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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...

Century: Spice Road Designer: Emerson Matsuuchi Artist: Chris Quilliams, David Richards, Fernanda Suarez Published: 2017Players: 2-5Playing Time: 30-45 MinsBGG Rating: 7.3BGG Ranking: 352 Publisher: Plan B Games Mechanisms: Action Retrieval, Deck Building, Hand Management, Open Drafting Sleeves: 70x120mm   Game Description: In Century: Spice Road, players are caravan leaders who travel the famed silk road to deliver spices to the far reaches of the continent for fame and glory.   Quick play overview: Players take turns doing one of the 4 available actions until one player finished 5-6 Victory Point cards. Possible actions: Take a card from the market place...

Clans of Caledonia Designer: Juma Al-JouJou Artist: Klemens Franz Published: 2017 Players: 1-4 Playing Time: 30-120 Mins BGG Rating: 7.9 BGG Ranking: 65 Publisher: Karma Games Mechanisms: Commodity Speculation, Contracts, Network and Route Building, Variable Player Powers   Game Description: Clans of Caledonia is a mid-to-heavy economic game set in 19th-century Scotland. At this time, Scotland made the transition from an agricultural to an industrialized country that heavily relied on trade and export. In the following years, food production increased significantly to feed the population growth. Linen was increasingly substituted by the cheaper cotton and raising sheep was given high...

Sky Team Designer: Luc RemondArtist: Eric Hibbeler, Adrien RivesPublished: 2023 Players: 2 Playing Time: 15 Mins BGG Rating: 8.2 BGG Ranking: 55Publisher: Scorpion MasqueMechanisms: Communication Limits, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Scenario Game, Worker Placement with Dice WorkersSleeves: 57,5x89mm Game Description: Sky Team is a co-operative game, exclusively for two players, in which you play a pilot and co-pilot at the controls of an airliner. Your goal is to work together as a team to land your airplane in different airports around the world. To land your plane, you need to silently assign your dice to the correct spaces in your...

Everdell Farshore Designer: James A. Wilson, Clarissa A. Wilson Artist: Jacqui Davis Published: 2023 Players: 1-4 Playing Time: 40-80 Mins BGG Rating: 7.9 BGG Ranking: 2167 Publisher: Starling GamesMechanisms: Hand Management, Engine Builder, Chaining, End Game Bonuses, Contracts, Open Drafting, Worker Placement Sleeves: TCG 63,5x88mm   Game Description: The rugged coast north of Everdell Valley is a land brimming with adventure and mystery. Stalwart sailors search for bountiful islands and valuable treasures. Dutiful monks inhabit abbeys and scriptoriums, meticulously translating and illuminating. Hard-working folk gather resources and build their cities in unison with the ever-changing waves of the mighty ocean....