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Contracts, Dice Rolling, Drafting, End Game Bonuses, Flicking, Hand Management, Network and Route Building, Push Your Luck, Set Collection, Simultaneous Action Selection, Solitaire Game, Tile Placement, Worker Placement -

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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Bingo, Deck Building, Dice Rolling, Drafting, Grid Movement, Hand Management, Multi-Use Cards, Push Your Luck, Set Collection, Simultaneous Action Selection, Solitaire Game, Tile Placement, Worker Placement -

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....

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10/10, Chaining, Drafting, Hand Management, Multi-Use Cards, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement -

51st State Designer: Ignacy Trzewiczek Artist: Grzegorz Bobrowski Published: 2016 Players: 1-4 Playing Time: 60-90 Mins BGG Rating: 7.6 BGG Ranking: 405 Publisher: Portal Games Mechanisms: Action Chaining, Hand Management, Multi-Use Cards, Open Drafting, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement Sleeves: TCG 63,5x88mm   Game Description: The world you know no longer exists. There is no government. No army. No civilization. The United States has collapsed, and now thirty years after the war started, new powers finally try to take control over the ruined country, try to establish a new order, try to control others and create a new country, a...

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Contracts, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Drafting, End Game Bonuses, Hand Management, Network and Route Building, Pick-Up and Deliver, Push Your Luck, Real-Time, Set Collection, Tile Placement, Tug of War, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement -

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...

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9/10, Chaining, Contracts, Drafting, End Game Bonuses, Engine Builder, Hand Management, Worker Placement -

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....

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