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Let’s Go! To Japan Designer: Josh Wood Artist: Chaykov, Kailene Falls, Toshiyuki Hara, Magdalena Pruckner, Erica Ward Published: 2024Players: 1-4Playing Time: 45-60 MinsBGG Rating: 7.7BGG Ranking: 674Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group Mechanisms: Closed Drafting, Simultaneous Action Selection, Solitaire Game Sleeves: BST 70x120mm Game Description: In Let's Go! To Japan, you are a traveller planning, then experiencing your own dream vacation to Japan.   Quick play overview: The idea of the game is that players want to visit Kyoto and Tokyo in a week. Players will decide which sites to visit on each day of the week by placing drafted cards in...

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...

Century: Spice Road Designer: Emerson Matsuuchi Artist: Chris Quilliams, David Richards, Fernanda Suarez Published: 2017Players: 2-5Playing Time: 30-45 MinsBGG Rating: 7.3BGG Ranking: 352 Publisher: Plan B Games Mechanisms: Action Retrieval, Deck Building, Hand Management, Open Drafting Sleeves: 70x120mm   Game Description: In Century: Spice Road, players are caravan leaders who travel the famed silk road to deliver spices to the far reaches of the continent for fame and glory.   Quick play overview: Players take turns doing one of the 4 available actions until one player finished 5-6 Victory Point cards. Possible actions: Take a card from the market place...

Marvel United Designer: Andrea Chiarvesio, Eric M. LangArtist: Edouard GuitonPublished: 2020 Players: 1-4 Playing Time: 40 Mins BGG Rating: 7.6 BGG Ranking: 300Publisher: CMONMechanisms: Cooperative Game, Hand Management, Solitaire Game, Variable Player PowersSleeves: 63,5x88mm   Game Description: In Marvel United you take the role of iconic Marvel Heroes cooperating to stop the master plan of a powerful Villain controlled by the game. Each Villain unveils their unique master plan, with cards that trigger different effects, and threats that pose challenges across the locations. Heroes must choose carefully the cards to play from their unique decks, that not only offer different...

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...