Tile Placement RSS

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....

Read more

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...

Read more

7/10, Drafting, Kids Game, Tile Placement -

Dragomino Designer: Bruno Cathala, Marie Fort, Wilfried Fort Artist: Maeva Da Silva, Christine Dechamps Published: 2020 Players: 2-4 Playing Time: 15 Mins BGG Rating: 7.8 BGG Ranking: 1794 Publisher: Blue Orange Mechanisms: Open Drafting, Pattern Building, Tile Placement   Game Description: The big moment has arrived. You have been named "dragon trainer", and you have the chance to meet them on a mysterious island. But you are not the only trainer sent to these lands. Who among you will discover the most baby dragons?   Quick play overview: Players will place domino tiles to build their own island, choosing from...

Read more

7/10, Dice Rolling, Storytelling, Tile Placement -

Destinies Designer: Michal Golab Golebiowski, Filip Milunski Artist: Karolina Jedrzejak, Mateusz Komada, Katarzyna Kosobucka, Magdalena Leszcynska Published: 2021 Players: 1-3 Playing Time: 90-150 Mins BGG Rating: 7.8 BGG Ranking: 336 Publisher: Lucky Duck Games Mechanics: Storytelling, Dice Rolling, Map Addition, Sleeves: STN 57,5x89mm   Game Description: The Destinies system offers a fully story-driven, app-supported, RPG-like board game experience, without the need for a game master. Each scenario depicts a part of a vivid world, full of dark stories, epic NPCs and mysteries to solve. Each player takes the role of a hero on a quest to fulfill their destiny. Each...

Read more

10/10, Tile Placement, Worker Placement -

Dinosaur World Designer: Brian Lewis, David McGregor, Marissa Misura Artist: Kwanchai Moriya, Joe Shawcross, Andrew Thompson Published: 2021 Players: 2-4 Playing Time: 60-120 Mins BGG Rating: 7.4 BGG Ranking: 909 Publisher: Pandasaurus Games Mechanisms: Dice Rolling, Tile Placement, Worker PlacementSleeves: TCG 63,5x88mm, MEU 45x68mm Game Description: The triumph of science that led to dinosaurs returning to the world once more has become public knowledge. New parks spring up regularly, often beginning operations even before everything has been finalized. There is no shortage of patrons eager to be entertained by these returned species in new and exciting ways. However, as with...

Read more