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Published — 10. November 2026 ⏭ Shelfside

Can a $2000 office chair improve game night?

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Von: Shelfside
10. November 2026 um 16:30

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After doing countless amounts of game nights, we put this expensive chair to the test. Featuring a way to cool your behind and even give a type of lumbar massage, can this be useful to play a tabletop game with? Is it even a good fit with a standard board game table? What are all the features you can even mess around with?

Maxis Chair (30 Day Price Protection): https://libernovo.com/products/libernovo-maxis-dynamic-ergonomic-chair?ref=Shelfside

Table of Contents:
Intro - (0:00)
Overview - (0:18)
Assembly - (1:01)
Cool Stuff - (2:02)
Uncertainties - (6:24)
1 Crucial Concern - (7:07)
Final Thoughts - (8:10)

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Age of Empires 2 Conquerors Track 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BaShAjqNFE

Age of Empires 2 Conquerors Track 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JUdalWK-vI

Age of Empires Age of Kings Track 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK9WARc10oI


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Published — 02. November 2026 ⏭ Shelfside

This quirky city builder impressed me!

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Von: Shelfside
02. November 2026 um 16:30

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Witness the rubberhose art while I crunch over making a very cool city!

Check out Founder Follies: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/panicroll/founder-follies

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Published — 01. November 2026 ⏭ Shelfside

When a Dungeon Crawler Needs Voiceover Work w/ProZD! @ProZD

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Von: Shelfside
01. November 2026 um 23:48

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Catch the behind the scenes of us spending 8 hours recording audio for the upcoming board game, Song of the Wildkin! We are in a recording studio in Burbank, California for this. Afterwards, we feature our interview with Sungwon Cho, aka ProZD about his voiceover work and board game enjoyment. He even mentions his BGG Top 100 games enjoyment!

Other games mentioned: Forgotten Waters, Root, The Mind, Quirky Circuits

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Stuff Used:
Lukrembo - Biscuit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtZ2m2Zm3vY

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Published — 20. Oktober 2026 ⏭ Shelfside

Cyberpunk TCG Review — Welcome to Night City Beta Booster Box

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Von: Shelfside
20. Oktober 2026 um 16:30

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We unboxed and made decks from 36 boosters to review Cyberpunk TCG's first set: Welcome to Night City! This most funded TCG of all time still has the uniqueness of the 3 legends for each player, making asymmetry emergent throughout a match. We discuss the new good and bad we found after 6 more matches, including the deck construction! There's plenty of awesome to cards to shout out from Adam Smasher to Kerry Eurodyne. Which colors were our favorite? How does the resource system hold up?

Check out Boxking (Discount code: SHELFSIDEYT): https://boxkinggaming.com/products/equation-magnetic-dm-screen-with-dice-tower

Table of Contents:
Overview - (0:00)
Cool - (2:37)
Concerns - (12:28)
Final Thoughts & Our Personal Scores - (14:50)

Other games mentioned: Magic the Gathering, Star Wars Unlimited

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Published — 18. Oktober 2026 ⏭ Shelfside

Avalon: The Riven Veil Review — The Oathsworn devs made an Area Control!

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Von: Shelfside
18. Oktober 2026 um 23:58

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We review this deep asymmetric area control full of all unique action cards! Avalon: The Riven Veil is Arthurian Legends inspired (Excalibur and the Holy Grail are in here) to position your units carefully around an explorable isle. There’s auction/bidding mechanics and push-your-luck combat, all tied into your crunchy hand management! Will you be like the Undead led by Mordred to build strongholds and move masses of soldiers around? Or find King Arthur with the Knights of the Round to have strong lords moving around the map? You’ll fight all around the map at the end of each season, culminating into the center fight, a little bit like Blood Rage! Yet Avalon is a much deeper albeit longer game, so let’s see how our area majority veterans feel!

Play Avalon: The Riven Veil: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/shadowborne-games/avalon-the-riven-veil-2nd-printing

Other games mentioned: The Godfather, Blood Rage, Twilight Imperium 4, Rising Sun

Table of Contents:
Overview - (0:00)
How to Play - (1:53)
Pros - (5:42)
Cons - (25:51)
Recommender Score - (42:15)
Ashton's Personal Score - (47:14)

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Published — 16. Oktober 2026 ⏭ Shelfside

Shelfside’s Top 10 Most Important Games

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Von: Shelfside
16. Oktober 2026 um 16:30

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What games shaped me the most? This list goes throughout the most resonant board games that shaped Shelfside’s gaming tastes and approaches to review. Whether they’er smaller games like Coup or huge ones like Gloomhaven, all inform our reviewing process! Some are really popular on BoardGameGeek, yet others I actually don’t enjoy so much anymore, but are still vastly influential. Join us as we go through the Euros and Ameritrash games of the decades! Some genres like Social Deduction just aren’t so popular anymore, but have a mention here!

