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Clank Catacombs: Lairs and Lost Chambers - Review

Clank Catacombs: Lairs and Lost Chambers - Review Introduction: Clank Catacombs is a standalone cross-compatible edition of clank. My original review can be read here. This edition does not have a static map, instead it is a more explorative version with new locations and pathways revealed through tiles.  Lairs and Lost Chambers is an expansion that can easily be shuffled into the base game adding two new location types lairs which hide specific monsters and lost chambers which are similar to way shrines from the base game but contain different rewards and costs to placing down a players cube. There are also more elements in the tiles as well as 50 various new cards. One of my favourites is the burning tome which is a cheaper tome (only one point) but counts as a secret tome for in-game effects. Trophies: Trophies are a new mechanism added to this expansion. This will appear on the monsters in the lairs as well as various monsters or devices in the deck. If ...
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Corps of Discovery: Insecta Expansion:

Corps of Discovery: Insecta Expansion: Information: Mechanics:  Deduction, Cooperative, Scenario Based Player Age:  8+  Player Count:   1  - 4  Players Time to Play:  60 - 90  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. The trail of Manifest Destiny is back, if you read the comics you know there is always an issue around the corner on this journey. For the original review click here . Goal: All the Corps of Discovery expansions add a new switch-up on how the challenge works. So to help people understand it's best to explain the goal of this scenario type. The goal itself is simple to eliminate four insects, the monster of this scenario. When they are in play the percent any of the eight spaces around them from being explor...
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Silos: Review

Silos: Review Information: Mechanics: Area Control Player Age:  14+  Player Count:  2 - 4 Players Time to Play:  45 - 60  Minutes  Game Designer:   Reiner Knizia Game Artist:   Kwanchai Moriya Publisher:  Bitewing Games Year Published:  2025 BGG Weight:   2.27 Disclaimer:   A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Silos is an interesting area control game. Each location has three reasons players are vying for control. The outcome from a UFO moving onto that location, the power that can be activated at the location or a mind control event awarding humans to the players. To be awarded these benefits the player has to have control of the location (some benefits award second place) when one of these benefits activates. Players only have six aliens when six locations are vying for control, so timing is very important in this game. Moving your aliens just before locations resolve (due to an ...
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Alibi: Review

Alibi: Review Information: Mechanics:  Deduction, Party, Cooperative, Word Game  Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  2 - 6  Players Time to Play:  20  Minutes  Game Designer:  佐藤 雄介 (Yusuke Sato) Game Artist:  Albert Monteys Publisher : AllPlay Year Published:  2025 BGG Weight:  1.4 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction : Alibis is a fast and fun word connection game, which has all the players cooperatively trying to deplete heat tokens by guessing the correct pairs of suspects and ultimately deducing the perpetrator. The twist is that each round every player is both the guesser and the clue giver. Game Anatomy: Word Cards: There are 91 word cards in the game, each double-sided. These are the words players are trying to connect. A maximum of 39 words is used in a game, so there is a vast array of variability. Suspect Boards and Perpetrator Board: Based...
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Dominion Review

Dominion: 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:  2008 BGG Weight:  2.35 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Dominion is the first board game that took deck-building as its main mechanism. Deck-building is a great genre of board games that's always evolving and it is one of my favourite mechanisms. However, does the original mechanism of this game hold up to today's standards? Card Anatomy: Treasure: Treasure cards are the main form of currency throughout the game. They come in copper (1 money), silver (2 money), and gold (3 money). As the game progresses, it is a strategy to fill the player's deck with more beneficial treasure like gold and sometimes silver, and remove the coppers from the deck. Act...
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Battle For Hoth: Rapid Review

Battle For Hoth: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics: Head to Head, Dice Rolling, Scenario, Asymmetric  Player Age:  8+ Player Count:  2 - 4 Players Game Designer:  Richard Borg, Adrien Martinot Game Artist:  Ben Carre, Christophe Duhaze, Clément Masson BGG Weight: 1.92 Publisher: Days of Wonder, Asmodee Time to Play: 30 Minutes  Year Published:  2025 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by Asmodee Introduction: Battle For Hoth is the first space re-imagining of the classic Memoir 44 game. One player will play as the Rebel Alliance, who will then verse the Galactic Empire. This is a head-to-head dice chucker where the main aim is to eliminate the opposing squads (unit groupings). This is a game that is accompanied by a separate rulebook filled with scenarios that shake up the gameplay. For core gameplay, the active player will select one of their tactic cards that will then tell the playe...
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