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12 Rivers: Review

12 Rivers: Review Information : Mechanics : Drafting, Bid for Turn Order, Resource Management, Set Collection, Point Salad Player Age :   10+ Player Count :  2 - 4 Players Game Designer:  Romain Caterdjian BGG Weight:  2.00 Publisher : Good Games Publishing Time to Play:  45 -75  Minutes  Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher.  Year Published:  2025 Introduction : 12 Rivers is a point salad game, which involves card management to select pearls (marbles) as they roll down the stream of the rivers creating variable turn order. Each round as the players that resolve first will select the action last next round. Essentially players will use three tribe tokens a round to select where to block the pearls, this will either cost the player cards or gain them a card. When all tribe tokens are placed the dice will be released and each time a tribe token stops the pearl, that player will select one pearl ...
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Dominion - Cornucopia and Guilds: Review

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Rival Restaurants: Review

Rival Restaurants: Review Information : Mechanics : Resource Management, contract fulfillment, real-time, negotiation  Player Age :   10+ Player Count :  2 - 6 Players Game Designer:  Gary Alaka, Rob Chew, Jon Kang Game Artist:  Audrey Jung BGG Weight: 2.21 Publisher : Gap Closer Games Time to Play:  45 - 60  Minutes  Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher.  Year Published:  2019 Introduction : Rival Restaurants has players fulfilling basic and gourmet recipes in pursuit of reaching 20 points (known as ‘popularity’) first. As each completed recipe will produce rubbish, if this garbage isn't maintained throughout the game the player will lose one point per garbage at the end of the game. The game is a mix of the chaotic energy that comes from both real-time and negotiation games. Every round the main phase will last for one minute and players can buy at the location they have picked, as...

Aspens: Review

Aspens: Review Information : Mechanics : Resource Management, Abstract, Area Control  Player Age :   10+ Player Count :  2 Players Game Designer:  Neil Edwards, Luke Roberts BGG Weight:  1.75 Publisher : Ludivore Games Time to Play:  20 - 45  Minutes  Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher.  Year Published:  2025 Introduction: Aspens is a fast playing two player area control game. During the game players will roll the two dice determining what forests will grow trees and which direction trees can spread in. With successful plays players can close sections of the board to create a cascade and fill that entire section with trees. Once the board is full whichever player has the most hexes is the winner. Game Anatomy: The Board: The board is made during setup and is filled with numerous hexes, direction on the borders of the board and water tiles that determine starting trees and c...