Episode 35: Cognalysis: Sky Team and Wandering Towers

Cognitive Gamer by Stephen Blessing

Jul 26, 202415:13Games & Hobbies

It’s a bird, it’s a…yeah, it is a plane! Oh, and also a Tower? We are back with a cognalysis of two games, Sky Team, fresh off its Spiel des Jahres win, and also Wandering Towers. Game References Hanabi, Sky … Cont...

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