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9/10, Bag Building, Dice Rolling, Push Your Luck, Simultaneous Action Selection -

The Quacks of Quedlinburg Designer: Wolfgang Warsch Artist: Dennis Lohausen, Ryogo Toyoda Published: 2018Players: 2-4Playing Time: 45 MinsBGG Rating: 7.8BGG Ranking: 70 Publisher: Schmidt Spiele Mechanisms: Bag Building, Dice Rolling, Events, Push Your Luck, Simultaneous Action Selection Sleeves: USA 56x87mm Game Description: In Quacks, which was first released as The Quacks of Quedlinburg, players are charlatans — or quack doctors — each making their own secret brew by adding ingredients one at a time. Take care with what you add, though, for a pinch too much of this or that will spoil the whole mixture!   Quick play overview: Players...

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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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Contracts, Cooperative Game, Deck Building, Dice Rolling, Drafting, End Game Bonuses, Hand Management, Pattern Building, Push Your Luck, Real-Time, Set Collection, Solitaire Game, Spelling, Tile Placement, Track Movement, 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.   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...

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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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