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Crayne: Fractured Empire - Review Information: Mechanics:  Player Elimination, Head to Head, Deck Building, Simultaneous  Player Age: 12+ Player Count:  1 - 6  Players Time to Play:  30 - 90 Minutes  Publisher : Krunchy Games Game Designer: Chris Fielder Game Artist: Matthew Burger, Devin Hoyt, Luiz Prado Year Published: 2021 BGG Weight: 2.00 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction : Deck building and head to head games are two of my favourite genres in board games. So I love when they are combined well. For my collection Shards of Infinity, Command of Nature and Power Rangers Deck Building Game come to mind instantly.  Is Crayne going to be a new addition to this prestige? Crayne interestingly slows down the decision space by having each card played one at a time out of a hand of three cards, but speeds up the pace by mostly being simultaneous.  In Crayne Fractured Empire, players are bu...

Dog Park: Review Information: Mechanics:  Time Track, Area Majority, Set Collection Player Age: 10 + Player Count: 1 - 4 Players Time to Play:  40 - 80  Minutes  Publisher : Birdwood Games Game Designer:  Lottie Hazell, Jack Hazell Game Artist: Kate Avery, Holly Exley, Dann May Year Published: 2022 BGG Weight:  2.16 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introductions: Dog Park is a game themed around the lavish lifestyle of being a dog walker. Players will play over four rounds, selecting new dogs to add to the kennel, selecting which dogs to send on walks, at what pace, and what locations to stop at during the walk and finally returning the dogs home. Players are pursuing reputation from their objective card, some dogs end-game scoring, and largely the set collection of certain breeds. Players will have to be willing to change the dogs they are walking, as well as the dogs in their kennel to fully o...

Sagrada Remastered: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics: Dice Rolling, Pattern Building, Sudoku Player Age: 15 + Player Count: 1 - 4 Players Time to Play: 30 - 45 Minutes  Publisher : Floodgate Games Game Designer: Adrian Adamescu, Daryl Andrews Game Artist: Peter Wocken Year Published: 2025 BGG Weight: 1.72 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Rundown : Sagrada is a dice placement game about designing stained glass windows that feels very much like a sudoku puzzle brought into board game form. I have reviewed the first edition of the game here . This review is a combination explaining the game but also diving into the differences of first and second edition.  In 10 rounds players are placing dice in pursuit of legally being able to place more dice but also in pursuit of public and private scoring conditions. Each round players will be snake drafting dice choosing from dice equal to the player count plus one. This starts wit...

Aqueducks: Review Information: Mechanics: Engine-Building, Simultaneous Play, Deck-building,  Player Age: 10+ Player Count:  1 - 6  Players Time to Play:  60 - 120   Minutes  Game Designer:  Reid Marshall , Jack Reboul,  Game Artist: Jack Reboul Publisher : Aqueducks Games Year Published: 2026 BGG Weight:  3.00 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Aqueducks is a unique engine building game that has players building a tableu for four rounds that will mostly get demolished at the end of each round. The challenge is the players are not only building a tableu but a literal house of cards where building next to certain cards can be a criteria in the case of flowing water or can be a element of scoring. This is done by building five districts a round (two cards leaning against each other) and converting aqueduck coins into points (gained through cards) by donating fiercer than th...