Jellie Rose Casual Game Reviews and more!

Just One Back Story Recently, I went to an event for my son's school. Their Jazz band and GLVPAA students play at this event. It's a ticketed event, where you get food, dessert, and drinks, and listen to the music. There are raffles for prizes, and to make a long story short, we won a pack with a lovely blanket and some tabletop games.  On a side note, I was dying laughing at the band teachers. One was playing the piano to accompany the solo student, as the other was turning the pages for him. It was adorable and hilarious at the same time.  What is Just One? With that out of the way, Just One is a 3 to 7-player game where you really have to think outside of the box, but not too outside the box. Its age range is for ages 8+. It has two designers, Ludovic Roudy and Bruno Sautter. Two artists, Éric Azagury and Florian Poullet. Just One also won the Spiel des Jahres award! Everyone gets a stand and a marker, but also has to get ready to use their brain....

Dinkum Gameplay Review: Relaxing Vibes and Crocodile Chases I can't remember when, but sometime within the last month, there was a free weekend for this game, and I managed to actually pay attention to it and play it for a few days.  Go me for paying attention to the ad carousel. So I wanted to share my thoughts on this Animal Crossing-like survival simulator.  Dinkum is a multiplayer, build a life, explore, and really another game like Animal Crossing. It just falls into that genre pretty well. It was developed by James Bendon and published by KRAFTON, Inc. The game came out in July of 2022 and seems to have some regular updates in the new hubs portion of the landing page on Steam, between patch notes and bug fixes. Steam's free weekend of the game really helped me test it out to see if I really liked it or not. Dinkum is now fully released now in 2025. So, stay and read this Dinkum game review. Dinkum Gameplay Overview The story starts off at a depressing place where no one ...

Critter Cove This lovely game came out in September of last year. Developed and published by Gentleman Rat Studios. It's described as an open world, town-building, life sim. Critter Cove is set in some kind of post-apocalyptic world, where animals and people live, and for some reason keep getting shipwrecked on places. I would think the lore has to do with some kind of flooding, as there are many islands and sunken towns to explore. This game reminds me of what I would like Animal Crossing to be.  Gameplay As mentioned, it's a town-building sim. So the troupe of you wash up, found by a mayor of sorts that runs a shop where you can sell/buy things. The only difference is that he just gives you a house. (instead of sticking you in a mortgage) The character creation was the coolest thing ever, with so many options, and I think kid me would be very happy with the result. Of course, I needed cat ears, two tails, and also wings.  As you play, you can meet and inv...