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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...

Clans of Caledonia Designer: Juma Al-JouJou Artist: Klemens Franz Published: 2017 Players: 1-4 Playing Time: 30-120 Mins BGG Rating: 7.9 BGG Ranking: 65 Publisher: Karma Games Mechanisms: Commodity Speculation, Contracts, Network and Route Building, Variable Player Powers   Game Description: Clans of Caledonia is a mid-to-heavy economic game set in 19th-century Scotland. At this time, Scotland made the transition from an agricultural to an industrialized country that heavily relied on trade and export. In the following years, food production increased significantly to feed the population growth. Linen was increasingly substituted by the cheaper cotton and raising sheep was given high...

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...

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:...

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...