Aspens: Review Information : Mechanics : Resource Management, Abstract, Area Control Player Age : 10+ Player Count : 2 Players Game Designer: Neil Edwards, Luke Roberts BGG Weight: 1.75 Publisher : Ludivore Games Time to Play: 20 - 45 Minutes Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Year Published: 2025 Introduction: Aspens is a fast playing two player area control game. During the game players will roll the two dice determining what forests will grow trees and which direction trees can spread in. With successful plays players can close sections of the board to create a cascade and fill that entire section with trees. Once the board is full whichever player has the most hexes is the winner. Game Anatomy: The Board: The board is made during setup and is filled with numerous hexes, direction on the borders of the board and water tiles that determine starting trees and c...
Dominion Seaside: Review Information: Mechanics: Deck-Building Player Age: 13+ Player Count: 2 - 4 Players Time to Play: 30 Minutes Game Designer: Donald X. Vaccarino Publisher : Rio Grande Games Year Published: 2022 BGG Weight: 2.23 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Dominion is a great Deck-Building game one of the core examples of pure Deck-Building. For the original review click here. This review is focused on the expansion of Seaside. The main focus of this expansion is easily the new card type, duration cards. These cards are represented by their orange border. They may be introduced in this set, but they are a re-occuring card type appearing in seven more expansions. Action Cards: The duration action cards are the focus but there are still some standard action cards in this expansion. Like most of the action cards in Dominion they may seem general ...