Games Reviews

9/10, Contracts, Hand Management, Worker Placement - November 07, 2023

Take this boat and bring it back full with loot...

The placing and removing workers to get 2 actions per turn is a nice trick. When your opponent places his worker on that perfect place, where you will remove it on your turn… it just lightens up your day 😊

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7/10, Dice Building, Dice Rolling, Drafting - October 24, 2023

That's the shiniest pair of dice in the realm... join our demigod ranks!

Dice Forge Designer: Regis Nonnessee Artist: Biboun Published: 2017 Players: 2-4 Playing Time: 45 Mins BGG Rating: 7.2 BGG Ranking: 415 Publisher: Libellud Mechanics: Dice Building, Dice Rolling, Open Drafting Sleeves: USA 56x87mm Game Description: Heroes, stand ready! The gods are offering a seat in heaven to whichever hero defeats their rivals. Your courage and wits will be your most precious allies as you use divine dice to gather resources along the road to victory. Your divine dice are exceptional, with removable faces! Customize your dice to make them more powerful as the game progresses. Sacrifice gold to the...

I want to watch the city from the clouds up high...

Rolling Heights Designer: John D. Clair Artist: Kwanchai Moriya Published: 2023 Players: 1-4 Playing Time: 45-60 Mins BGG Rating: 7.7 BGG Ranking: 1893 Publisher: AEG Mechanics: Area Majority, Push Your Luck, End Game Bonuses Game Description: It's the 1920's and your career as a general contractor is about to take off. You have just started your business in a rapidly expanding city. In Rolling Heights, players roll workers in the form of meeples. Standing meeples work hard that day and provide special actions and building materials, while face-down meeples provide nothing. You can always push your luck for better...

The pen is stronger than the sword...

Disney Lorcana Designer: Ryan Miller, Steve Warner Artist: Luis Huerta Published: 2023 Players: 2-6 Playing Time: 20 Mins BGG Rating: 7.3 BGG Ranking: 2695 Publisher: Ravensburger Mechanics: Deck Building, Dueling Card Game, Collectible Card Game Sleeves: TCG 63,5x88mm, Game Description: The game is set in the rich and fantastical world of Lorcana, a combination of the words "lore" and "arcana". Players will take on the mantle of Illumineer, a powerful sorcerer, and band together Disney characters from Lorcana's "The Great Illuminary", a treasury of all Disney songs and stories ever made. Quick play overview: Each player uses a deck...

Captain... what is that???

The Crew: Mission Deep Sea Designer: Thomas Sing Artist: Marco Armbruster Published: 2021 Players: 2-5 Playing Time: 20 Mins BGG Rating: 8.2 BGG Ranking: 36 Publisher: Kosmos Mechanics: Cooperative Game, Hand Management, Trick-taking Sleeves: USA 56x87mm, BST 70x120mm Game Description: In the trick-taking card game The Crew: Mission Deep Sea, you and the other players work together to search for the lost continent of Mu. This new adventure takes your crew deep down into the abyss on a search for the fabled sunken land. How far you get depends entirely on how well you work together as a team. Card...