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
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