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On Tour - Paris and New York: Review

On Tour - Paris and New York: Review Information: Mechanics:  Roll and Write, Flip and Write, Route Connection, Bingo Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  1 - 8  Players Time to Play:  20  - 30  Minutes  Game Designer:  Chad DeShon, Alban Viard Game Artist:  Gwen Keraval Publisher : AllPlay Year Published:  2022 BGG Weight:  1.80 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: On Tour is a fun game by Allplay that has already pushed its way into the inner sanctum of my roll/flip and writes for its tough decision-making but easy gameplay. For the full review click the link here . This review will focus on their second release, On Tour Paris and New York. This is a more advanced standalone game that I also see as an expansion to the original that adds two new maps. New York: New York has five boroughs, all of which, four of which requires a ferry to connect them to continue the tour. Each card flipped during the game will have 1-3 different boroughs as an
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Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria - Riftlands: Review

Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria -  Riftlands: Review Information: Mechanics:  Card Drafting, Deck/Pool Building, Action Selection, Dice Rolling Player Age:  14+ Player Count:  2 - 5 Players Time to Play: 60  - 90 Minutes Game Designer:  Stan Kordonskiy Game Artists:  Mihajlo Dimitrievski P ublisher :  Daily Magic Games Year Published:  2023 BGG Complexity:  3.0 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria is an already great combination of worker placement, dice drafting and engaging engine-building that has me feeling like I am amassing a vast army. Riftlands adds to this base with a unique board filled with plenty of area control scoring for the end of the game and a new relic system. On top of this, each character now has more asymmetry added to them than simply being able to make their dice type wild. Riftlands: Riftlands is a board extension that has a new location for players to visit, allowing them to gain a new card

Harmonies: Review

Harmonies: Review Information: Mechanics:  Tile (token Placement), Open Drafting, Ecosystem, Pattern Building Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  1 - 4 Players Time to Play:  30  - 45  Minutes  Game Designer:   Johan Benvenuto Game Artist:  Maëva da Silva Publisher : Libellud Year Published:  2024 BGG Weight:  2.50 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the VR Distribution. Introduction: Harmonies is a tile(token) placement game where you have to find the balance in scoring tokens based on their end-game scoring, while also creating patterns to score animal cards. The big score payoff occurs when you achieve the animal card goal multiple times. Game Anatomy: Personal Board and Central Board: Each player will have a personal board which is where they place the tokens as they draft them throughout the game. The central board is where players draft from. The central board has five locations that will each hold three tokens every turn. Tokens: The tokens are the core element

MLEM: Review

MLEM: Review Information: Mechanics:  Push Your Luck, Modular Setup, Dice Rolling Player Age:  8+  Player Count:  2 - 5 Players Time to Play:  30  - 60  Minutes  Game Designer:   Reiner Knizia Game Artist:  Joanna Rzepecka Publisher : Rebel Studio Year Published:  2023 BGG Weight:  1.61 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the VR Distribution. Introduction: Cats were always bound to conquer our world and in this game they succeeded. They didn't stop there, however. They set their sites on outer space.  MLEM is a push-your-luck game of feline space exploration. Each turn all players will send one astronaut to board the spaceship with the active player as the captain. Every time the ship moves, players can choose to depart to collect points from moons (one astronaut per moon), planets (multiple astronauts allowed but the majority will score the most points), or they can push their luck and score large points by reaching the end comet or galaxy. There are added sco