Sidestep To Your Left

Category: REVIEWS

  • The Old King’s Crown – A Solo Mode Preview

    The Old King’s Crown – A Solo Mode Preview

    In early Spring, the new markets along the Great Road of the Kingdom open for business, filled with trinkets and tools, armaments and secrets. There’s a different, nervous energy this year as tales of mysterious fog and unnatural, unwelcome beings spread from stall to stall. Intel, influence and might are commodities not to be ignored as a looming threat of the unknown gets closer and closer.

    The start of the year, featuring the cards available to bid on in the Great Road.

    The Clans, a “people of the steppes and sea”, who migrate and sail to all corners of the Kingdom, send their Captain Lethe to represent them at the market. Unbeknownst to them, a strange figure, cloaked and concealed, has already been perusing and forming allegiances with easily swayed merchants. In a sign of things to come, a bidding war ensues.

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  • Heat: Pedal to the Metal Review

    Heat: Pedal to the Metal Review

    Heat: Pedal to the Metal board game box.

    Here we are racing fans. It’s time for your feature event – The vintage Grand Prix of The United States of America, in its classic ‘60s circuit layout. Our participants on the track today will start with a hand of 7 cards from a deck of 18 and must play the number of cards equal to the gear that their car is in. The value of the cards played will determine their speed as they try to outsprint and out manoeuvre each other by blasting down the straights and carefully managing speed round testing corners.

    Each vehicle’s engine holds 6 ‘heat’ which our drivers can utilise at the right moment for additional speed boosts and effects. However, this historical Grand Prix is such a momentous occasion that it brings with it the added pressure to come top of the podium. 3 ‘stress’ cards are added which could cause lapses in concentration and unknown values to drivers top speed. As stress is played, drivers reveal the next value speed card in their deck and add it to their total. When you are hurtling towards a corner in a glorified bathtub, things could get very hairy indeed. Can our challengers handle the heat?

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  • Coco Review

    Coco4Coco Review
    Plucking on your heartstrings.

    *This review contains very minor plot details that are mentioned in the trailers. There are no major spoilers so please do read on.*

     

    It’s The ‘Dia de Muertos’ in Mexico and in the village of Santa Cecilia, young Miguel Rivera longs to become a musician after his hero, ‘Ernesto de la Cruz’. The only thing standing in his way is his family of shoe makers, who have banned even the slightest hint of a tune from their lives. (more…)