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7/10, Hand Management, Take That -

Heated Designer: Marijus Lapinskas, Justina Lapinskiene Artist: Morta Žukauskaite Published: 2024Players: 3-6Playing Time: 10 MinsBGG Rating: 7.8 Publisher: Explosive Fox Games Mechanisms: Hand Management, Take That, Team-Up Sleeves: EUR 59x92mm Game Description: In Heated, players aim to reach a specific score to win, with temperature-themed cards ranging from +1 to +5 and from -1 to -5. Each turn involves drawing a card to either aid or sabotage the player, playing a card from hand to increase or decrease temperature score, and drawing a new card from deck. Players must avoid reaching a freezing negative score or burning from an excessively...

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8/10, Cooperative Game, Hand Management -

The Game: Extreme Designer: Steffen Benndorf, Reinhard Staupe Artist: Oliver Freudenreich Published: 2016Players: 1-5Playing Time: 20-30 MinsBGG Rating: 6.9BGG Ranking: 2723 Publisher: NSV Mechanisms: Cooperative Game, Hand Management Sleeves: EUR 59x91mm Game Description: Players in The Game try to discard all 98 cards in the deck onto four discard piles in order to win, but they need to do so in the right ways.     Quick play overview: Players are trying to run through the deck of 98 cards numbered from 2 to 99. Each turn a player has to play at least 2 cards from their hand to...

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10/10, Hand Management, Income, Loans, Network and Route Building -

Brass: Lancashire Designer: Martin Wallace Artist: Gavan Brown, Lina Cossette, Peter Dennis, David Forest, Eckhard Freytag, Damien Mammoliti Published: 2007Players: 2-4Playing Time: 60-120 MinsBGG Rating: 8.2BGG Ranking: 21 Publisher: Roxley Mechanisms: Hand Management, Income, Loans, Market, Network and Route Building, Sleeves: TCG 63,5x88mm Game Description: Brass: Lancashire is an economic strategy game that tells the story of competing cotton entrepreneurs in Lancashire during the industrial revolution. You must develop, build and establish your industries and network so that you can capitalize on demand for iron, coal and cotton. The game is played over two halves: the canal phase and the...

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10/10, Deck Building, Hand Management, Push Your Luck, Race, Simultaneous Action Selection, Solitaire Game -

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...

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10/10, Campaign Game, Cooperative Game, Deck Building, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Variable Player Powers -

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...

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