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CANVAS: A Game so Beautiful You Could (Literally) Hang it on Your Shelf

Welcome, folks, to the visual feast of CANVAS by Road to Infamy Games, also known as R2i Games. It was designed by Jeff Chin and Andrew Nerger but first and foremost I have to get the required comment out...

To Sheep, Perchance to Dream: A Turn Order Review of Sheepy Time

Longtime readers of Turn Order may remember a review of a push your luck (PYL) game that I absolutely loved, Long Shot, that involved racing horses around a track and causing complete chaos at the table. Since then, I’ve...

Creating Your Own Murder Mystery TTRPG Game

Running a true murder mystery game can be a daunting undertaking. Many TTRPG campaigns have a mystery at the core, but that works in the GM’s favor as they have the opportunity to change unrevealed information as the story...

When One Isn’t Enough: A Turn Order Review of Uno Ultimate Marvel

UNO is a game I’ve played almost as long as I’ve been alive. In a lot of cases, it’s probably a universally enjoyed game of spite, malice, fierce combat, hard won victories and crushing defeats. It is also, well,...

Undaunted: North Africa is a Fresh Evolution of a Fantastic System

World War II games are a dime a dozen. So are deck building games. And yet the Undaunted series by David Thompson and Trevor Benjamin breathes new life into both genres. Undaunted: North Africa is the follow up to the original Normandy and...

Turn Order Reviews: TTRPG Bundle for Trans Rights in Florida

This week’s Turn Order is dedicated to an amazing bundle of TTRPG games, supplements, and one-shots dedicated to a noble cause: fighting for transgender youth and rights in the state of Florida. While Organized by Rue (ilananight) and hosted...

Let’s Go! To Japan – Best Laid Plans – Turn Order

I knew I’d love Let’s Go! To Japan before I even opened the box. Not only because designer Josh Wood made Cat Lady expressly for me, a cat lady. Not only because he designed Santa Monica expressly for me,...

Onslaught is a Fast and Fun Dungeons & Dragons Skirmish Game

Dungeons & Dragons: Onslaught distills D&D combat to a two-player system, creating a fast-paced skirmish game with surprisingly good pre-painted minis. It’s a perfect offering for the kind of player who just wants to power through to the next...

Tale of Two Noirs: Hard City and Crescendo of Violence RPG Reviews

The Noir genre has not been mainstream for a long time, but it has also never been fully absent. Whether it's the neo-noir Nightmare Alley or the neon-noir Bladerunner 2049, the genre has never been far from our screens. With...

It’s Probably Pirates: A Turn Order Review of Wildtails

When we received our package of games from Buttonshy, I didn’t quite know what to expect from either wallet sized game. What I discovered is that looks can be incredibly deceiving. Battlecrest really surprised me by delivering a compelling...