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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Roll For the Galaxy

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 Ailingforale 2 Comments Board Game, Multiplayer, Roll for the Galaxy, Space, Strategy, Temple Gates Games

“… if you are a sucker for digital board games you can play solo and/or with your friends, Roll for the Galaxy is a safe and easy bet.”

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Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Impressions) Dreamscaper

August 14, 2020 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action Roguelike, Adventure, Afterburner Studios, ARPG, Freedom! Games, Hack'n'slash, Indie, Maple Whispering Limited, Steam Early Access

Rougelites are aplenty almost everywhere now and developers need something to set themselves apart. Afterburner Studios has crafted something different here with Dreamscaper and they’ve done it well.

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) The Ambassador: Fractured Timelines

August 10, 2020 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Indie, Nintendo Switch, PC, RPG, STEAM, The Ambassador: Fractured Timelines, The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild, tinyDino Games, Twin-Stick Shooter, Xbox One

There is a fair bit of use to the time-stopping ability that stops it from feeling like a gimmick and I’m happy to see they struck that note just right.

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Android Reviews Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Tiny Little Kingdoms

June 1, 2020June 9, 2020 Ailingforale 0 Comments Android, Board Game, City-Builder, Resource Management, Simulation, Tiny Little Kingdoms

An app on the phone that feels like an actual game and not some gimmicky, shallow version of something you’d want to play elsewhere? Yes!

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Broken Lines

April 25, 2020April 26, 2020 Ailingforale 0 Comments Broken Lines, PortaPlay, Strategy, Tactical, Turn-based, World War II

The game mechanics alone are fantastic and the “stop your action phase when an enemy is spotted” feels so right I wonder why it wasn’t implemented in more games in the genre.

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Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Impressions) Puzzle Pelago – A Drag & Drop Economy

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 Ailingforale 0 Comments Casual, Christopher Mielack, Hallgrim Games, Indie, Puzzle, Puzzle Pelago, Puzzle Pelago - A Drag & Drop Economy, Simulation

The art design and gameplay mechanics work so well together that when combined with the music… I don’t think I’ve enjoyed being as frustrated in a long time.

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Alphas/Betas/Early Access Impressions PC Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Impressions) Record of Lodoss War – Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth

March 16, 2020March 28, 2020 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Metroidvania, PLAYISM, Record of Lodoss War - Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth, RPG, Team Ladybug, Why so serious?

Maybe it’s the “pixelated Metroidvania” aspect of the game, but I felt right at home.

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Impressions PC Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Impressions) Sky Cannoneer

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Element Games, Indie, Rampart, Single Player, STEAM, Strategy

You don’t need to be familiar with the classic Rampart game (even though you should), you just need to have a desire for fun while blowing things up.

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Kickstarter Highlight Nintendo Switch Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Kickstarter Highlight) Savior

October 2, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, Kickstarter, Kickstarter Highlight, Nintendo Switch, Open World, Platformer, Savior, Starsoft, Starsort Entertainment, STEAM

 I know I haven’t posted anything lately and that’s because I’ve been putting my efforts into my own game.

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Warhammer: Chaosbane

June 2, 2019June 4, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments Action, Adventure, ARPG, Bigben Interactive, Co-Op, Eko Software, Old World, RPG, Warhammer, Warhammer: Chaosbane

“… wherever you are, whoever’s face your blade meets, it’s still a joy to kill all of the things and that fact helps me gloss over a lot of the issues I have with the game.”

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) 10,000,000

May 23, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments 10000000, Casual, EightyEightGames, Indie, Match 3, Puzzle, Retro, RPG, STEAM

Match-3 games are a dime a dozen, so it’s nice when one stands out as having more thought put into it.

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Impressions Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Impressions) Driven Out – Demo

May 16, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments 2D, Action, Adventure, Driven Out, Indie, Jens Kolhammer, No Pest Productions, STEAM, Swordplay

Driven Out’s demo needs to be game length because I want more now!

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Swag & Sorcery

May 16, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments Adventure, Lazy Bear Games, Pixel Graphics, RPG, Sim, STEAM, Swag & Sorcery, tinyBuild, Uroboros Games

Swag & Sorcery appeared to be everything I’ve wanted out of a management/RPG sim, but ends up working like any other number of grindy phone apps that I’ve begrudgingly deleted after a few days.

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) SiNKR 2

May 8, 2019May 9, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments

This is exactly what I wanted out of a sequel.

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Reviews Steam Written By: Jonathan A. 

(Review) Faeria

May 2, 2019May 15, 2019 Ailingforale 0 Comments

Finally, a card game for me.

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–Mazungeon, my first game, is done! You can get some info now on the site or get it from the Android market. IOS will be a while since I don’t have a mac to work on. (Please don’t hold your breath.)
-Thank you to all developers and PR people who make this wild ride possible. It is a pleasure!

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