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Dice Throne - Druid: Character Spotlight

Dice Throne - Druid: Character Spotlight Information: Mechanics: Engine Builder, Head to Head, Yahtzee Mechanism, Variable Player Powers, Take That Player Age: 14+  Player Count: 2 - 6 Time to Play: 20 - 40 Minutes  Game Designer:  John Heidrich Game Artist:   Manny Trembley, Nick Malara Publisher : Dice Throne Year Published: 2026 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by Let's Play Games. Introduction : The Druid is a flexible character that will change form and shapeshift to the required style at a moment notice. The druid is the standard form which is great for a brief pause to heal his wounds, the bear is the defensive form increasing the defence dice pool and ability, the cat is the aggressive form modifying the attack and wounding the enemy  Complexity : The complexity of the druid is a four. This is due purely to the shapeshift mechanism. It is important for the player to know when to shift, to build good d...
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Dice Throne - Headless Horseman - Character Spotlight

Dice Throne - Headless Horseman - Character Spotlight Information: Mechanics: Engine Builder, Head to Head, Yahtzee Mechanism, Variable Player Powers, Take That Player Age:  14+  Player Count: 2 - 6 Time to Play: 20 - 40 Minutes  Game Designer: Manny Trembley, John Heidrich, Nate Chatellier Game Artist:   Manny Trembley, Nick Malara, Britt Anderson Publisher : Dice Throne Year Published: 2026 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction : Now that the October Halloween season has commenced. What better way to celebrate this than looking at Dice Thrones character Headless Horseman. Headless Horseman is one of the Outcasts characters that are available through an individual character pack. He is designed from the famous myth popularised by the Sleepy Hollow. In Dice Throne he is an aggressive character with a ticking time bomb in the form of his own pumpkin head. As well as two interesting status effects...

Finspan - Sharks and Reefs: Review

Finspan - Sharks and Reefs: Review Information: Mechanics: Engine Building, Set Collection Player Age: 10+ Player Count: 1 - 5 Players Time to Play: 45 - 60 Minutes  Game Designer:  Michael O'Connell (II) Game Artist: Catalina Martinez, Ana Maria Martinez Jaramillo, Mesa Schumacher Publisher : Stonemaier Games  Expansions: Yes Year Published: 2025 BGG Weight: 2.31 Introduction : Finspan is the fish (sea life) equivalent of the famous Wingspan. For the original review click here. This review will focus on the first expansion for Finspan; Sharks and Reefs. In this expansion the cards have increased from 125 cards to 200. With a lot of these new cards focusing on a new reef addition. Reef : In the middle of each player's board. In the twilight section a new board overlay has been placed to include a reef overlay.  Each reef will have a different coloured coral assigned to each dive track. Each coral token will score the players an additio...

Duel for Meloch: Rapid Review

Duel for Meloch: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Area Control, Engine Building, Variable Player Powers, Assymetrical  Player Age: 14+ Player Count: 1 - 2  Players Time to Play:  45  Minutes  Game Designer: Jamey Stegmaier Game Artist: Jakub Rozalski Publisher : Stonemaier Games  Expansions: Yes Year Published: 2026 BGG Weight: 3.58 Rundown: Duel for Meloch is a really hard game to explain and review. However, it is a production feat that needs to be noted. Jamey Stegmaier has taken his two existing titles Expeditions and Scythe and created a shorter duel game. There are some interpretations of game crossovers in the industry so far, and loving them, an example is Mindbug X King of Tokyo. Duel for Meloch is more than this where other crossovers carry across the feelings of one game or characters into another system. Duel for Meloch is a system designed to hold residence for two other systems at once. The players are separated in...

Finspan: Rapid Review

Finspan: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Engine Building, Set Collection Player Age: 10+ Player Count: 1 - 5 Players Time to Play:  45 - 60  Minutes  Game Designer: David Gordon (I), Michael O'Connell (II) Game Artist: Catalina Martinez, Ana Maria Martinez Jaramillo, Mesa Schumacher Publisher : Stonemaier Games  Expansions: Yes Year Published: 2025 BGG Weight:  2.31 Introduction : Wingspan has been a global hit for Stonemaier with four large expansions and countless small accessories and expansions. Wyrmspan went for a deeper more complex experience than wingspan. Finspan is the third of the trilogy and went for a more approachable game than Wingspan. I personally find Finspan at the same complexity weight, while still creating a simpler flow. In Finspan the player is no longer going across a track, but are now diving deep as they go down a track. Finspan in its own rights is a widely popular game, that I have already missed the boat when it com...