of paper if you know how to fold it. Designer and artist Eric Streed brings these papercraft airplanes to the tabletop with his newest 18-card microgame: Paper Planes. In Paper Planes, players don’t have to know all of the secrets…
Two Foxes In The City: A Real World Adventure
When was the last time you went exploring? Really and truly exploring – with plans of discovery, even? For most people, the simple answer to that is “not for a while.” Roland Auer’s Two Foxes In The City aims to change that. This game takes two players on a real-time, real-world, whimsical jaunt through the…
Skulk Hollow: The 2-Player Treasure You May Have Missed
Skulk Hollow first appeared on our radar back in early 2018, several months before the launching of Pencil First Games‘ Kickstarter campaign in October of that year. At that time, we did not have many games that were exclusively two-players so seeing one that was not only designed specifically for that dynamic but also offered…
Micro Dojo: Mental Mastery and Tactics in Historic Japan
The Shogun has issued an edict. In order to gain his favor and win the title of the local town, you and a rival will take on the roles of Daimyo (feudal lords in the Edo era) and compete to bring prosperity to its citizens. Micro Dojo is the first of what will hopefully be…