Play Boken: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bokenjrpg/boken-the-jrpg-board-game

Other Games Mentioned: Catan, Tainted Grail: Kings of Ruin, Trajan, Battlestar Galactica, The Resistance, Descent 2nd Edition, Mansions of Madness, Antares Kingdoms, Lands of Evershade, HeroQuest, Sid Meier’s Civilization, Twilight Imperium 3, Pandemic, Yugioh, Keyforge, Android: Netrunner, Magic: The Gathering, Splendor, Monopoly, Love Letter, Sidereal Confluence, Bohnanza, Dune Imperium, Dominion, Chinatown

Stuff Used:
List Rules: (0:00)
#10: (1:55)
#9: (4:16)
#8: (6:19)
#7: (7:52)
#6: (10:09)
#5: (12:12)
#4: (14:02)
#3: (17:15)
#2: (18:58)
#1: (22:16)
Final Thoughts: (26:15)

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Stuff Used:

Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings - Track 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDcZXEMF84k&list=RDNDcZXEMF84k

Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings - Track 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkOC5BnnXwU&list=RDPkOC5BnnXwU

Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors - Track 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRWpooKRLwg&list=RDGRWpooKRLwg

Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors - Track 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jDWRC9_Gk0&list=RD5jDWRC9_Gk0

Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors - Track 5
https://youtu.be/6BaShAjqNFE?si=cvXlDLm6T7JyaNJr

Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors - Track 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7fzvohmvsQ&list=RDU7fzvohmvsQ

Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors - Track 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ed1G4I_UpE&list=RD3Ed1G4I_UpE

Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors - Track 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JUdalWK-vI&list=RD5JUdalWK-vI

Yu-Gi-Oh! Lofi - Relaxing Beats to Duel/Send People to the Shadow Realm to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5dVemhy1yk&list=RDU5dVemhy1yk

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Published — 07. Oktober 2026 ⏭ Shelfside

Monopoly Brainrot Billionaire Review — Hasbro Why

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Von: Shelfside
07. Oktober 2026 um 22:29

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This Monopoly is marketed towards Gen Z and Gen Alpha with it bragging about Brainrot. But does that mean it's actually any good, because its talking about slop and jargon everywhere. How did they deal with trading or roll and move? Or perhaps the most important mechanic of Monopoly, trade? Are auctions still viable? For all of the nonsense in here, this probably won't make it to a top BGG game, but could it be any half decent for a family game night across generations?

Play Boken: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bokenjrpg/boken-the-jrpg-board-game

Other games mentioned: Monopoly for Milennials, Monopoly: Buy Everything Expansion, Catan, Camel Up, Hot Streak

Table of Contents
Overview - (0:00)
What's Different? - (0:53)
Pros - (1:59)
Cons - (3:04)
Recommender Score - (10:25)
Ashton's Personal Score - (15:17)

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Stuff Used:

"Deuces" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

"Jazz Brunch" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

"Deadly Roulette" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

"George Street Shuffle" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Published — 01. Oktober 2026 ⏭ Shelfside

Every Lands of Evershade Session Ever

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Von: Shelfside
01. Oktober 2026 um 16:30

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This is how it's like to play a single chapter of Lands of Evershade! No spoilers past the very beginning of the game.

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Published — 30. September 2026 ⏭ Shelfside

Primal: Legends Review — The Crunchy 25 Minute Boss Battler

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Von: Shelfside
30. September 2026 um 16:30

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We review 3 boxes of Primal Legends, a 25 minute boss battler! This has asymmetric card play while you play around the boss’s behavior and attrition cards, primarily for solo play but can play up to 3 hunters. There’s lots of hand and deck management, balancing your attacks with defensive cards, and generally making sure not to fatigue too quickly. We cover all hunters and bosses from Voice of the Storm, Earth, and Spirit from multiple difficulties. While this is a lot more accessible than Primal: The Awakening, does that mean it’s worth pursuing, especially at this bite sized box style? What aspects of boss battling are sacrificed by making the game so small and short?

