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Bomb Busters: Rapid Review

Bomb Busters: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:   Cooperative, Deduction, Scenario Player Age:  10+ Player Count:  2 - 5 Players Game Designer:  Hisashi Hayashi Game Artist:  Dominique Ferland BGG Weight:  2.00 Publisher: Pegasus Spiele Time to Play:  30 Minutes  Year Published:  2024 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the VR Distribution.  Rundown: Bomb Busters is a cooperative game where players work together to deduce the correct wires to cut where the goal is to cut all the correct wires. Too many wrong guesses and the bomb explodes, or if players cut even one red wire then the bomb will explode. This game is filled with 66 scenario cards that change the game by adding new components and challenges. These scenarios are easily repayable with no destruction of components. Wires: 48 blue wires ranging numerically from 1-12 appears four times each.  If all four of one type (number) of wire is cut, it is visibly denoted on the board using a validation token.  Th
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Agent Avenue: Review

Agent Avenue: Review Information: Mechanics:  Bluffing, I Split You Choose Player Age:  8+  Player Count:  2  Players (Variant for 3 and 4 players) Time to Play:  10 - 20  Minutes  Game Designer:   Christian Kudahl, Laura Kudahl Game Artist:  Fanny Pastor Berlie Publisher : Nerdlab Games Year Published:  2024 BGG Weight:  1.42 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Agent Avenue is a deduction game that has two spies enlisting the help of the whole neighborhood in pursuit of catching or overtaking the other player. This is a quick game of bluffing your opponents through an "I Split, You Choose" mechanism as each turn you will choose two different agent cards, one face-up and one face-down. Your opponent will choose which card each player is assigned and a player will win if they land on the same spot or surpass the opponent's spot on the board. The other way to win is to gain three Codebreaker cards, or you could lose by gainin
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King of Tokyo Duel: Rapid Review

King of Tokyo Duel: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Yahtzee, Dice Rolling, Tug of War, Track Movement, Engine Building, Two-Player Player Age:  8+ Player Count:  2 Players Game Designer:  Richard Garfield Game Artist:  Quentin Regnes BGG Weight:  2.21 Publisher:  Iello Time to Play:  20 Minutes  Year Published:  2024 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the VR Distribution. Gamemat isn't included in the base game. Refresh: King of Tokyo, designed by Richard Garfield, is a classic that is personally one of my favourite gateway games. Even to this day, I'm always aching to play. This is a Yahtzee-inspired, head-to-head, area control game that has people either aiming to eliminate the opposing kaiju(s), or to win a certain amount of points. King of Tokyo Duel is a re-evolution of this game focused on the back-and-forth action that a good two-player game provides.  For anyone familiar with the base game, a lot has carried across: - Players still have thre
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Mindbug: Battlefruit Kingdom - Review

Mindbug: Battlefruits Kingdom - Review Information: Mechanics:  Head to Head Player Age:  8+  Player Count:  2  Players  Time to Play:  15 - 25  Minutes  Game Designer:   Skaff Elias, Richard Garfield, Marvin Hegen, Christian Kudahl Game Artist:  Denis Martynets Publisher : Nerdlab Games Year Published:  2025 BGG Weight:  1.97 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Mindbug is a streamlined head-to-head game with a big twist. Twice per game you can steal the creature a player just played by using your mindbug. For the full review of the base game click here. This review however is focused on the standalone expansion set of Battlefruits Kingdom. The theme of this set, and its sibling set Battlefruits Galaxy, is now focused on gorgeous food hybrids that will have you hungry for more of this vibrant art.  Keywords: All your favourite keywords from earlier sets are still here. My particular favourite is Hunter which allows you to select who will
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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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