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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…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8427593/ecologic-europe Designer and Publisher: The one and only Borys BinkowskiIllustrations: Anna Winkiel First of all, I’m not being sarcastic with my line above; it’s truly incredible that he designed and self-published this game. Besides my interest in the game theme and mechanics, a major driving factor for me backing this game was…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/6996584/endeavor-deep-sea Designers: Carl de Visser and Jarratt GrayPublishers: Burnt Island Games and Grand Gamers GuildArtist: Fahed Alrajil Besides the fact that it takes up a lot of table space (which I guess makes sense since you’re in the ocean, right?), this game is a real winner. It has beautiful artwork, deliciously intriguing…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/3712899/oh-my-goods-longsdale-in-revolt Designer: Alexander PfisterPublishers: Lookout Games, GaGa GamesArtist: Klemens Franz The Longsdale in Revolt expansion for Oh My Goods! is necessary to play solo, so it’s the only way I’ve ever experienced it. The beauty of this expansion, at least for me, is the slightly branching campaign that introduces a story, additional…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8291216/beyond-the-horizon Designer: MargaretPublisher: Carrotpen Beyond the Horizon is a thematic, unique, well-designed roll and write. During the game, you utilize your dice to gain resources and equipment, send crew members to explore planets, research, and develop knowledge. For being a roll and write, it’s impressively complex without being overly complicated; it strikes…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8591006/moving-wild Designer: Chris PriscottPublisher: Oink GamesArtists: Rie Komatsuzaki and Rie Takahashi In Moving Wild, players build a personal tableau of animal, area, and improvement cards to design and construct the best possible national park. At the start of each round, a certain number of cards are set aside from the deck. Then,…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8093211/soul-biting Designer: Marco SalogniArtist: Marco Salogni SOUL-BITING is a maze-based adventure story book for one brave soul (pun intended) to explore alone. Using the book, a writing utensil, and three six-sided dice, you try to make it out of the maze through success in mini games, your physical adventuring, and defeating enemies.…
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Image taken from https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8317636/everdell-duo Designers: James A. Wilson and Clarissa A. WilsonPublisher: Starling GamesArtists: Enggar Adirasa, Andrew Bosley You might want to grab a snack and a beverage; this one’s my longest review to date. 😮🥳 Since Starling Games was amazing and I received my Kickstarter copy MONTHS early, now I get to do an…