Other games mentioned: Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, Grimcoven

Play Primal Legends: https://reggiegames.com/products/primal-legends-everything-legends

Table of Contents:
Overview - (0:00)
How to Play - (1:52)
Pros - (3:43)
Cons - (12:46)
Recommender Score - (23:39)
Ashton's Personal Score - (27:46)

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Published — 28. September 2026 ⏭ Shelfside

WORST Board Game Things to cheap out on (Tier List)

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Von: Shelfside
28. September 2026 um 23:01

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From accessories to even friends, here’s where to spend your extra board gaming money! We’ve been seriously playing board games for over a decade and have some serious thoughts on things from board game tables and card sleeves. Or maybe where you can put your cardboard chits and cards during game night? So, should you never cheap out or save your money to buy popular board game geek games instead?

Table of Contents:
Overview - (0:00)
Sleeves - (0:45)
Board Game Table - (1:38)
Air Conditioning - (2:56)
Snacks - (3:40)
Miniatures - (4:45)
Storage Trays - (7:05)
Fancy Dice (8:06)
Premium Money - (9:55)
Plastic Bags - (11:18)
Friends - (12:42)
Chair - (13:13)
Board Game Bag - (13:38)

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Music credits:
Kevin Macleod



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Published — 25. September 2026 ⏭ Shelfside

How to make smart board game review

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Von: Shelfside
25. September 2026 um 16:30

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Film film with camera on components to make very smart review!

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Published — 21. September 2026 ⏭ Shelfside

Snob Reviewer walks into a Board Game Store

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Von: Shelfside
21. September 2026 um 16:30

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Uhhh not sure if every game is a good one...

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Published — 18. September 2026 ⏭ Shelfside

Backer Booster let me win TI4!

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Von: Shelfside
18. September 2026 um 21:06

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Before this pill I couldn't win any match of TI4, no matter how hard I tried. Now I can get it up all night long to win vs my sweaty friends!

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Published — 16. September 2026 ⏭ Shelfside

We got featured in a Chinese Board game!

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Von: Shelfside
16. September 2026 um 00:14

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Shelfside has been translated into a promo card for this game! My parents would be so proud.

Play Lionwake: https://linkly.link/2syXK

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Published — 11. September 2026 ⏭ Shelfside

I try demoing games at a convention | Strategicon 2026

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Von: Shelfside
11. September 2026 um 01:25

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For the first time ever, I demo board games to strangers! We're at Strategicon in Los Angeles, to teach the family-friendly dungeon crawler, Song of the Wildkin! Assisted by the designer and the designer of Rove, propped up by Andrew Bosley's art (Everdell artist), we see how much fun people can have with this game! Luckily this is not GenCon, rather a smaller convention, so there's less pressure to demo other games. Song of the Wildkin is a game I have been helping develop and am working on expansion content for, that takes asymmetry and boss battling ideas and makes them even more cooperative. We even got some testimonials of people who demo'd the game!

Play Trials of Maya: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/zainmemon/trialsofmaya.

Other games mentioned: Scythe, Oathsworn, Gloomhaven, Stuffed Fables, Heat, Xia: Legends of a Drift System, Raiders of the North Sea, Red Rising, Mistborn, Everdell Duo

Table of Contents:
Intro - (0:00)
Day 1 - (1:59)
Day 2 - (7:27)
3 Lessons Learned & Outro - (12:23)

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Stuff Used:
"Funky Boxstep" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

"Marty Gots a Plan" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Music Credit: Dj Quads
Track Name: "www is a thing"
Music By: Dj Quads @  / aka-dj-quads  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cqqUi1VaRo

Music Credits:
● Music By: 'Homie Cat'
● Track Name: 'My Sacrifice'
● Official "Homie Cat" Spotify HERE - https://open.spotify.com/artist/01eWi...
● Official "Homie Cat" SoundCloud HERE -  / homie-cat  

Age of Empires Track 8 age of kings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkOC5BnnXwU&list=RDPkOC5BnnXwU

Age of empires 2 Conquerors Track 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRWpooKRLwg&list=RDGRWpooKRLwg

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Published — 04. September 2026 ⏭ Shelfside

Every day, rulebooks destroy my soul a bit more

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Von: Shelfside
04. September 2026 um 16:30

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We have to rant about rulebooks again, this is not a joke. After decades of board gaming, rulebooks continue to be the #1 enemy of enjoyment, and haven’t gotten better. So what are some very common structural issues? We don’t want to talk about translation issues or writing styles, even though flavor text usage is both a structural and writing style issue. Even big publisher games like Stardew Valley are victim to problems! It’s good to have a separate reference that can be a glossary and/or index like mansions of madness and Eldritch Horror! After all, the rulebook should help you learn the game not just reference rules.

