Preview - The Thoughtful Gamer https://thethoughtfulgamer.com Board Game Reviews, Analysis, and Strategy Wed, 07 Jul 2021 02:36:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/cropped-TTGlogoWHITELETTERS-5-32x32.png Preview - The Thoughtful Gamer https://thethoughtfulgamer.com 32 32 124167274 First Look at Soul Raiders https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2021/07/06/first-look-at-soul-raiders/ https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/2021/07/06/first-look-at-soul-raiders/#respond Wed, 07 Jul 2021 02:32:06 +0000 https://thethoughtfulgamer.com/?p=2992 The Soul Raiders kickstarter is launching tomorrow. This is a first look based on an incomplete preview prototype of the game. I was able to play with perhaps 50% of the mechanical features and less than 10% of the story content. Some may argue that exploration and board gaming do not combine. A video game? …

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