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Mythwind Designer: Nathan Lige, Brendan McCaskell Artist: Amanda Kadatz Published: 2023 Players: 1-4 Playing Time: 30-60 Mins BGG Rating: 7.8 BGG Ranking: 3161 Publisher: Open Owl Studios Mechanisms: Cooperative Game, Campaign Game, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement Sleeves: MEU 45x68mm, USA 57x87mm   Game Description: During the game, the characters are working together to establish and build a new town in the magical Mythwind Valley. They work to achieve various goals by constructing buildings within the town, adventuring throughout the region, navigating relationships with the mysterious sprites who inhabit the valley, and developing their character-specific professions.   Quick play overview:...

TOP 10 GAMES - 63,5x88mm   Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Rise of the Runelords Publisher: Paizo Publishing Players: 1-4 Playing Time: 90 minutes Mechanisms: Cooperative Game, Deck Building, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Multi-use Cards, Variable Player Powers Sleeves: TCG 63,5x88mm, This is a campaign game that really awards you for the time you put in. Your hero at the end of the game is a demigod compared to the rusty sword wielding character that you started with. The multi-use cards combined with the deck being your life, puts you in a tough spot. Should you discard a card for the...

Sky Team Designer: Luc RemondArtist: Eric Hibbeler, Adrien RivesPublished: 2023 Players: 2 Playing Time: 15 Mins BGG Rating: 8.2 BGG Ranking: 55Publisher: Scorpion MasqueMechanisms: Communication Limits, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Scenario Game, Worker Placement with Dice WorkersSleeves: 57,5x89mm Game Description: Sky Team is a co-operative game, exclusively for two players, in which you play a pilot and co-pilot at the controls of an airliner. Your goal is to work together as a team to land your airplane in different airports around the world. To land your plane, you need to silently assign your dice to the correct spaces in your...

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....

51st State Designer: Ignacy Trzewiczek Artist: Grzegorz Bobrowski Published: 2016 Players: 1-4 Playing Time: 60-90 Mins BGG Rating: 7.6 BGG Ranking: 405 Publisher: Portal Games Mechanisms: Action Chaining, Hand Management, Multi-Use Cards, Open Drafting, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement Sleeves: TCG 63,5x88mm   Game Description: The world you know no longer exists. There is no government. No army. No civilization. The United States has collapsed, and now thirty years after the war started, new powers finally try to take control over the ruined country, try to establish a new order, try to control others and create a new country, a...