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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8468743/usolli-the-strategic-game-about-salah Designer: Ahmad SalahuddinPublisher: Cardboard Quokka StudioArtist: Siraj Fakhri Besides a world religions class in college and a short refresher a few years ago, I really don’t know much about the Islamic religion apart from their main core beliefs and practices. U’solli was marketed as a game that could be played by…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8413987/pocket-puffins Designer: Edward BellPublisher: Red Stache GamesArtist: Parker Simpson Pocket Puffins is an adorable print and play game focused on organizing puffins in specific arrangements to complete missions, while also trying to match igloos to score points (half igloos are positioned behind the puffins on each card). Each game, three puffins get…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/5809809/honey-buzz-honey-pot-mini-expansion Designer: Paul SalomonPublisher: Elf Creek GamesArtists: Anne Heidsieck, Jason D. Kingsley The Honey Pot mini expansion for Honey Buzz adds extra cards, solo dice, and few other little goodies to add some twists on the base gameplay, all wrapped up in a honeycomb shaped box! While being cute and thematic, that…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/5608344/honey-buzz Designer: Paul SalomonPublisher: Elf Creek GamesArtist: Anne Heidsieck First of all, the fact that the meeples in the game are called beeples is amazing. 🐝 Honey Buzz is primarily a worker placement, action selection, and tile organizing game that is expectedly themed around a beehive. Over the course of the game,…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8650590/apothebakery-the-culinary-alchemists Designer: Paolo JonesPublisher: Lux LupoArtists: Jonas Fischer, Paolo Jones If you don’t want to read this whole review, here’s what you need to know about Apothebakery: it’s adorable with fabulous artwork, it is fun, silly, light-hearted and is more luck-dependent than strategic. It does still create some interesting decisions, though, using…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8061612/neko-syndicate Designer: Dani GarciaPublishers: Combo Games and 25th Century GamesArtist: Jennifer Giner (Graphic Designer : Pablo Sanz) While this is only the second Dani Garcia I’ve played (with the other being Windmill Valley), I absolutely adore his game designs. Neko Syndicate is a unique action selection game where you construct a pyramid…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8352118/mana-mania Designer: Anonymous but on the Diceratops teamPublisher: Diceratops GamesArtist: TortleDove (@DoveTortle on X) Before I get into the nitty gritty of the review, please note that a preview/prototype copy of the game was provided via Diceratops for an honest review. All mentioned and pictured gameplay, components, and artwork are subject to…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8111783/mine-your-business Designer: Art CaseyPublisher: Envy Born GamesArtist: Gabi Naftaly Mine Your Business is a quirky and quick action selection game where you are a gnome travelling through a mine with the goal of gaining the most treasure. Each turn, players choose between moving their gnome in the mine, rotating a card, swapping…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8733032/noble-escape Designer: Zach SullivanPublisher: Grazing Bear GamesArtist: Diego Sanchez Noble Escape is the third in the trilogy of print and play roll and write games released by Grazing Bear Games in a Kickstarter a few months ago. Over the course of thirteen quick rounds, players use cards drawn from a standard deck…
