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Time Division: Rapid Review

Time Division: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Two-Player, Drafting, Head to Head Player Age:  12+ Player Count:  2 Players Game Designer:  Alexander Schreiber Game Artist:  bimawithpencil BGG Weight:  2.75 Publisher: HeidelBÄR Games Time to Play:  20 - 60 Minutes  Year Published:  2023 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the Publisher. Rundown: Time division is a tense hand management game where players try to score the best-valued cards into their influence area to then score the most points at the end of the game.  Each turn players want to play the higher valued card to gain the coin to their side, allowing them to decide which player will score their card and which player will activate their card’s ability. Be careful, as abilities are often more useful than they originally seem.  Alteration: At the start of any game there are three different eras from which to choose from. Ancient Egypt, which is...
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Chiefdom: Rapid Review

Chiefdom: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Roll and Write, Resource Management, Print and Play, Point Salad Player Age:  8+  Player Count:  1 - 6  Players Time to Play:  30   Minutes  Game Designer:  Arif Nezih Savi Game Artist:  Erdal GENCER, Arif Nezih Savi Publisher : Keepers of Fun Year Published:  2023 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the Dice Pen they have more print and play games at their site  here .  Rundown: Players are chieftains trying to build up their empty chiefdom. As you develop and more people come, it turns into a resource puzzle of making sure everyone is fed, housed and have jobs that contribute to the betterment and expansion of the community. Each turn three dice are rolled and each player will combine two of these dice to create an action pattern, where the third will be used to determine the shape and amount of that action pattern. If a player is unable to dra...
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Codis Naturalis: Review

Codis Naturalis: Review Information: Mechanics:   Card Overlay,   Set  Collection, Drafting Age:  7+ Player Count:  1 - 4  Players Time to Play:   20 - 30  Minutes  Game Designer:   Thomas Dupont Game Artist:  Maxime Morin Publisher : Pandasaurus Games Year Published:  2024 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher and Lets Play Games. Introduction: In Codis Naturalis you are in charge of building a manuscript of the species within the forest. This includes the animals, fungi, plants and insects. In pursuit of the perfect manuscript, you will have to cover the elements you previously gained to score better cards. Throughout the game there are resource cards that will be used to display the elements you require, and gold cards that can be placed once enough elements are gained. Both of these cards will score you points however the resource cards will not score many and are mainly used for r...
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Stamp Swap: Rapid Review

Stamp Swap: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Set Collection, I Split You Choose, Drafting, Polyomino  Player Age:  14+  Player Count:  1 - 5  Players  Time to Play:  20  - 60  Minutes  Game Designer:   Paul Salomon Game Artist:  Conner Gillette Publisher : Stonemaier Games Year Published:  2024 BGG Weight:  2.00 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Rundown: Stamp Swap is a three day (rounds) convention where attendees will collect, swap, and display their stamps in an attempt to score the best in their chosen contest each day. This is done by drafting stamps either face-up or face-down until six are drafted by each player. Then everyone will split their gained stamps into two piles, one will be taken by an opponent and the other will be added to your player mat, alongside the pile you select to take from an opponent. Alteration: This is a fast point-salad game filled w...
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Zooloretto: Review

Zooloretto: Review Information: Mechanics:  Drafting, Set Collection, Push Your Luck Player Age:  8+  Player Count:  2 - 5  Players Time to Play:  10 - 20  Minutes  Game Designer:   Michael Schacht Game Artist:  Annemarie van Lierop, Michael Menzel, Marianne Riem, Michael Schacht Publisher : Rio Grande Games Year Published:  2007 BGG Weight:  1.86 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Zooloretto is a drafting game where players build a zoo with different enclosures but each can only hold one type of animal. You can have multiple enclosures consisting of the same type of animal but one enclosure cannot consist of mixed animal types. On a turn, players are either loading an animal onto a delivery truck, spending money to reorganise their zoo, or ending their round by taking a delivery truck and unloading the contents into their zoo. Be careful though, if you can't fit the ...
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