Leaders Game Review

During my visit to Gen Con 2025, I dropped by a party hosted by the team with Hachette to see the wares of the publishers they work with for US distribution. As usual, it was a good time and fun to try some of the upcoming hits from publishers like Scorpion Masque, Randolph, and Sorry We Are French. On the way out of the party, our marketing rep handed me a copy of Leaders, the 2025 release from Studio H, and I was really impressed with the box.

In part, that was because the box had a secret.

The cover art, as one might expect from the folks who gave us Ratjack, Oriflamme, and Virtual Revolution, is great. Lifting up the box cover reveals a slot for a small board and a series of gorgeous tarot-sized character cards, with a player aid that is essential reading for anyone working through their first few plays.

But I found myself looking around…where were the character standees? Or the bases that I would need to stand everything up?

That’s when I saw it: a small blue pull string, which I tugged in the hopes of rediscovering Christmas magic. And inside, I did just that: there, hiding in the…

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