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Heart of Crown - Path Before Heaven: Review

Heart of Crown - Path Before Heaven: Review Information: Mechanics:  Deck Builder, Card Drafting, Variable Player Powers, Hand Management Player Age:  12+  Player Count:  2  - 4 Players Time to Play:  30  Minutes  Game Designer:  Ginkgo Publisher : Japanime Games Artist: Medilore, Yuki Takahata Year Published:  2015 BGG Weight:  3.0 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: This expansion can be added to either of the base games for 'Heart of Crown' and 'Heart of Crown - Fairy Garden'. It adds one new princess, 10 new types of common cards and a new card type called ‘support cards’. New Common Cards: Of the ten new common cards, there are five that help to enhance the variability of the game (two of which have more interactions with calamity cards). The other five cards introduce a new key term to the game in relation to card abilities, this is the ‘conditional activation ability’. These abilitie

Seven7s: Review

Seven7s Review: Information: Mechanics:  Hand Management, Push Your Luck Player Age:  7+  Player Count:  2 - 4  Players Time to Play:  2 0  Minutes  Game Designer & Artist:  Jason Tagmire Game Artist: Adam P. Mclver, Fabrice Weiss Expandable: N/A Publisher : Eagle-Gryphon  Games Year Published:  2015 BGG Weight:  1.47 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: The aim of 'Seven7s' is to have the highest value at the end of the game by having the highest total value of cards in your hand when the scoring starts. The game will end once one column (discard pile) reaches 7 cards (There are potentially seven columns). Be careful though, for any ‘ages of man’ cards in It's column will prevent the highest value from being scored and will make it equal zero at the end of the game. This seems confusing but put simply, is their is one ages of man card in an ages of man column then any card worth 7 will now equal

Kamigami Battles - Battle of the Nine Realms: Review

Kamigami Battles - Battle of the Nine Realms: Review Information: Mechanics:  Deck Builder, Variable Player Powers, Hand Management Player Age:  12+  Player Count:  2  - 6 Players Time to Play:  45  Minutes  Game Designer:  Rich Gain Game Artist: Cherry, Wang Junjian Publisher : Japanime Games Expandable:  Another base game and expansions available Year Published:  2018 BGG Weight:  2.0 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: The gods of Greek and Norse mythology are in a heated war of supremacy. In the battles of nine realms they have enlisted the help of zodiac warriors to defeat the other gods, will you be the supreme god who is able to eliminate all the others in fierce combat? Card Anatomy: Each card has either one or two abilities. These abilities can be a ‘react’, which will be used as a reaction to an attack or to a player performing a specific action; or an ‘act’ ability, which can be used anytime during yo

Heart of Crown - Fairy Garden: Review

Heart of Crown - Fairy Garden: Review Information: Mechanics:  Deck Builder, Card Drafting, Variable Player Powers, Hand Management Player Age:  12+  Player Count:  2  - 4 Players Time to Play:  45  Minutes  Game Designer:  Ginkgo Publisher : Japanime Games Expandable: Another base game and four expansions available Year Published:  2013 BGG Weight:  2.7 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: With the aid of the infamous Fae creatures, your aim is to elect a queen and fill the kingdom with supporters and common folk (represented by earning 20 succession points). Card Anatomy: Each card will have a cost which is found on the top left, and an ability, coins or succession points on the bottom of the card. There are several types of cards including succession, princess, actions, calamity, and territory cards. All cards besides the princess, succession and calamity cards have link symbols. When playing multiple ca

Bushido: Review

Bushido: Review Information: Mechanics: Head to Head, Dice Roller, Drafting Player Age:  8+  Player Count:  2 Players Time to Play:  2 0 - 30  Minutes  Game Designer:  Pedro Mendoza Game Artist:  Vicente Sivera Catala, Tyler Myatt, Malcolm Wope Publisher :  Grey Fox Games Year Published:  2018 BGG Weight:  1.80 Expandable: 1 Expansion Avaliable Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: Your objective is easy, you want to eliminate your opponent by either reducing their health from 12 down to 0, or by raising their hit track so high that they can't reduce the damage before instant death occurs on their turn. To do this you must carefully choose your technique cards, equip your best weapon and successfully roll the right dice. Game Anatomy: This game consists of three token types (armour, torii, rage), player boards, three dice types (evade, attack, defence), and two card types (weapon, technique). Token Anatom