The ink is fresh, the quill is sharp, and it’s time to put all of those ideas floating around in your head on paper. In Hardback from Fowers Games, players take on the role of impassioned novelists during the 1800s striving to make a name for themselves and make a living by penning books. Books…
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Hopping From The Table To The Tablet: Bullfrogs Has Gone Digital!
The sounds of so many creatures can be heard resonating through the damp and heavy fog of the swamp. To the untrained ear, the symphony of sound would seem to blend together into a tedium tone, but something is out of place. Focusing in, the croak of the frogs seems… angry. If one were to…
The Race Is On to Surpass Pesky Undead Pets in The Pet Cemetery
After an unfortunate accident, Professor Esker has fallen into a downward spiral of despair and madness as she tries to raise her poor tabby from the grave. To stop her, 2-6 players will race each other to the abandoned crypt at the end of the pet cemetery to try to enact a citizen’s arrest on…
Showing Some Love to the Ladies of Legend With Pirate Party: Women of the High Seas
Ahoy Mateys! Today is the day! Talk Like A Pirate Day has closed in fast on our stern and we here at The Cardboard Cantina are continuing our course with another pirate-themed review! We tip our hats to some of history’s finest this day with a game that pays tribute to the not-so-lacey lassies of…
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…
Quests & Cannons: The Risen Islands – A Treasure Trove In A Box!
The Dwunnies’ Guardian Tree has fallen victim to an unknown disease. The waterfalls of the Delven lands have begun to run dry. Food has become scarce for the livestock that the Porc nations rely on to maintain their way of life. All these changes have driven citizens of these nations to seek prosperity in the…