CGI#55: 5-Minute One Piece, 2026 Releases, Gaming with Kids, and Perplext

5-Minute One Piece by Wiggles 3D brings the hit Netflix series to the tabletop in a frantic, real-time cooperative game where players relive the adventures of the Straw Hat Crew.

Plus: casual games and publishers to watch in 2026, the hidden psychology behind why you love (or hate) certain board games, the challenge level of cooperative games, a parent’s survival guide to reducing game night chaos, the 25-year design journey of Chris Handy and Perplext, and a FREE print-and-play game: Time Machine by Radosław Ignatów. Our readers also discuss what games would ruin their friendships.

This issue features reviews of Diver Go!, Please Don't Burn My Village!, Quacks, Outfox the Fox, Penguin Party, Squirrel Away, Mooki Island, and a guest review of Duck & Cover written by Major Fun.