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Complex tabletop games are becoming more niche as designers focus on creating smaller, less dense experiences for newcomers to the hobby. Games like Star Wars: Rebellion, Root, and Gloomhaven provide ...

An example of a complex table state using elements of The Blighted Reach expansion for Arcs. Photo: Charlie Hall/Polygon Arcs: Conflict and Collapse in the Reach is yet another radical attempt at ...

Root works because it is at once familiar and novel: a wargame with a cutesy theme disguising a highly asymmetric strategy affair. Root is a game of adventure and war where 2 to 4 players battle for ...

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