I sat down to talk about Corvus Belli’s new fantasy skirmish game, Warcrow—and yes, we have to address the serious “Warcrow/War-cow” problem: the name is so close to becoming a meme it practically writes the jokes for you. But once you get past that, I’ve got an actual problem as a reviewer: it’s really good. The pitch is basically “Infinity, but boiled down,” and I mean that as a compliment. They’ve taken the core feel of Infinity and boiled off three quarters of the faff, leaving a tight, teachable system that still has proper tactical teeth. I break down how combat works in about 20–30 seconds: unit dice pools scale as models drop, hits cancel blocks, uncancelled hits do damage, and characters slot into units cleanly. The crunch comes in layers—stress for extra juice, reactivations, charge lines, and switches triggered off symbols—without the usual wargame sludge of modifier stacks, gotchas, stratagem bloat, and save-into-save-into-save nonsense. Then I gush, slightly sinisterly, about the magic system: simple to cast, delicious to “push,” and dangerously self-destructive thanks to tinge tokens that can end with your wizard exploding. I also cover the Winds From the North starter: it passes the Christmas morning test, but there are caveats—typos, color-blindness concerns with dice, premium pricing per unit, and the realities of Siocast assembly. Miniatures are genuinely lovely, the future faction roadmap looks strong, and while it’s not Warhammer (so group traction is a hurdle), it feels built to last.