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Corps of Discovery Expansion 3 Maldonado: Review

Corps of Discovery Expansion 3 Maldonado: Review Information: Mechanics:  Deduction, Cooperative, Scenario Based Player Age:  14+  Player Count:   1  - 4  Players Time to Play:  60  Minutes  Game Designer:   Jay Cormier, Sen-Foong Lim Game Artist:   Matthew Roberts Publisher : Off the Page Games Year Published:  2025 BGG Weight:  3.00 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction : Corps of Discovery is a great game that I have talked about on numerous occasions, it is a challenging survival game, every time I think I have a good understanding of the puzzle I explore the next expansion that completely changes the decisions, exploration and concept and flips how to survive and meet the objective. This expansion features a scenario based around Maldonado. Maldonado wants to kill the crew by having a stronger value then their influence value.  To win...
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Corps of Discovery Expansion 4 Fog: Review

Corps of Discovery Expansion 4 Fog: Review Information: Mechanics:  Deduction, Cooperative, Scenario Based Player Age:  14+  Player Count:   1  - 4  Players Time to Play:  60  Minutes  Game Designer:   Jay Cormier, Sen-Foong Lim Game Artist:   Matthew Roberts Publisher : Off the Page Games Year Published:  2025 BGG Weight:  3.00 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Corps of Discovery is a great game that was released last year. This works as a cooperative survival game at the forefront but secondary is a deduction puzzle that is crucial for the players to analyse to get the right terrain they are seeking or resolve the scenario. slowly all the expansions are being covered, for the initial review click here. This review focused on the fourth expansion, The Fog. Goal: Unlike the other scenarios the resource rules for the terrain are completely ...

Doom Cat: Review

Doom Cat: Review Information: Mechanics : Roll and Write, Variable Setup  Player Age :  14+ Player Count :  1 - 99 (need more copies based on amount of players wanted)  Players Game Designer:  Dylan Coyle Game Artist:  Dylan Coyle, Lailamon BGG Weight:  1.50 Publisher:  Charming Games Collective Time to Play:  10 - 60 Minutes  Year Published:  2025 Introduction: Doom Cat is a fast and very variable roll and write game that focuses on a simple concept of drawing lines between two candle values. Each turn the number not used will result in that candle being knocked over, unable to use for the rest of the game.  The smart element of the game is each card is double sided containing a sigil (the board) on one side and either a goal or a familiar on the other side. Each game will contain three goals so there is plenty of variability in the game. The game will also come in three different boxes containing easie...

The Hobbit - There and Back: Rapid Review

The Hobbit - There and Back: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics: Roll and Write, Variable Maps, Route Building, Open Drafting Player Age:  10+ Player Count:  2 - 4 Players Game Designer:  Reiner Knizia Game Artist:  Lorenzo Colangeli BGG Weight: 1.89 Publisher:  Office Dog Time to Play: 30 Minutes  Year Published:  2025 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the VR Distribution Rundown : The Hobbit There and Back is mainly a roll and write game that focuses on the players completing a central goal, while gaining numerous other points through side quests or being the first to clear an objective (as shown by the points in the golden sunburst symbol).  After the players select which map they are playing, the game will continue in rounds until one player abruptly ends the game by completing the main objective. At the start of each round the dice are rolled (most of the time just the white dice). Thre...

Toy Battle: Rapid Review

Toy Battle: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Head to Head, Hand Management, Abstract Player Age:  8+ Player Count:  2  Players Game Designer:  Paolo Mori, Alessandro Zucchini Game Artist:  Paul Mafayon BGG Weight:  1.45 Publisher:  Repos Production, Asmodee Time to Play:  15   Minutes  Year Published:  2025 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by Asmodee Rundown: Toy Battle is an abstract head to head game that is thematically wrapped in a battle between toys. The goal is simple, reach the other players HQ with a troop or gain a certain amount of victory points by fully surrounding regions. On a turn a player can either draw two troops or play a troop. A player can place their troop on either an empty location, one of their existing troops, the opponents HQ or an opponents troop with a lower value. The troop the player places has to have a connected path back to their HQ to be able to ...