River Valley Glassworks: Review Information: Mechanics: Pattern Building, Drafting, Set Collection Player Age: 8+ Player Count: 1 - 5 Players Time to Play: 25 - 45 Minutes Game Designer: Adam Hill, Ben Pinchback, Matt Riddle Game Artist: Andrew Bosley Publisher : AllPlay Year Published: 2024 BGG Weight: 1.51 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: River Valley Glassworks is a clever tile placement/drafting game where players collect glass pieces from the river to then build columns of unique colours across full rows. Players create drafting opportunities for other players as they place glass pieces into the river to collect all the pieces from an adjacent river tile. This is one of the games that is easy to understand but challenging to master. This review is based on the wonderfully produced deluxe components. Game Anatomy: G...
Coloretto: Review Information: Mechanics: Drafting, Push Your Luck Player Age: 8+ Player Count: 2 - 5 Players Time to Play: 30 Minutes Game Designer: Michael Schacht Game Artist: Michael Schacht, Guido Favaro, Oksana Svistun Publisher : Rio Grande Games Year Published: 2003 BGG Weight: 1.27 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Coloretto is a fast, push-your-luck, set collection game where players choose to either take an existing card pile to keep, or draw a new card and place it in an available pile. At the end of the game, only three colours can score positively and other colours will score as normal but be worth negative points. Card Anatomy: Chameleons: There are seven colours of chameleons, each with nine cards. There are also two wild (joker) chameleons that are put aside when collected and may be added to any pile at the ...