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Boarding Now · Issue 048
Read the patch notes. Then win the game.
NovaFrostKingdom is a Melbourne game blog for players who actually read the notes — deep strategy breakdowns, honest reviews and indie finds, published twice a week from Collingwood.
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Founder note
Written by a player, not a press release.
I started NovaFrostKingdom in 2019 after one too many reviews that scored a game before finishing the tutorial. Every post here is played to credits — or to a hundred ranked matches — before I write a word. No embargo theatre, no scores bought with early access.
We work out of a small studio on Smith Street in Collingwood, run a Thursday reader mailbag, and keep a public correction log. If a build changes after we publish, the post gets a dated update — never a quiet edit.
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Dylan Keir
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