Author: Szymon

Pacific is a game by Donald X. Vaccarino, best known as the designer of Dominion, which already suggests a straightforward game that still leaves players room for various strategic moves. This time, players invest in tourism, industry, transport, and nature, while the game gives them space for some light business-minded scheming, wrapping the whole thing in a neat card-and-board puzzle for 2–5 players. Let’s take a closer look at what it is all about.

The iconic escapee Bandido returns in a special edition prepared for the 10th anniversary of the original game’s release. This time, the stakes are higher, and the walls of Alcatraz prison are much harder to overcome. Bandido Alcatraz is not just the same game with a different theme. The roles have reversed: this time, you are trying to provide Bandido with an escape route, and you will face additional challenges along the way.

Tiny Epic Pirates (Polish edition: Mali epiccy piraci) published by Galakta is a compact adventure‑economic board game in which players take on the roles of pirate captains competing for gold, fame, and growing infamy across the seas.

Each player commands their own ship and develops their pirate enterprise over the course of the game. You recruit crew members, sail across the map, trade goods, and attack other vessels. All of this serves to generate gold and increase your Infamy level, which affects multiple aspects of gameplay — from combat strength to access to rewards.

Some games require long rule explanations, concentration, and planning several moves ahead. Others can be brought to the table during a gathering with friends, and within a minute everyone already knows what to do. Hitster definitely belongs to the latter category.

It’s a party music game where, instead of meeples or dice, the biggest hits of the last century take center stage. All you need to do is scan a card in the app, listen to a fragment of a song, and try to guess when it was released.