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The Cutthroat - Commissioned artwork for the card game - Hemloch: Dark Promenade from John Clowdus of Small Box Games. 

It’s #cousinsday so today’s #gameoftheday is #thecousinswar. This is one of my favourite #smallboxgames. The #waroftheroses was fought between the #houseoflancaster and the #houseofyork during the 15th Century. Each player represents one of the houses and battles over five rounds to gain influence. The players decide the battlefield and then play cards to add troops to the battle before bringing a final #liarsdice type bluffing conclusion to the battle. This is a really interesting, enjoyable and easy to play #twoplayergame. #lankygameruk (at Lytham St Annes, Lancashire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDBFl8XhyJP/?igshid=yt6gp2dspky

What a marvel (#pun)! @philwalkerharding just gets me. I haven’t yet come across one of his games that I haven’t had an absolute blast with. Pack of Heroes is no exception. Each player chooses a team (or drafts a team, if you want added silliness!) from any of the 6 choices, then goes to battle on an invisible 3x3 grid. I took the Safari Squad, and Admiral Rhino stomped my team to victory! I have a firm belief that when it comes to rules, basic is better. Pack of Heroes follows this, with powers giving out damage cubes, damage cubes knocking out opponents and eventually killing them. There are special powers unique to each hero so each battle does feel different, even if the rules are incredibly straight forward. Also to note is the size of the box. This is no bigger than Sushi Go!, another of Walker-Harding’s designs. If I ever get my game created, I’m looking to this guy for inspiration. #packofheroes #adventurelandgames #smallboxgames #boardgames #boardgamegeek #bgg #superheroes #gamer #gamegeek #gamingnight #gamesnight

Hanamikoji (or Hanamakasausage if you simply can’t remember the name of it, eh @lilbabybay? 😄) is an absolutely stunning 2-player card game designed by Kota Nakayama with art by Maisherly and published by @emperors4games. You are business owners trying to gain the favour of the 7 Geisha (artists) to improve the reputation of your business. The cleverest part of the game is that each player shares the same deck of cards (21 in total, but 1 is always removed) and have the same four actions per round: keep 1 card facedown to help you win favour at the end of the round, discard two cards, lay down three cards and your opponent takes 1 and you keep the other two or deal out two pairs of cards with your opponent choosing which pair to take. The choices at first feel confusing, but after a turn or two you really start to see the strategy in every choice. An absolute winner for me, so much so that I almost immediately bought its ‘sequel’ Shadows in Kyoto, which I’ve yet to try! #emperors4 #hanamikoji #twoplayer #2player #cardgame #smallboxgames #boardgamegeek #gamer #gamegeek #bgg #kotanakayama #maisherly #geekstuff #japan

Just received in the post! Good use of a Christmas voucher I hope! Can’t wait to try it! Designed by @kotanakayama with art by @maisherly this game looks truly amazing! #hanamikoji #cardgame #emperors4 #kotanakayama #maisherly #smallboxgames #twoplayer #boardgamegeek #boardgameart #gamegeek #gamenight #bgg

Hey guys so I know some of you are gamers and I would really appreciate it if you could check out small box games. They are a small gaming company, hobby board and card games, and they are really cool. The company is owned by my brother-in-law John Clowdus and he is a really great guy and makes great games. They, also, have a Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Small-Box-Games/239608711408) if you want to get regular updates from them. Thanks and I hope you guys like the games!