Gold Country: Review Introduction : Gold Country is a reimagining of Reiner Knizia 2012 Spectaculum. This is a stock manipulation game masked by a fun theme of gold mining in the old west. Players have three claim tokens that they have to place each turn. These tokens will slowly close the available spots on the board while also manipulating the value of each mine. Game Anatomy: Board: There are two boards included in the game the standard board. As well a second side which contains rivers and tunnels. As well as new tokens such as gems that score five points at the end of the game; boats that let the players cross the river and dynamite which gives the player a surge of two extra claim tokens in the turn. In short these tokens add tokens that affect the player not the mine. Claim Tokens: Each turn a player will start with three claim tokens they can place. These claim tokens are ...
Trails and Tails: Review Information: Mechanics : Roll and Move, Take That Player Age : 6+ Player Count : 2 - 4 Time to Play: 20 - 40 Minutes Year Published: 2026 Basics : I have always enjoyed when current games bring back a mechanism from childhood. Mancala games or the games that do a twist on chess are easy examples. Trails and Tails takes the premise of snakes and ladders into modern gaming. More importantly Trails and Tails takes roll and move and really opens the decision space on the standard not often used mechanism. Trails and Tails has players moving up, well, a snakes and ladders board. This time there are no ladders but only falls (or animals eating). To move players have a set amount of dice each round that they can add or minus two dice together each turn and move that amount. This counts for even negative values allowing the player to move backwards. With two to four dice thi...