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Century: Spice Road Designer: Emerson Matsuuchi Artist: Chris Quilliams, David Richards, Fernanda Suarez Published: 2017 Players: 2-5 Playing Time: 30-45 Mins BGG Rating: 7.3 BGG 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...

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...

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...

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...

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....