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Sorcerer: Rapid Review

Sorcerer: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Player Powers, Head to Head, Area Control, Dice Rolling Player Age: 14+  Player Count: 2 - 4 Players Time to Play:  30 - 90 Minutes  Game Designer: Peter Scholtz (I) Game Artist: Jan Drenovec, Alena Kubíková, Vašek Pěnčík, Peter Scholtz (I), Pavel Širůček Publisher : Wise Wizard Games Year Published: 2019 BGG Weight: 2.98 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Rundown: Sorcerer is a head-to-head/shuffle-building game. Players choose a char acter that represents them, a lineage that represents their bloodline (style of magic that they have learned), and their domain which represents where they have trained their craft. Once a player chooses a deck representing each of these it will be shuffled together to create a grimoire. Throughout the game players will deploy minions to fight for them, attachments to either hinder enemy minions or make their own...
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Panda Royale: Review

Panda Royale: Review Information : Mechanics : Drafting, Roll and Write, Dice Rolling Player Age :   8+ Player Count : 2 - 10 Players Game Designer: Jake Jenne, Nate Jenne Game Artist : Nate Jenne BGG Weight: 1.18 Publisher : Last Night Games Time to Play: 2 0 - 30 Minutes  Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher.  Year Published: 2024 Introduction: Panda Royale is a roll and write game that instead of focusing on player agency when using a dice the player agency comes in selecting dice. With over 100 dice in the game this is the most dice chucking roll and write game I can think of. Through ten rounds players are going to draft die into their engine in the attempt to score the most points each round. The hook to this is there's a lot of dice that all score differently and contain different die values.  Dice Anatomy: Yellow Die: Each player will start with a yellow d6. These die score by the sum of their values...

Honeycomb Hustle: Review

Honeycomb Hustle: Review Information : Mechanics : Drafting, Autoplay, Bag Building, Tile Placement Player Age : 10+ Player Count : 2 - 8 Players Game Designer: Jake Jenne, Nate Jenne Game Artist : Nate Jenne Publisher : Last Night Games Time to Play: 30  Minutes  Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher.  Year Published: 2026 Introduction : Honeycomb Hustle is a welcoming game that combines bag building, tile placement and autoplay mechanisms. Players will build their honeycomb numerous times throughout the game in the pursuit of being able to afford honey and having the most honey in their bag at the end of the game. Each round the player will build their honeycomb trying to gain the most flowers (currency to buy honey), whichever player has the most flowers will also gain the first option of the new tile to be added to their bag.  Game Anatomy: Honey and Nectar Tiles: Honey tiles cost five flowers and Nectar...

Shrinkopolis: Review

Shrinkopolis: Review Information: Mechanics: Pattern Building, Drafting, Set Collection, Tile Placement, Resource Management Player Age:  10+  Player Count: 1 - 4  Players Time to Play:  15 - 45 Minutes  Game Designer: Ondra Sekanina Game Artist: artBLOCK Publisher : Tlama Year Published: 2025 BGG Weight:  2.25 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction : Having to survive the many growing issues in the world. Scientists decided to go smaller to keep resources at an all time high. To start with this was meant to be a small test group but the experiment went awry and the whole population was shrunk. Now players are competing against their fellow neighbours to build and fill their new civilisation their Shrinkopolis. Whichever player built the best shrinkopolis wins. This is done through a clever point salad card placement game. Players will gain resources through connections allowing them to play more ...