Gunkimono (2018)

“I love Gunkimono, and I think this is one of the best tile placement games I’ve played. As I’ve complained about before, tile placement is a genre littered with mediocre games that can be a bit dry. But with Gunkimono, gameplay is always tense and engaging.”

“Overall the just the game is awesome. I've loved this game for so long to see it available in a new theme that looks good.”(10:07)

“I am very pleased and impressed with this game. To be honest, I have no real issues with it; everything about it just works.”

“I think it's an excellent game and one I've been looking forward to for years, definitely check it out.”(10:01)

“I really enjoyed this game, this might be, this might be one of the few games that all three of us own.”(7:43)

“Yeah I like it a lot the the my favorite thing about this thing is it is fast yeah I mean it's a great game as well but it plays super fast”(7:20)

“Kimono is an excellent abstract strategy game, easy to learn, easy to play, but has plenty of engaging decision points to engage even the most hardcore gamers.”(14:24)

“Despite the headaches with the scoring track, Gunkimono remains a fun and engaging game with a low barrier to entry and high artistic interest. The mechanics were just the right complexity: enough to interest adults and kids alike.”

“Creates a really pretty unique gameplay experience that we've had a lot of fun with. There's some familiar mechanics in it, that whole like domino, you know, creating that continuous line of color, not being able to overlap things that are the same color.”(2:07)

“In summary, it is a simple to grasp game but has really challenging strategy to it, and the way the tiling puzzle leads to error control is actually really compelling. Just recognize that the board can be fairly overwhelming to look at.”(2:43)

“Gunkimono is a good abstract game, that uses tile-laying in a way that I find quite unique, but the solid gameplay and high component quality are just not enough to make it stand out from the crowd for me.”

“While each individual turn doesn’t amount to much, 5 points here, 3 honor points there, the sum of the parts is what makes Gunkimono shine.”

“Needless to say, I'm not going to recommend this game. I think there's too many great tile placement games out there.”(11:23)