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Galaxy Trucker – You Might Survive the Kessel Run
Number of Plays: 14 (Mostly 3 – 4 players, a few 2 and 5 player games) Game Length: 90 minutes – 120 minutes Mechanics: Real Time, Tile Placement, Chaos Release Year: 2007 Designer: Vlaada Chvatil Artist: Tomáš KuYoučerovský, Radim Pech Publisher: CGE Introduction...
The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth
Plays: 14 Designer: Nathan I. Hajek and Grace Holdinghaus Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Release Year: 2019 Mechanics: Deck Building, Narrative Adventure, Co-op Introduction My wife and I are huge Lord of the Rings fans. We love the books and we love the trilogy of...
Wingspan Review – Birds of a Feather play together
Number of plays: 10 Designer: Elizabeth Hargrave Artists: Ana Maria Martinez Jaramillo, Natalia Rojas, Beth Sobel Release Year: 2019 Mechanics: Card Drafting, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Engine Building Publisher: Stonemaier Games Introduction Hoo-boy, talk about a...
Earth – Player vs. Player: A Multiplayer Review
Number of plays: 2Designer: Maxime TardifRelease Year: 2023Mechanics: Tableu building, Card Drafting, Hand Management A prototype of Earth was provided by the publisher for review purposes Introduction Earth, designed by Maxime Tardif and published by Inside Up...
OT Fantasy Draft Review
Designer: Lance HillArtists: Matthew EbischRelease Year: 2022Mechanics: Card drafting, set collection A copy of the game was provided by the publisher for review purposes. Introduction OT Fantasy Draft is a up-coming card drafting and set collection game by Lance...
Earth – Man vs. Nature: A Solo Review
Number of plays: 2Designer: Maxime TardifRelease Year: 2023Mechanics: Tableu building, Card Drafting, Hand Management A prototype of Earth was provided by the publisher for review purposes Introduction Earth, designed by Maxime Tardif and published by Inside Up Games,...
The Castles of Tuscany – Shorter, Faster, Greener
Designer: Stefan Feld Artists: Antje Stephan and Claus Stephan Release Year: 2019 Mechanics: Set Collection, Tile Placement Introduction Not that I'm particularly well travelled or cultured, but I had never heard of a Tuscan castle before. I visited English and Dutch...
Initial Impressions of Rogue Angels: Legacy of the Burning Suns
A minimum viable prototype was provided for review by the publisher Designer: Emil Larsen Artists: Dinulescu Alexandru, Linggar Bramanty, Przemek Kozlowski Release Year: 2023 Mechanics: Cooperative, Dungeon Crawling, Dice Rolling, Modular Board, Legacy Rogue Angels:...
Evolution: Climate – A Digital Heat Wave
The Evolution app recently launched the Climate expansion, which adds significant changes to the Evolution landscape. If you haven't already, you can check out my thoughts on the base game of Evolution here! What's Different? Evolution: Climate adds a weather mechanic...
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