Tag: tableau

Three Cards, Four Xs – An Age of Galaxy Review

by Charlie Theel • September 25, 2025 • 0 Comments

Jeffrey CCH, founder of Hong Kong publisher ICE Makes, has produced some wonky designs. Eila and Something Shiny is a narrative-driven card game that is emotionally poignant, Inheritors remains one of my favorite offbeat small box designs, and Terrorscape looks menacing and sharp, although I haven’t had the opportunity to play it. Age of Galaxy…

Make it Rain – An Imperial Miners Review

by Charlie Theel • October 5, 2023 • 0 Comments

Tim Armstrong’s Imperial Miners is of a new style. It shares the approach of contemporary engine-builders Jump Drive and Earth, inverting the modern Euro paradigm of scarcity and instead offering abundance. This is a game that just buries you in gold and then sets you free to earn points. Refreshingly, it requires only a modest…