Viticulture
8.5
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Each player is in charge of running a pre-modern Tuscan vineyard. The game is played over a series...
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Pioneers
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In a game of Pioneers, the players attempt to populate the cities shown on the game board with their...
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Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
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6.0
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Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is a free-to-play, location-based augmented reality game inspired by the...
Math Bingo
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The original Math BINGO! Over 1 Million Players! - Featured in The New York Times - Oct 2011...
Akward (448 KP) rated Sea of Thieves in Video Games
Jul 22, 2018 (Updated Jul 22, 2018)
The entire game is a grind. The quests are all "go get this chicken" or "go kill this one guy." In order to complete the quests, you'll need to sail to a nearby island. But even sailing is a grind. Getting from one place to another requires 1 person steering, 1 person manning the sails, and 1 person on the map. At first, the cooperation is fun, but it gets old very quickly. Once you have completed the quest, you'll be rewarded with roughly 400 gold. Even the cheapest upgrades cost 8000 gold.
That brings us to the other killer: player interaction. While you are completing that quest, you had better hope that you don't run in to another player. Because that other player can easily sink your ship, killing those chickens that you just spent 15 minutes getting. This is likely fun if you are the attacker, but is aggressively unfun if you are the person who just lost an hour's worth of quest progression.
This game is not worth $40. You will be bored after 2 or 3 hours (if you even make it that long, there is no tutorial). It might be worth downloading if you have Gamepass, but even then I do not think that it is worth the space on your hard drive.
By the way, this is the first 1-star review I have ever given on Smashbomb. When I say this is the worst game I've ever played, I mean it.
The Grimm Masquerade
8.0
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The Beast has invited you to his castle for a Masquerade. When you enter, you are magically...
Castles of Mad King Ludwig
7.8
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In the tile-laying game Castles of Mad King Ludwig, players are tasked with building an amazing,...
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Lake District Icons: People, Places and Things That Make Cumbria Great
Michaela Robinson-Tate and Phil Rigby
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There is no other area which has attracted the range of great writers, artists, thinkers, walkers...