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Ahau Rulers of Yucatán: Rapid Review

Ahau Rulers of Yucatán: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Worker Placement, Tile Placement, Area Control, Pyramid Player Age:  14+ Player Count:  1 - 5 Players Time to Play:  90 - 120  Minutes  Game Designer:   Oláh Tamás Game Artist:  Lázár Aurél, Szabó Dávid Publisher : Grand Gamers Guild Year Published:  2023 Rundown: Ahau Rulers of Yucatán is a worker placement, area control and engine building game. Players aim to gain board supremacy  while constructing new buildings with ongoing abilities, adding Gods to your pyramid to amplify abilities, and racing against other players. Movement: Select Region: Simultaneously, each player selects two region cards, one for the region they want to go to and one for the strength value.  Keep in mind when playing the strength card that are discarded at the end of the round. For this reason be careful not to play the card matching the region you want to go to next round. When gaining the region place your ruler.  Later on in the game players w
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Ratcatcher: Rapid Review

Ratcatcher: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Action Points, Exploration, Survival Player Age:  14+ Player Count:  1 Player Time to Play:  30 - 45  Minutes  Game Designer and Artist:   Matthew Aslin Publisher : Platypus Industries Year Published:  2020 Rundown: The town of Brie has discovered a new mystical type of cheese with many magical capabilities; this was deemed ‘Magic Cheese’. There are many special powers this cheese can unlock, which has sadly drawn the attention of all rats, near and far. Ratcatcher is a solo dungeon crawl that has players in pursuit of defeating the Nemesis Rat, or collecting 10 magic cheeses. The inverse is how players lose; via the Ratcatcher having no life or the rats collect 10 magic cheeses.  Each round the ratcatcher will have a turn followed by the rat's turn. If there is less than two magic cheese on the map on either the ratcatcher or rat’s turn, the city will be expanded (more on this later). Ratcatcher Turn: On the ratcatcher's turn

Picture Perfect - Movie Star Expansion: Review

Picture Perfect - Movie Star Expansion: Review Information: Mechanics:  Puzzle, Deduction, Memory Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  2 - 4  Players Time to Play:  50 - 90  Minutes  Game Designer:   Anthony Nouveau Game Artist:  Ronny Libor, Sören Meding, Gyula Pozsgay, Maja Wrzosek Publisher : Arcane Wonders Year Published:  2020 BGG Weight:  1.84 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher Introduction: Picture Perfect is a unique hidden-information guest placement game where you are placing guests to meet their three preferences and take a photo at the end to see if it all worked out properly. For the full review click here. This review focuses on the movie star expansion that adds three new guests, but more importantly, new preference types and exchanges. Special Setup: When playing with this expansion, before the normal setup, 3 randomly determined guests will be removed from the game to make way for the movie stars. This includes removing their envelope, f

Rainforest City: Review

Rainforest City: Review Information: Mechanics:  Drafting, Tile Placement, Ecosystem Player Age:  8+  Player Count:  1 - 5  Players Game Designer:  Daryl Chow   Publisher : Origame Year Published:  2021 BGG Weight:  2.14 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Rainforests are a wonderful aspect of nature's larger ecosystem. In this tile placement game you will be creating a grid of connected habitats and adding fauna/flora through cards. These tokens come in three types for each habitat. To score the higher-level token there has to be a lower-level token feeding it in the same habitat. Finding the careful balance between the flora and fauna is the biggest challenge in Rainforest City. Game Anatomy: Fruit Dial: The fauna/flora and terrain cards will spread evenly (two at a time) around a centre dial in the middle of the play area (as shown below). This is how players will gain cards on their turn. Each player is represented by a fruit tok