Unlock! Kids is a deduction game from the makers of the escape room style Unlock series. This time it’s up to kids to solve the mysteries before the time runs out using their powers of observation, logic, and deduction.

Eriantys is an abstract strategy game where you’ll work to increase your influence and power. This is a family weight strategy game a satisfying level of depth that plays out in a quick 30 minutes. 

Suspects is a detective game where players will take on the role of detective Claire Harper. Presented in the style of Agatha Christie’s novels, you’ll solve three unique cases using you

deductive reasoning skills.

In May, we played 19 different games from new releases to old classics. Here are our picks for the best games we played last month.

Monthly recaps are to help you know about all the games we played in the past month, share our favorite games, as well as give out some end-of-month awards. Not all of the games we play make it onto social media or the blog so this is a fun way to show you what we have played behind the scenes and which games left an impression.

First Empires is a territory building, area movement game. Players will attempt to expand their civilization into new territories, invade the territories of opponents, and develop their civilization throughout the game to unlock abilities to help them win.