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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...

Marvel United Designer: Andrea Chiarvesio, Eric M. LangArtist: Edouard GuitonPublished: 2020 Players: 1-4 Playing Time: 40 Mins BGG Rating: 7.6 BGG Ranking: 300Publisher: CMONMechanisms: Cooperative Game, Hand Management, Solitaire Game, Variable Player PowersSleeves: 63,5x88mm   Game Description: In Marvel United you take the role of iconic Marvel Heroes cooperating to stop the master plan of a powerful Villain controlled by the game. Each Villain unveils their unique master plan, with cards that trigger different effects, and threats that pose challenges across the locations. Heroes must choose carefully the cards to play from their unique decks, that not only offer different...

Santa Maria Designer: Kristian Amundsen Otsby, Eilif SvenssonArtist: Gjermund BohnePublished: 2017 Players: 1-4 Playing Time: 45-90 Mins BGG Rating: 7.5 BGG Ranking: 474Publisher: Aporta GamesMechanisms: Dice Rolling, Network and Route Building, Open Drafting, Set Collection, Tile Placement, Variable Player Powers Game Description: Santa Maria is a streamlined, medium complexity Eurogame in which each player establishes and develops a colony. The game features elements of dice drafting and strategic engine building. The game is low on luck and has no direct destructive player conflict.   Quick play overview: Players will mostly use dice from the common pool (and a smaller private...

Dice Throne Designer: Nate Chateller, Manny Trembley Artist: Gavan Brown, Manny Trembley Published: 2018 Players: 2-6 Playing Time: 20-40 Mins BGG Rating: 8.1 BGG Ranking: 304 Publisher: Roxley Mechanisms: Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Duel Game, Take That, Variable Player Powers Sleeves: TCG 63,5x88mm   Game Description: It's a fast-paced 2-6 player combat game (1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 2v2v2, or free-for-all). Select from a variety of heroes that play and feel completely distinct from one another. Attack opponents and activate abilities by rolling your hero's unique set of five dice. Accumulate combat points and spend them on cards that have a large...