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Heat: Pedal to the Metal Designer: Asger Harding Granerud, Daniel Skjold Pedersen Artist: Vincent Dutrait Published: 2022Players: 1-6Playing Time: 30-60 MinsBGG Rating: 8.0BGG Ranking: 41 Publisher: Days of Wonder Mechanisms: Deck Building, Hand Management, Push Your Luck, Race, Simultaneous Action Selection, Solitaire Game, Sleeves: USA 56x87mm Game Description: Based on simple and intuitive hand management, Heat: Pedal to the Metal puts players in the driver's seat of intense car races, jockeying for position to cross the finish line first, while managing their car's speed if they don't want to overheat. Selecting the right upgrades for their car will help them...

Pathfinder Adventure Card Game Designer: Chad Brown, Keith Richmond, Aviva Schecterson, Mike Selinker, Liz Spain Artist: Jay Epperson Published: 2019Players: 1-4Playing Time: 90 MinsBGG Rating: 7.7BGG Ranking: 2299 Publisher: Paizo Publishing Mechanisms: Campaign Game, Cooperative Game, Deck Building, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Variable Player Powers Sleeves: TCG 63,5x88mm Game Description: This complete cooperative strategy game pits 1 to 4 players against monsters, perils, and traps as you become the heroes of Belhaim. As the town's new champions, an unending world of adventure awaits. Choose your character's class; build a deck of equipment, magic, and allies; and explore lethal locations as...

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...

Continuing the quick reviews of 9 games per month series. 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.   Chants for the Old Ones Published: 2024 Players: 1-4 Playing Time: 60-90 Mins Publisher: Cthulhu ProjectMechanisms: Deck Building, Solitaire Game, Worker PlacementSleeves: 63,5x88mm, 70x120mm Gameplay & Replayability: 8/10 You are trying to make your cult the best one in town so that your boss-god would be the one who spawns...

Continuing the quick reviews of 9 games per month series. 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.   Beer & Bread Published: 2022 Players: 2 Playing Time: 30-45 Mins Publisher: Deep Print GamesMechanisms: Closed Drafting, Highest-Lowest Scoring, Multi-Use Cards,Sleeves: 56x87mm Gameplay & Replayability: 6/10 The game has a few rough edges (small rules that stop the flow of the game) that you can iron out with multiple plays....