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Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure Designer: Paul Dennen Artist: Rayph Beisner, Raul Ramos, Nate Storm Published: 2016Players: 2-4Playing Time: 30-60 MinsBGG Rating: 7.8BGG Ranking: 90 Publisher: Dire Wolf Mechanisms: Deck Building, End Game Bonuses, Open Drafting, Player Elimination, Push Your Luck Sleeves: TCG 63,5x88mm Game Description: Burgle your way to adventure in the deck-building board game Clank! Sneak into an angry dragon's mountain lair to steal precious artifacts. Delve deeper to find more valuable loot. Acquire cards for your deck and watch your thievish abilities grow.   Be quick and be quiet. One false step and CLANK! Each careless sound draws...

The Game: Extreme Designer: Steffen Benndorf, Reinhard Staupe Artist: Oliver Freudenreich Published: 2016Players: 1-5Playing Time: 20-30 MinsBGG Rating: 6.9BGG Ranking: 2723 Publisher: NSV Mechanisms: Cooperative Game, Hand Management Sleeves: EUR 59x91mm Game Description: Players in The Game try to discard all 98 cards in the deck onto four discard piles in order to win, but they need to do so in the right ways.     Quick play overview: Players are trying to run through the deck of 98 cards numbered from 2 to 99. Each turn a player has to play at least 2 cards from their hand to...

Apiary Designer: Connie Vogelmann Artist: Kwanchai Moriya Published: 2023Players: 1-5Playing Time: 60-90 MinsBGG Rating: 7.8BGG Ranking: 318 Publisher: Stonemaier Games Mechanisms: Income, Multi-Use Cards, Solitaire Game, Tile Placement, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement Sleeves: STN 57,5x89mm Game Description: In a far-distant future, humans no longer inhabit Earth. The cause of their disappearance (or perhaps their demise) is unknown, but their absence left a void ready to be filled by another sentient species.   Over the span of untold generations, one species of the humble honeybee evolved to fill that void. They grew in size and intelligence to become a highly...

Pantheum: Demigods of Olympia Designer: Trevor Kerth Artist: Tyler Baird, Brian Flores, Ivan Vidic Published: 2025Players: 1-4Playing Time: 45-60 MinsBGG Rating: 8.1BGG Ranking: 13332 Publisher: Archwood Games Mechanisms: Area Majority, Dice Rolling, Solitaire Game, Sleeves: S63 63x63mm, TCG 63,5x88mm Game Description: The war between the Titans and Olympians has left the world barren and empty. As humans begin to settle Farms, Cities and Temples, Zeus calls upon the gods to reshape the desert land. Play as one of the major Greek gods tasked with adding Forests, Mountains, and Rivers according to your Divine Plan. But watch out, the other gods...

The Quacks of Quedlinburg Designer: Wolfgang Warsch Artist: Dennis Lohausen, Ryogo Toyoda Published: 2018Players: 2-4Playing Time: 45 MinsBGG Rating: 7.8BGG Ranking: 70 Publisher: Schmidt Spiele Mechanisms: Bag Building, Dice Rolling, Events, Push Your Luck, Simultaneous Action Selection Sleeves: USA 56x87mm Game Description: In Quacks, which was first released as The Quacks of Quedlinburg, players are charlatans — or quack doctors — each making their own secret brew by adding ingredients one at a time. Take care with what you add, though, for a pinch too much of this or that will spoil the whole mixture!   Quick play overview: Players...