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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...