Horror-steeped card game Forbidden Solitaire shows how a strong theme can elevate even decade-old mechanics

Like a tag team of oiled snakes that have entered a wrestling contest, theme is a difficult quality to pin down. A game can be well designed, but if it lacks a coherence between those mechanics and its appearance, narrative, and its framing, there is a dissonance that can be…

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