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Lists of new-to-me games, by month.

New To Me – April 2025

Another month with not a ton of new games on the table, but we did participate in another “24 hour game day” at our FLGS, which had some fun times. I’m still steadily working my way through a stack of review games, so at least I’ll see a few new games played each month! 🙂

❤️ – Loved It/Definitely Want to Play More (I rate it a 9 – 10)
😄 – Liked It/Will Likely Play Again (I rate it a 7 – 8)
🤷🏻‍♀️ – Okay/Take It or Leave It/Could Play Again (I rate it a 4 – 6)
👎🏻 – Didn’t Like/Would Not Play Again (I rate it a 1 – 3)


😄 Mind MGMT: The Psychic Espionage “Game” – I’m not usually huge on hidden movement, but this was neat! Check out my review.
👎🏻 Bad Apples
😄 River Valley Glassworks
🤷🏻‍♀️Asian Tigers: A Story of Prosperity – A little too heavy for my usual play style, but it was a good game for sure. Check out my review!
😄 The Curious Elevator of Mr. Hincks – An excellent box of creative puzzles! Check out the review!
😄Sally Face: Strange Nightmares – The game had some misprints/hiccups, but it followed the source material so well, so I still really enjoyed it. Review coming soon!
👎🏻SPY x FAMILY: Mission for Peanuts – It’s so similar to Love Letter, but falls flat because it’s just kind of clunky
🤷🏻‍♀️Critter Kitchen – It’s pretty, but programming just doesn’t work for me with a worker placement game
🤷🏻‍♀️HiFi
👎🏻Tiny Laser Heist – It is hilarious, but it is so difficult, and I honestly found it weird that it wasn’t full co-op
😄My Book Nook – This was an early look at a game coming to retail from a local designer. It reminded me of Paperback in some sense, but it worked much better!
🤷🏻‍♀️Museum
🤷🏻‍♀️Hotel Mystery
👎🏻Lucky Loop – This was a luck fest of epic proportions
🤷🏻‍♀️Oaxaca
🤷🏻‍♀️Micropolis
🤷🏻‍♀️Alpina – This was interesting, but overall scoring was messy
🤷🏻‍♀️Marabunta
🤷🏻‍♀️Superstore 3000 – This looked cool, but it was a super overproduced drafting game in the end
🤷🏻‍♀️Life in Reterra
🤷🏻‍♀️ Ring of Chaos – I was expecting more chaos I think, but it felt a little repetitive. Review coming soon!

New To Me – March 2025

It’s been a hard month for me personally, unfortunately. Which made wanting to play games really difficult at times, even though it’s supposed to be something that brings me joy. Still, I persevere, and I got some new games to the table. Do you play games more or less when you’re feeling down or going through a rough patch?

❤️ – Loved It/Definitely Want to Play More (I rate it a 9 – 10)
😄 – Liked It/Will Likely Play Again (I rate it a 7 – 8)
🤷🏻‍♀️ – Okay/Take It or Leave It/Could Play Again (I rate it a 4 – 6)
👎🏻 – Didn’t Like/Would Not Play Again (I rate it a 1 – 3)


😄 Hero Realms Expansions – These are generally fun. I really like the one that gives players an alternate win condition by completing 3 quests.
🤷🏻‍♀️ Survivor: The Tribe Has Spoken – Fun theme, but the game was just okay
😄 The Office: Paper Paranoia – Another fun theme! Check out my full review.
🤷🏻‍♀️Lacrimosa
😄Exit: The Game – Family: 2 Escape Adventures – These were great! Check out my full review.
🤷🏻‍♀️ Thunder Road: Vendetta – Too much chaos for me
🤷🏻‍♀️ ito
🤷🏻‍♀️ DroPolter
🤷🏻‍♀️ Wizards & Co.
🤷🏻‍♀️/😄 Unlock! Kids: Irish Folklore TrilogySong of the Sea – I like the Unlock! series in general, but so far these didn’t feel as exciting as the normal line.
🤷🏻‍♀️/😄 Way Too Many Cats – I liked the game flow, but the scoring was a lot. Check out my full review!
🤷🏻‍♀️ Tabriz
🤷🏻‍♀️ Piles!
😄 The Case of the Curiously Correct Blueprints – Great puzzle game! I’m hoping to play more soon
🤷🏻‍♀️ Pax Illuminaten – Review coming soon!
🤷🏻‍♀️/😄 Hello Kitty Day at the Park – Review coming soon!

New To Me – Feb. 2025

Another month, another list of games! It’s been a pretty crazy month, and I haven’t played a ton of games in general, let alone new ones, but I still have a significant backlog of review games I’m working on, so there’s always a few fresh things on the table! Anything new you loved in February?

❤️ – Loved It/Definitely Want to Play More (I rate it a 9 – 10)
😄 – Liked It/Will Likely Play Again (I rate it a 7 – 8)
🤷🏻‍♀️ – Okay/Take It or Leave It/Could Play Again (I rate it a 4 – 6)
👎🏻 – Didn’t Like/Would Not Play Again (I rate it a 1 – 3)


New To Me – Jan. 2025

New Year – New Games! I didn’t get to all the games I wanted to play this month, mostly because I’ve been spending my nights doing a lot of mini painting 😍 but I still got a bunch of new titles to the table! What’s on your “want to play” list for this year?

❤️ – Loved It/Definitely Want to Play More (I rate it a 9 – 10)
😄 – Liked It/Will Likely Play Again (I rate it a 7 – 8)
🤷🏻‍♀️ – Okay/Take It or Leave It/Could Play Again (I rate it a 4 – 6)
👎🏻 – Didn’t Like/Would Not Play Again (I rate it a 1 – 3)


New To Me – Dec. 2024

Between PAXU plays, review games, and other random purchases, the new-to-me list for December is awesome! Great way to close out the year. What was your favorite new game that got played this year?

❤️ – Loved It/Definitely Want to Play More (I rate it a 9 – 10)
😄 – Liked It/Will Likely Play Again (I rate it a 7 – 8)
🤷🏻‍♀️ – Okay/Take It or Leave It/Could Play Again (I rate it a 4 – 6)
👎🏻 – Didn’t Like/Would Not Play Again (I rate it a 1 – 3)


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