Barrage is one of last year’s euro-game darlings offering a compeling puzzle of water manipulation and, in a roundabout way, route building. In it, you’ll take on the role of countries in an alternate universe 1920s setting arming themselves for a hydrological race.

There’s a lot that’s compelling about Barrage. And it really shows that one of the co-designers is an actual hydrologist. But does it stand up to NPI scrutiny? Take a seat, pour yourself a cold glass of… water, and enjoy our review.

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