Star Chart: Review Information: Mechanics: Simultaneous Play, Pattern Recognition Player Age: 13+ Player Count: 1 - 8 Players Time to Play: 15 - 30 Minutes Game Designer: Martin Brandel Publisher : Bigger World Games Year Published: 2025 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Star Chart is a tableu builder where players are engineering a chart of constellations through a connected path. Players are aiming to create constellations shown on the multi-use cards to reach 15 points. This chart will grow every turn expanding on the left or right side, the real challenge for the players is building a chart where constellations are played in turn succession through a carefully planned chart. Game Anatomy: Cards: Each card is multi-use it will contain multiple signs on the left hand side (each colour will remain in that specific row). The right hand side of the card will feature a conste...
Jump Drive - Terminal Velocity: Review Information: Mechanics: Engine-Building, Simultaneous Play Player Age: 14+ Player Count: 2 - 5 Players Time to Play: 30 Minutes Game Designer: Thomas Lehmann, Eric Kaminsky Game Artist: Martin Hoffmann, Claus Stephan, Mirko Suzuki Publisher : Rio Grande Games Year Published: 2023 BGG Weight: 2.23 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction : Jump drive is a fast engine building game that is a race to 60 points. This game shares the world of Race to the Galaxy by Rio Grande. Terminal Velocity is a modular expansion that simply adds more variability at a low addition of complexity. For starters this expansion adds more variability on cards adding a further 21 cards into the deck. But what it adds more is another additional player, starting worlds and goals. Fifth Player: Jump drive is now playable at five players, with a new starting set of cards (if used) represented...