It's past eleven at night, the table is littered with wooden tokens scattered like fallen leaves, and Christophe just snatched the last phoenix feather from under my nose with a smirking grin I won't forgive for at least two more games. Nocturne has been camping out in my game collection for two months now, and this scene repeats itself unfailingly: carefully laid plans that crumble, victories snatched through sheer audacity, and that strange feeling of wanting to immediately

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I discovered The Druids of Edora on a rainy October day in my brand-new game room set up in the garage. You know, the kind of perfect day for unpacking a surprise package. When I saw the Ravensburger logo on the review copy parcel, I immediately hoped it would be a new Feld. And bingo! The Druids of Edora. Needless to say, the excitement was at its peak. As an absolute fan of The Castles of Burgundy (I even splurged on the deluxe version, oops), I'd been waiting for this mome

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I discovered Crown of Ashes during a particularly rainy game night when we were desperately searching for something to pull us out of our Sunday lethargy. That's when I pulled out this box with its neon pink cover (yes, neon pink for a necromancer game, go figure) muttering something like "let's see what this gives us!" Honestly, between the gothic theme and this striking cover, I was already curious. But it was only after placing my first workers on this board that I realize

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