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Benoit Turpin, co-creator of the hit Welcome To…, invites us into a world of paper cutouts. Paper World is a fast-paced logic game where players take on the role of travelers trying to recreate beautiful landscapes by layering sheets of paper.
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.
Rezerwat (eng. Habitats), published by Allplay, is a board game in which players take on the role of wildlife reserve managers. The goal is to create a thriving ecosystem filled with animals, suitable habitats, and attractions for visiting tourists.
Not every two-player game needs to be a sprawling strategy filled with dozens of components to deliver an intense, satisfying duel. Occasionally a deck of cards, a handful of tokens, and a well-designed decision system are enough. Lone Wolves by Wonderful World Board Games is a trick-taking game built around area control and special effects management. Players take on the roles of pack leaders fighting over five territories and the honor points that will determine who becomes the alpha of the land.
Altay: Dawn of Civilization is a board game combining deckbuilding with area control and direct conflict, designed by Ole Steiness and Paolo Mori. In Poland, the game was published by Galakta.
Players take on the roles of leaders of one of the four Elder Peoples, developing their civilizations in a secluded region of the world. The core of the experience lies in expanding your faction—building settlements, developing technologies and wonders, spreading across the map, and competing with rival factions. The game is aimed at players who enjoy when a card engine directly influences board presence and territorial control.
After a series of catastrophes, the world begins to rebuild in harmony with nature. In Rebirth, we take on the roles of clan leaders striving to gain control over the lands of Scotland or Ireland. This tile-laying board game designed by Reiner Knizia is intended for 2–4 players and offers two fully developed versions of play on a double-sided board.
Both variants share the same core system, yet differ in key scoring elements and additional mechanisms. As a result, the box delivers two distinct takes on the same design, each emphasizing slightly different aspects of competition.
Muduko returns with another game from its series about warring animals—once again built on a design by Reiner Knizia and enhanced with distinctive illustrations by Piotr Sokołowski. The title Prapuszcza: Ostatnie starcie suggests a climactic entry in this line, although whether it truly marks the end remains to be seen. 😉
There’s a good chance that Dominion from Rio Grande Games has caught your eye, or that you’ve even played it. It’s a classic example of a game built around the deck-building mechanic and is widely considered one of the genre’s flagship titles. The same publisher has another game in its portfolio that strongly resembles Dominion—at least in many aspects, it repeats the mechanics that made it such a great game. The key difference is that this time, instead of building a deck, we build dice that we roll every turn. That game is Dice Realms. It sounds great. Let’s see whether it actually delivers.
White Castle: Duel from Portal Games is a compact two-player strategy game built upon the core ideas of its larger predecessor, The White Castle. This time, however, the experience is tailored exclusively for head-to-head play, with a streamlined structure and a brisk tempo. While the inspiration is unmistakable, several elements have been redesigned to suit the duel-focused format. So—how well does it work? Let’s take a look.