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Apiary Designer: Connie Vogelmann Artist: Kwanchai Moriya Published: 2023Players: 1-5Playing Time: 60-90 MinsBGG Rating: 7.8BGG Ranking: 318 Publisher: Stonemaier Games Mechanisms: Income, Multi-Use Cards, Solitaire Game, Tile Placement, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement Sleeves: STN 57,5x89mm Game Description: In a far-distant future, humans no longer inhabit Earth. The cause of their disappearance (or perhaps their demise) is unknown, but their absence left a void ready to be filled by another sentient species.   Over the span of untold generations, one species of the humble honeybee evolved to fill that void. They grew in size and intelligence to become a highly...

Divinus Designer: Filip MiłuńskiArtist: Matijos Gebreselassie, Karolina Jędrzejak, Mateusz KomadaPublished: 2024Players: 2-4Playing Time: 45-60 MinsBGG Rating: 6.9BGG Ranking: 7583Publisher: Lucky Duck GamesMechanisms: Dice Rolling, Legacy Games, Tile Placement, Variable Player Powers   Game Description: Divinus is a competitive, legacy, tile-laying, digital hybrid game in which you play as a demigod seeking to gain the favor of the Gods and ascend to a new pantheon. Players embark on a twelve-scenario campaign that will see them exploring lands, completing quests, interacting with Gods, and impacting the outcome of the epic clash between Greek and Norse pantheons.   Quick play overview: This is...

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...