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Sagrada Remastered: Rapid Review

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 with...
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Aqueducks: Review

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...
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Cosmos Empire: Review

Cosmos Empire: Review Information: Mechanics:  Dice Rolling, Engine Building, Set Collection Player Age: 11+ Player Count:  2 - 8 Players Time to Play: 15 - 45   Minutes  Game Designer: Martin Brandel Publisher : Bigger World Games Year Published: 2022 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Cosmos Empire is a dice resource generation game. Think Machi Koro, Valeria Card Kingdoms or space base. Cosmos Empire's twist on this growing genre is firstly the game is closer to filler weight and it gives a player more immediate agency in dice adjustment. Game Anatomy: Cards: The game is mainly compiled of cards. Each card will have the cost to purchase on the top left. The card type at the bottom of the card, this will either be bio, spirit or tech, each type has cards that create synergies from that type. On the bottom right is the dice result that will trigger the production generation followed by the amount of re...
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Star Chart: Review

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...
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Jump Drive - Terminal Velocity: Review

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...
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Moytura: Review

Moytura: Review Information : Mechanics:  Area Control, Two Player Player Age: 12+  Player Count:  1 - 2 Players Time to Play:  45  Minutes  Game Designer: Trevor Benjamin, David Thompson (I) Game Artist: A. Giroux, Harry Conway Publisher: Bitewing Games Year Published: 2026 BGG Weight: 2.25 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Azure was my first entry in the Mythos line by Bitewing games. Moytura is my latest venture into this line of two player games. Moytura is an area control game of region supremacy where players aren't only competing with the other player but are having to manage the swarm of the three enemies as they fill the board. Whichever player (or enemy) has the most points after two scoring rounds is the winner. Game Anatomy: Board: The board contains a score track surrounding the outside of the board, in which each player and the group of enemies will place a score marker...
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