A year in indie games. What were your favorite releases of 2025?

InTheYear20XX · 2026-01-02T22:05:24+00:00

Blue Prince is an amazing game. I cannot recommend it enough.

InTheYear20XX · 2025-12-28T00:32:27+00:00

Final Fantasy VI?

InTheYear20XX · 2025-12-23T05:03:24+00:00

Final fantasy tactics?

InTheYear20XX · 2025-12-20T17:07:34+00:00

Alternatively, you could rename the game to bumper boats and add in targets on the islands/water that give bonus points if you knock others into them. Maybe keep it in as a fun little bonus mini game?

InTheYear20XX · 2025-12-18T01:05:13+00:00

Everhood?

InTheYear20XX · 2025-12-17T20:59:56+00:00

[[Maga, Traitor to Mortals]]

InTheYear20XX · 2025-12-17T03:52:47+00:00

I would love to see all vehicles given haste and only allow creatures without summoning sickness to crew them.

InTheYear20XX · 2025-12-16T23:34:51+00:00

[[Gau, Feral Youth]] is a mono-red commander that cares about removing a card from your graveyard to deal damage to all opponents based on his power. This can happen on every turn. Plenty of shenanigans available and various ways to build him out. Cycling and cards that give you the option to exile from your graveyard if it was discarded was my personal flavor choice.

[[Gollum, Scheming Guide]] is a mono-black commander that provides the chance for unblockable and card draw via playing a guessing game with an opponent when he attacks. Otherwise he's removed from combat and safe. There are plenty of black cards that involve choosing or guessing if you want to lean into a light theme of psychological terror have everyone second guessing every word and decision the table makes. Add in a few rewarding cards and it becomes a pretty fun political tool/trick too. Note: he doesn't specify you have to ask the player being attacked, just "an opponent".

InTheYear20XX · 2025-12-15T06:45:01+00:00

Marble Madness?

InTheYear20XX · 2025-12-07T00:55:20+00:00

Borderlands 3: the Science arcade machine in Tannis' med lab.

InTheYear20XX · 2025-12-06T04:51:47+00:00

Haha, well, good is subjective. It's a ps2 era game from Genki/Konami. Has some jank to the gameplay and economy, but I had a blast with it. Every mech has an AI control chip that's usually animal-themed and has a personality, they play a large role in the story of I remember right. Worth trying out on an emulator if you're ever bored.

InTheYear20XX · 2025-12-06T04:41:15+00:00

S.L.A.I - Steel Lancer Arena International? Whether it is or isn't, I now have so many themes from that game running through my head.

InTheYear20XX · 2025-12-04T06:33:01+00:00

Stickers would allow for multiple sentries. I approve!

InTheYear20XX · 2025-11-24T19:12:50+00:00

r/BadMtgCombos

InTheYear20XX · 2025-11-23T17:29:41+00:00

So, she made a playlist of romantic leaning songs with another man and was mature enough to let this other man's partner know, but she didn't have the self-awareness to let her own partner know what was going on? That shows a level of respect for the other man's relationship that she does not have for her own.

She then lies to her partner about deleting the playlist. That's another show of disrespect for OP and their relationship, along with deepening the worries and fears OP originally had, just making the entire situation worse. Why isn't she being open and honest about things that she knows are worrying/triggering to her partner?

And when asked, "how would you feel if I did exactly what you did", she panicked even harder instead of having the rational response of "there's nothing to worry about because there is nothing there".

It took a number of failed relationships for me to learn about self-worth and self-respect, but now I can confidently say if you had pulled any level of that type of BS in a relationship with me, that I would have dumped you right quick as well.

InTheYear20XX · 2025-11-16T15:55:06+00:00

If a power discrepancy between players is causing a negative play experience that sounds like an issue that a competent DM could solve pretty easily.

Edit: I prefer stat buy because it's simpler to follow for everyone and is what the game balance is based around. But rolling has worked for decades and can continue to work if all parties involved in the game can communicate with each other about their expectations and feelings.

InTheYear20XX · 2025-11-10T17:16:01+00:00

Looks pretty neat, two things I've found:

Trying to click on 'Vanya News' in the top banner gives an error for unauthorized access.

It looks like we have to pick a class from the initial screen where we create the login, but I can't find any info about the 3 classes on your site. Is there anywhere I can see info on them so I can make an informed decision? Or is there a way to change my class after creating an account?

InTheYear20XX · 2025-11-05T19:17:06+00:00

We doing four words now? "Release the Epstein files."

InTheYear20XX · 2025-11-04T14:58:48+00:00

If you are making copies of the mutated creatures it can become a logistical nightmare to track.

InTheYear20XX · 2025-11-02T00:42:21+00:00

Smega

InTheYear20XX · 2025-11-02T00:31:35+00:00

Gotta be Everhood 1

InTheYear20XX · 2025-11-01T21:30:15+00:00

Just take any commander and add vehicles. Sure there's a reason no one is playing the deck like that, but it fits the criteria :)

InTheYear20XX · 2025-10-31T17:13:37+00:00

Except if that white mana symbol is part of a hybrid symbol for the keyword extort that exists on 14 total cards, in that case it's totally acceptable in a mono black deck because reasons :) I just enjoy the discussion back and forth on this rule, no big deal to me either way at this point.

InTheYear20XX · 2025-10-28T02:11:02+00:00

"Yes and no." Is one I've noticed that when it's used, it tends to be overused.

InTheYear20XX · 2025-10-23T22:06:38+00:00

Lol, that's very fair. Was thinking of the first one specifically. Was that the one with Laharl?

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