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TOP 10 - 70x120mm   Hellboy: The Board Game Publisher: Mantic Games Players: 1-4 Playing Time: 60-90 minutes Mechanisms: Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Variable Player Powers Sleeves: MUS 41x63mm, TCG 63,5x88mm, BST 70x120mm, OSHB 130x168mm A dungeon crawler in the Hellboy universe. It's a generic dice rolling adventure type of game with the IP. I would suggest this game to the Hellboy fans.   Tiny Towns Publisher: AEG Players: 1-5 Playing Time: 45-60 minutes Mechanisms: Eng Game Bonuses, Grid Coverage, Pattern Building,  Variable Player Powers Sleeves: TCG 63,5x88mm, BST 70x120mm If you like tetris type of games, you should have...

Dungeons & Dragons: The Yawning Portal Designer: Kristian Karlberg, Kenny Zetterberg Artist: N/A Published: 2023 Players: 1-4 Playing Time: 45-60 Mins BGG Rating: 7.2 BGG Ranking: 5611 Publisher: Hasbro Mechanisms: Hand Management, Matching, Sleeves: TCG 63,5x88mm   Game Description: The Yawning Portal is an iconic inn that attracts fascinating adventurers with two things in common: They're famished, and they have unique tastes in food. As part of the tavern's staff in Dungeons & Dragons: The Yawning Portal, you need to feed them by matching up food tokens with the orders pictured on their hero card. You earn colored gems (and...

This is a trial for a new format of quick reviews of 9 games per month. These will be smaller or children games that don't need a big review or games that I only played once and I cannot give a final review yet, but I would still like to share my initial thoughts on.   Bandido Published: 2016 Players: 1-4 Playing Time: 10-15 Mins Publisher: Helvetiq Mechanisms: Cooperative Game, Hand Management, Network and Route Building, Gameplay & Theme & Replayability: 6/10 It's a very simple game with a very simple rule set. The game is always different enough that...

Race for the Galaxy Designer: Thomas Lehmann Artist: Martin Hoffmann, Claus Stephan Published: 2007 Players: 2-4 Playing Time: 30-60 Mins BGG Rating: 7.7 BGG Ranking: 78 Publisher: Rio Grande Games Mechanisms: Follow, Hand Management, Multi-Use Cards, Simultaneous Action Selection Sleeves: TCG 63,5x88mm   Game Description: In the card game Race for the Galaxy, players build galactic civilizations by playing game cards in front of them that represent worlds or technical and social developments. Some worlds allow players to produce goods, which can be consumed later to gain either card draws or victory points when the appropriate technologies are available to...

TOP 10 GAMES - 59x92mm   Near and Far Publisher: Red Raven Games Players: 2-4 Playing Time: 90-120 minutes Mechanisms: Dice Rolling, Network and Route Building, Open Drafting, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement Sleeves: MEU 45x68mm, EUR 59x92mm A worker placement game with a twist. Players spend time between preparing their »wagon« in the town and exploring different maps & reading lots of interesting stories.   Concordia Publisher: PD-Verlag Players: 2-5 Playing Time: 100 minutes Mechanisms: Action Retrieval, Deck Building, Hand Management, Open Drafting, Set Collection Sleeves: EUR 59x92mm A thinky economic development game in the Roman Empire times.  ...