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Blood Rage Vahalla: Rapid Review

Blood Rage Vahalla: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Area Control, Engine Builder, Drafting Player Age: 14+  Player Count:  3 - 5  Players  Time to Play:  60 - 90  Minutes  Game Designer: Eric M. Lang Game Artist:    Enggar Adirasa, Miguel Coimbra, Tristan Collins, Adrian Smith Publisher : Tycoon Games Year Published: 2026 BGG Weight: 3.00 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by Lets Play Game. Rundown : Blood Rage was one of CMON Games biggest hits. The property has now been developed by Tycoon Games. Tycoon Games could have kept this simple and just reprinted the game. However, with Eric Lang (original designer). They have revamped the game on numerous aspects to keep the core essence of the game but open it up in many different ways. Since Blood Rage is already very well known this review is going to give a rundown on the core mechanisms but largely focus on what makes Blood Rage Vahalla diffe...
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Cyberpunk Crittmancer: Review

Cyberpunk Crittmancer: Review Information: Mechanics: Roll and Write, Dice Placement Puzzle, Set Collection, Print and Play Player Age: 9+  Player Count: 1 - 99 Players Time to Play:  15 - 20 Minutes  Publisher : Dicetiki Year Published: 2025 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the Dice Pen they have more print and play games at their site here .  Introduction : Crittmancer is a roll and write game where the focus is creating cyber animals. During the game each player will have the same animal selecting from one of the three in the base game. Each engineer needs to balance the intricacies of six moules. Balancing them perfectly to create a functioning animal. Each round three dice are rolled. Players will select two dice and allocate to two separate modules, leaving the third to modify modules or launch test procedures. Animal Sheet: Each animal sheet has different conditions for each module. In reference to scoring they are separated into nor...

Gunsen - The Battle For Toshi Ranbo: Rapid Review

Gunsen - The Battle For Toshi Ranbo: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:   Area Control, Engine Building, Assymetrical, Race Player Age:  14+  Player Count: 2 - 6 Players Time to Play:  45 -90 Minutes Game Designer: Matthew O'Malley, Ben Rosset Publisher : Office Dog, Asmodee Year Published: 2026 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the Asmodee ANZ. Rundown : Gunsen is a goal orientated area control game. Players can complete any amount of achievements in a turn and will instantly complete the achievement if applicable. The first player to reach seven completed achievements will be the winner.  These achievements cover completing individual player goals, winning battles as an attacker, playing three tactics, building two buildings; control Toshi Ranbo; control two shrine temples at a time; have currently three village tokens; lastly use all three noble actions. There is only one achievement point (hence referre...

Isle of Feathers: Review

Isle of Feathers: Review Information : Mechanics : Tile Placement, Hand Management Player Age: 8+ Player Count: 1 - 4 Players Time to Play:  40 - 60  Minutes  Game Designer : Daniel Galbraith, Juno Schaaffhausen Te'o Game Artist :   Daniel Galbraith, Juno Schaaffhausen Te'o   Publisher : Self Published Year Published : 2026 Disclaimer : A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction : Even the odd parts of nature deserve attention, Isle of Feathers focuses on the odd and unique birds gaining a nest to call home. Isle of Feathers is a shared board pattern recognition game where players are trying to place birds in their specific isles shown on their card. It is important to manage the right birds in a player's hand as the birds have varying scores, award bonus abilities when scored and can even be discarded for the same effects immediately. Game Anatomy: Bird Cards and Bird Tokens: Each bird card is unique, firstly filled with am...