New blog post time!

This week's game is Ishido: The Way of Stones, a puzzle game about fitting stones into a board that's way more challenging and nuanced than it may appear at first. The strict scoring rules make this a real "learn or die" kinda ride.

If you like Shanghai, this one's for you!

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Ishido: The Way of Stones

No matter how boring or bland Ishido may look to you, I honestly encourage anyone to give it a shot. I have a lot of respect for this kind of board game design because it ain’t easy to do at all! I…

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🎮 Random Retro Game:

Title: Ishido: The Way of Stones
Released: 1990-01-01
Platforms: Game Boy
Also released on: Commodore / Amiga, Genesis

#Ishido:TheWayofStones #GameBoy #Retrogames

🎮 Random Retro Game:

Title: Ishido: The Way of Stones
Released: 1990-01-01
Platforms: Game Boy
Also released on: Commodore / Amiga, Genesis

#Ishido:TheWayofStones #GameBoy #Retrogames

🎮 Random Retro Game:

Title: Ishido: The Way of Stones
Released: 1990-01-01
Platforms: Game Boy
Also released on: Commodore / Amiga, Genesis

#Ishido:TheWayofStones #GameBoy #Retrogames

🎮 Random Retro Game:

Title: Ishido: The Way of Stones
Released: 1990-01-01
Platforms: Game Boy
Also released on: Commodore / Amiga, Genesis

#Ishido:TheWayofStones #GameBoy #Retrogames

🎮 Random Retro Game:

Title: Ishido: The Way of Stones
Released: 1990-01-01
Platforms: Game Boy
Also released on: Commodore / Amiga, Genesis

#Ishido:TheWayofStones #GameBoy #Retrogames

Ishido is an interesting puzzle game for the GameBoy. I seem to be not very good at it, but i think I might get better since I seem to have understood the rules now more or less. It’s a bit of shape and pattern matching.
#retrogaming #nintendo #gameboy #ishido
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