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51st State Designer: Ignacy Trzewiczek Artist: Grzegorz Bobrowski Published: 2016 Players: 1-4 Playing Time: 60-90 Mins BGG Rating: 7.6 BGG Ranking: 405 Publisher: Portal Games Mechanisms: Action Chaining, Hand Management, Multi-Use Cards, Open Drafting, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement Sleeves: TCG 63,5x88mm   Game Description: The world you know no longer exists. There is no government. No army. No civilization. The United States has collapsed, and now thirty years after the war started, new powers finally try to take control over the ruined country, try to establish a new order, try to control others and create a new country, a...

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...

Sleeping Gods Designer: Ryan Laukat Artist: Ryan Laukat Published: 2021 Players: 1-4 Playing Time: 60-1200 Mins BGG Rating: 8.2 BGG Ranking: 54 Publisher: Red Raven Games Mechanisms: Action Points, Campaign Game, Cooperative Game, Hand Management, Push Your Luck, Storytelling Sleeves: MED 43x67, EUR 59x91mm, BST 70x120mm   Game Description: In Sleeping Gods, you and up to 3 friends become Captain Sofi Odessa and her crew, lost in a strange world in 1929 on your steamship, the Manticore. You must work together to survive, exploring exotic islands, meeting new characters, and seeking out the totems of the gods so that you...

Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef Designer: Tim Eisner, Ben Eisner Artist: Lina Cossette, David Forest Published: 2020 Players: 1-4 Playing Time: 60-90 Mins BGG Rating: 7.5 BGG Ranking: 997 Publisher: Druid City Games Mechanisms: Dice Rolling, End Game Bonuses, Hand Management, Open Drafting, Set Collection, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement Sleeves: MUS 41x63mm, S65 65x65mm, STN 57,5x89mm, BST 70x120mm     Game Description: Welcome Heroes! Many magnificent contestants have signed up for the tournament but only a handful will be chosen to join the Tidal Blades, the elite guards of our island realm. To succeed in the Tournament and...

Ancient Knowledge Designer: Remi Mathieu Artist: Pierre Ples, Adrien Rives, Emillien Rotival Published: 2023 Players: 2-4 Playing Time: 75 Mins BGG Rating: 7.2 BGG Ranking: 1736 Publisher: IELLO Mechanisms: End Game Bonuses, Hand Management, Set Collection Sleeves: MEV 44x63mm, TCG 63,5x88mm   Game Description: Heirs to an exceptional knowledge that has survived the ages, it is now up to you to preserve the vestige of your civilization.   Quick play overview: Starting with a small hand of 6 cards and hopefully drawing more cards during the game, players will take 2 actions from: CREATE - Build monuments into their timeline...