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Star Bores, by Tony Blews
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Passerine reviews Stooping to Diplomacy: "This game is a vampire" - See full review
Tabitha reviews Loadstone: "A fun concept that could use some polish" - See full review
Revolting Peasant Press reviews Red Reckonin': "A Grim Weird Western" - See full review
kaemi reviews Our Lady of Thorns: "Spring Thing 2026: Our Lady of Thorns" - See full review
OtisTDog reviews Sequitur: "Inventive and well-conceived central mechanic" - See full review
MathBrush reviews Samurai of Hyuga: "A Japan-centric hosted game as part of a long series" - See full review

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Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that...

Type Help, by William Rous
A puzzle-mystery game inspired by Return of the Obra Dinn, Her Story, Unheard and The Roottrees are Dead. Investigate the files on an old...

Open Sorcery, by Abigail Corfman
You are online. You are fire and order. You are here to protect. ---- "Open Sorcery" is a game about technology, magic and becoming a...

Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short
Anglophone Atlantis has been an independent nation since an April day in 1822, when a well-aimed shot from their depluralizing cannon...

Hadean Lands, by Andrew Plotkin
Marooned in an alien, airless wasteland -- your starship fractured -- your crewmates missing. Can an apprentice alchemist learn how to...

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