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Box art for Mage Knight Board Game showing an armored knight wielding a sword against a fiery backdrop.

2026-08-10 · Game Review

Mage Knight Board Game (2011)

The highs are genuinely high and the lows are genuinely low, and I'd tell anyone considering this to try before buying if you possibly can.

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