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Dungeons & Dragons: The Yawning Portal Designer: Kristian Karlberg, Kenny Zetterberg Artist: N/A Published: 2023 Players: 1-4 Playing Time: 45-60 Mins BGG Rating: 7.2 BGG Ranking: 5611 Publisher: Hasbro Mechanisms: Hand Management, Matching, Sleeves: TCG 63,5x88mm   Game Description: The Yawning Portal is an iconic inn that attracts fascinating adventurers with two things in common: They're famished, and they have unique tastes in food. As part of the tavern's staff in Dungeons & Dragons: The Yawning Portal, you need to feed them by matching up food tokens with the orders pictured on their hero card. You earn colored gems (and...

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...

Race for the Galaxy Designer: Thomas Lehmann Artist: Martin Hoffmann, Claus Stephan Published: 2007 Players: 2-4 Playing Time: 30-60 Mins BGG Rating: 7.7 BGG Ranking: 78 Publisher: Rio Grande Games Mechanisms: Follow, Hand Management, Multi-Use Cards, Simultaneous Action Selection Sleeves: TCG 63,5x88mm   Game Description: In the card game Race for the Galaxy, players build galactic civilizations by playing game cards in front of them that represent worlds or technical and social developments. Some worlds allow players to produce goods, which can be consumed later to gain either card draws or victory points when the appropriate technologies are available to...

Sleeping Gods Designer: Ryan Laukat Artist: Ryan Laukat Published: 2021 Players: 1-4 Playing Time: 60-1200 Mins BGG Rating: 8.2 BGG Ranking: 54 Publisher: Red Raven Games Mechanisms: Action Points, Campaign Game, Cooperative Game, Hand Management, Push Your Luck, Storytelling Sleeves: MED 43x67, EUR 59x91mm, BST 70x120mm   Game Description: In Sleeping Gods, you and up to 3 friends become Captain Sofi Odessa and her crew, lost in a strange world in 1929 on your steamship, the Manticore. You must work together to survive, exploring exotic islands, meeting new characters, and seeking out the totems of the gods so that you...

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....