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★ #9 RANKED VIDEO GAME
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Mega Man
You play as a little blue robot with a funny jump in Mega Man, an NES action platformer where you take on six Robot Masters in whatever order you want....
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B TIER
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Quiet Bloom
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Quiet Bloom
You bring a dried-out desert back to life in Quiet Bloom, a cozy idle game where wind, wells, and rain do most of the work… which is about my speed...
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BOARD GAME
RANK #18
B TIER
6.5/10
The Guild of Merchant Explorers
A map-based exploration game where each player begins with a single city and expands outward as terrain cards are revealed. You place cubes to form connected paths, cross seas to...
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B TIER
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RANK #13
Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition
Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition is a streamlined, faster-playing take on Terraforming Mars, turning the heavier original into a more accessible engine-building game. You’ll run a corporation, build up production, play...
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RANK #13
El Grande
★ NEW REVIEW
BOARD GAME
RANK #22
A TIER
7.5/10
El Grande
El Grande is a classic area-control board game set in medieval Spain, where players compete to have the most influence in different regions. Each round, players use power cards to...
BOARD GAME
RANK #22
A TIER
7.5/10
Dangerous Space
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BOARD GAME
RANK #29
Dangerous Space
BOARD GAME
RANK #29
Heroes of Hammerwatch II
★ B-TIER VIDEO GAME
RANK #16
B TIER
7.0/10
Heroes of Hammerwatch II
Heroes of Hammerwatch II is a fast action roguelite where you fight through randomized levels, collect gear and trinkets, and use what you earn to upgrade your town and characters....
RANK #16
B TIER
7.0/10
Deep Space D-6
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BOARD GAME
RANK #38
Deep Space D-6
Deep Space D-6 is a solo dice-assignment survival game where you command a stranded RPTR-class starship under constant threat. Each round you roll crew dice and assign them to tactical...
BOARD GAME
RANK #38
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I'm Mike, aka Mikey, aka Wakasm, and I built this site to share honest reviews, curated rankings, and full playthroughs of the games I love. I cover both video games and solo board games, and I focus on replayability, system mastery, and the moments that make a game worth your time.
I try to rank every game I play using clear criteria, but I'll be honest. Ranking games is hard. I am constantly debating myself, making exceptions, and second-guessing my own rules. I talk through that process in my writeups and videos because the conversation around why a game works or does not work is often more interesting than the score itself.
I also have a board game collection that is probably larger than it needs to be, and I chase more achievements than I should admit. Both tendencies come from the same place. I love exploring systems, completing things, and understanding how games fit together. That energy drives the reviews, the rankings, and the longform playthroughs I document here.
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