Our Favorite Games of 2018: Into the Breach

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🗓️ 27 December 2018

⏱️ 72 minutes

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In 2018, one game stood clear above the rest—at least for me. That is Subset Games tactical mech puzzler Into the Breach, a brilliant game of strategy, perfect information, and bleak narrative coherence. I wasn't the only one impressed by Subset's work: joining me to talk about how beautifully designed ITB is are Austin, Cado, and Natalie, all of whom had the game on their top ten list this year. We discuss the game's context in 2018, its subtleties of design, and our biggest triumphs (and heartbreaks) with the game's difficult-but-parsable action.

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0:45.0	As you know we have spent the last couple of weeks celebrating some of our favorite games of the year.
1:06.0	Both those that appear on our personal top 10 list and also those that appear across our personal top 10 list.
1:11.0	We've hit a lot of big ones by now.
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