Unplugged: Dungeons & Dragons 2024
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Posted on February 22nd, 2025 by
Whether it is streamers, or pop culture icons (I suppose some are both) the role-playing hobby continues to make inroads to mainstream culture. Leading the pack is Dungeons and Dragons. With this week’s release of the new Monster Manual, D&D has just finished a refresh of their 2014 “5th Edition” ruleset. This new, “D&D 2024” edition is fully backwards compatible with the 2024 rules but has smoothed out some rough edges and attempts to provide a more helpful presentation of the material. In brief, the game has punched up the fun aspects for players, provided more concrete advice for new players, and souped up the monsters to provide more variety and more challenging monsters. While there is no dire need for anyone to change over from the 2014 rules (you can even run players running characters from each edition at the same time), new players should certainly start with the 2024 rules and hard-core players will probably see advantages in going with the new, adjusted rules.
Tsetseg’s Adventure (Switch, PC)
Posted on February 19th, 2025 by
A bad guy has kidnapped Tsetseg the witch’s spooky friends (skeleton, ghost, pumpkin, etc.) and not it’s up to her to save them! Tsetseg’s Adventure is an 8-bit styled 2D platformer on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Catagrams (Mobile)
Posted on February 17th, 2025 by
It’s been a long time since I reviewed a mobile game! But here’s a free to play one where you solve word challenges and it’s like a cross between Scrabble and a crossword puzzle. You get points for solving them, and when you get enough, you can unlock a part of an outfit for a cartoon cat. Catagrams is available on mobile devices but reviewed on iPad here.
Mechanita (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on February 12th, 2025 by
Help a mechanic escape a obstacle-laden, robot-filled scrap yard in Mechanita. It’s a 2D platform game where the levels are hardly bigger than one screen, and you must use the robots’ abilities to help you pass the levels. It’s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Mini Market Design (Switch)
Posted on February 10th, 2025 by
Do you like imaging designing your own market displays? Or maybe you like creating shops in spinoff games like Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer or Happy Home Paradise. Well now you can do that in Mini Market Design on Nintendo Switch. It actually plays just like a game I reviewed a couple of weeks ago called My Cozy Room.
Agent Fall (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on February 5th, 2025 by
Be a secret agent and uncover an alien conspiracy in Agent Fall. It’s a 2D side scrolling retro styled run and gun for one or two players. It’s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Popotinho’s Adventures (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S)
Posted on February 3rd, 2025 by
I don’t know if Popotinho is supposed to be an egg or a marshmallow or what, but one day while on an outing with his parents, Popotinho was misbehaving more than usual so his parents decided to punish him by leaving him alone and letting him find his way home. Well dang, that was kind of hardcore for such a simple game. But yeah, that’s what the in-game story says! Anyway, guide your little egg dude through 50 stages of basic 2D platforming in Popotinho’s Adventures. It’s available on all current consoles but reviewed on PS4 here.
Runny Bunny (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on January 29th, 2025 by
Ok the title of this game is a bit misleading because this rabbit doesn’t run, nor does he have the runs. It’s more like he spin dashes. This rabbit zips around so fast, he almost looks like he teleports. He’d make Sonic the Hedgehog jealous. In Runny Bunny, you move a super quick rabbit around a maze getting all the dots and carrots while avoiding obstacles to reach an exit. It’s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
My Cozy Room (Switch)
Posted on January 27th, 2025 by
If you like to play with dollhouses, or designing and rearranging your furniture in your house in Animal Crossing, then here’s a game for you. My Cozy Room on Switch lets you design and decorate a room with hundreds of items.
Rivenaar’s Grove (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S)
Posted on January 22nd, 2025 by
You are an apprentice to a potion maker, and it’s your job to collect the herbs in the fields. Gather them all in this action puzzle game. It’s available on all current game consoles but reviewed on PS4 here.