BGG Article: https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/13453/every-board-game-rulebook-is-awful

Games mentioned: Brass Birmingham, Radlands, War of the Ring, Star Wars Rebellion, Mammothodus, Grimcoven, Last Word, The Resistance: Avalon, The Elder Scrolls Betrayal of the Second Era, Scythe, Coup

Table of Contents:
Overview - (0:00)
Structural Issue #1 - (1:16)
Structural Issue #2 - (2:13)
Structural Issue #3 - (3:44)
Structural Issue #4 - (4:45)
Structural Issue #5 - (6:27)
Final Thoughts - (8:16)

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lukrembo - biscuit
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=EtZ2m2Zm3vY

Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors - Track 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=3Ed1G4I_UpE

Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors - Track 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JUdalWK-vI
Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors - Track 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jDWRC9_Gk0


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Published — 01. September 2026 ⏭ Shelfside

We played a gangster board game

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01. September 2026 um 18:56

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We played a game of stealing/splitting each other's loot, in New York, New York! This prototype has some AI art, as disclosed in the video.

Play Prohibition Heist 1929: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/winter-studio/prohibition-heist-1929

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Cola Wars Prototype Review — Best Business Board Game I’ve Played

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01. September 2026 um 18:00

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This is the most fun I’ve had running a business in a board game! Cola Wars is a cola company simulator in the American 80s, to get the most market share by competing over head space and shelf space via placing bottles or caps. Throughout the game, you’ll hire (and fire) differing employees with their own abilities, even using interns that might fail! This Ameritrash game has a tense die roll at the end of a year to see how the American public responds to all of the cola marketing, and some marketing will even decay over time. Don’t worry, you can use the excellent mechanic of the jingle cap to ensure that your caps will stay a round! You can also upgrade your company HQ, including your vice president asymmetric card. Though there is some incomplete art and maybe some weirdness with the projects… is this game an appropriate substitute to the popular Food Chain Magnate, or something else entirely?

Play Cola Wars: https://gamefound.com/projects/onemoreturngames/cola-wars-relaunch?refcode=UCHx4B23nEyAIlsPTWEOtQ

Other games mentioned: Lords of Waterdeep, Dune Imperium, Drillers, Dune Imperium Immortality, Ticket to Ride, Skyrise

Table of Contents:
Overview - (0:00)
How to Play - (1:29)
Pros - (3:33)
Cons - (19:11)
Tentative Score - (24:11)
Ashton's Personal Score - (28:52)

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Published — 21. August 2026 ⏭ Shelfside

Cyberpunk TCG Impressions!

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21. August 2026 um 16:30

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We demo’d the most funded TCG of all time at GenCon, took some decks with us, and now want to share all of our thoughts! From our experience with other TCGs like MTG and Star Wars Unlimited, how does this game fare? Does it handle randomness well, especially with some of the cards being usable as essentially lands? Also, how this WeirdoCo design do randomness if there is dice rolling with 7 different dice, that also double as a win condition? We played with one criminal and one corporation deck, but you can deck build in the future! Also it’s an interesting approach to deckbuilding with 3 facedown legend cards, that you will flip over randomly if you choose!

Table of Contents:
Intro - (0:00)
Brief Rules Explanation - (1:29)
Things we Like - (4:35)
Our Concerns & Rebuttals - (10:29)
Final Thoughts - (14:32)

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Published — 16. August 2026 ⏭ Shelfside

We played a Blade Runner themed CYOA! (The Altered)

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16. August 2026 um 00:56

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We completed a couple of chapters of this Blade Runner meets Fight-club story- driven game by a Chinese studio of Tin Universe! In the Altered: Anomaly Containment Archives, you enter a dystopian universe as a claims adjuster, trying to follow up a lead of 7 deaths, aka accidents. However along the way there is some stuff that doesn’t seem quite right with the world, including supernatural happenings and class
struggles. There is even a simple rock-paper-scissors plus dice rolling game mechanic! As a claims adjuster equipped with machinery, you go to different districts of the world. With multiple endings decided upon your story choices, the Altered has a lot of gameplay for your game group. If you enjoyed the predecessor of Abyss Echo this game might just be for you!

Play the Altered: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/the-altered/the-altered-anomaly-containment-archives

Table of Contents:
Overview - (0:00)
Combat, Simple Mechanics - (2:40)
Everything else the Altered - (8:18)

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