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Paul Smith

With experience of competitive gaming through M:tG, Paul now prefers to game with friends and family, always hunting for new experiences to put on the table.

Games that shaped me - the early days

Mar 15, 2026

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18 min read

Games that shaped me - the early days

Looking back at decades of play, what has stuck in my brain to this day? What modern equivalents to my childhood classics have enhanced my nostalgia, and what remains to be recreated?

Paul Smith
Paul Smith

2-player

+1

Sky Team by Luc Rémond - a First impressions Review

Mar 8, 2026

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15 min read

Sky Team by Luc Rémond - a First impressions Review

Calmly landing a plane with a co-pilot that you cannot communicate with is surely somebody's hero fantasy - but does this game from Scorpion Masqué play well?

Paul Smith
Paul Smith

Design Corner

+5

Curious Lynx Games Weekly Newsletter - 1st March Edition

Mar 1, 2026

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16 min read

Curious Lynx Games Weekly Newsletter - 1st March Edition

What is card-dancing? Is this a novel mechanism or a pretentious rewording of already known ideas? Can a cute looking game be crunchy? Does the house rule OK in board games or are the rules-as-written godlike?

Nathaniel James
Paul Smith
Nathaniel James, +1

Top List

+1

To Duel or not to Duel - Part 2

Feb 22, 2026

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19 min read

To Duel or not to Duel - Part 2

Popular games often release 2-player versions later down the line with the addition of the word Duo or Duel. How do they stack up against their original multiplayer offerings?

Paul Smith
Paul Smith

Top List

+1

Top games for lunchtime breaks

Feb 15, 2026

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16 min read

Top games for lunchtime breaks

What makes a game work while you lunch, and what do I keep playing?

Paul Smith
Paul Smith

Top List

+2

5 Top boardgames for beginners

Feb 8, 2026

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19 min read

5 Top boardgames for beginners

Are you on the outside of the boardgame hobby, looking in, wanting to know where to start? Have you recently found a love of boardgames and want to bring your friends in, but worry you might scare them off with the wrong choices? Let's talk about boardgames for beginners!

Paul Smith
Paul Smith

2-player

To Duel or not to Duel?

Feb 1, 2026

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16 min read

To Duel or not to Duel?

Popular games often release 2-player versions later down the line with the addition of the word Duo or Duel. How do they stack up against their original multiplayer offerings?

Paul Smith
Paul Smith

Card Game

+2

For Northwood! (a solo trick-taking game) by Wil Su

Jan 25, 2026

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13 min read

For Northwood! (a solo trick-taking game) by Wil Su

It takes a special combination of features to get me excited about playing a board game by myself. After all, isn't that what video games are for?

Paul Smith
Paul Smith

Card Game

+4

Panda Spin by Carl Chudyk

Jan 18, 2026

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10 min read

Panda Spin by Carl Chudyk

One of my most played games of 2025, what is it about the tricky trick-taking Panda Spin that makes my brain spin in such a satisfying way?

Paul Smith
Paul Smith
Who are Curious Lynx?

Jan 11, 2026

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4 min read

Who are Curious Lynx?

Paul Smith
Paul Smith

Curious Lynx Games

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