The Game Awards by Geoff Keighly have come and gone, and Expedition 33 swept half of them as expected because, after several years, they still haven’t realized that putting Game of the Year nominees in other categories is incredibly stupid. In any case, I wanted to do my own dumb little award show, mainly because the algorithms demand content, and I didn’t have any better ideas!
Earthborne Rangers is a 1 to 4 player open-world co-op card-based adventure game about exploring, connecting with, and protecting the land and its people. You do this via a deck of cards that represents your abilities, gear, and expertise as a ranger.
Arc Raiders isn’t actually a PvP game, and that fact is what fuels the incredible social dynamics that are thriving within it. You see, Arc Raiders is actually a PvE game with PvP elements. Don’t believe me? Let’s run it down.
I guess I should start with this. Is Gloomhaven 2e an improvement over the original? Yes, oh my yes. It’s such an improvement that it makes the original Gloomhaven look like complete trash by comparison. Cephlaofair took the improvements from Frosthaven, as well as everything they learned about designing it, and then rebuilt Gloomhaven with it.