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9 Quick Reviews - December 2024
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. Alubari: A Nice Cup of Tea Published: 2019 Players: 1-5 Playing Time: 45-120 Mins Publisher: Studio HMechanisms: Contracts, Turn Order: Claim Action, Worker PlacementSleeves: 56x87mm Gameplay & Replayability: 9/10 This game is tight. Every action is important. Every chai gives you a massive boost… when to spend it?? One of...
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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...
9 Quick Reviews - November 2024
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....
9 Quick Reviews - October 2024
This is a trial for a new format of quick reviews of 9 games per month. 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. Bandido Published: 2016 Players: 1-4 Playing Time: 10-15 Mins Publisher: Helvetiq Mechanisms: Cooperative Game, Hand Management, Network and Route Building, Gameplay & Theme & Replayability: 6/10 It's a very simple game with a very simple rule set. The game is always different enough that...
A Cowboy, a Vampire and Spider-Man walk into a bar...
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...
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- Action Points
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- Auction/Bidding
- Bag Building
- Bingo
- Campaign Game
- Chaining
- Collectible Card Game
- Communication Limirs
- Contracts
- Cooperative Game
- Deck Building
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- Drafting
- Dueling Game
- End Game Bonuses
- Engine Builder
- Flicking
- Follow
- Grid Movement
- Hand Management
- Income
- Kids Game
- Loans
- Market speculation
- Multi-Use Cards
- Network and Route Building
- Pattern Building
- Pick-Up and Deliver
- Push Your Luck
- Race
- Real-Time
- Rondel
- Set Collection
- Simultaneous Action Selection
- Solitaire Game
- Spelling
- Storytelling
- Take That
- Tile Placement
- Track Movement
- Trick-taking
- Tug of War
- Variable Player Powers
- Victory Points as a Resource
- Worker Placement