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Sins: Preview

Sins: Preview Information: Mechanics:  Deck Building, Hand Management,  Player Age:  12+  Player Count:  1  - 6 Players (1 Deck is only for 2 players) Time to Play: 15 - 90   Minutes  Game Designer:   Daniel Greve, Jacob Lindborg Game Artist: Darryl Petrucci Publisher : Co rtadoo Games Disclaimer:  A preview copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: 'Sins' is a deck building game where you are trying to attack the opponent with power on the bottom of your cards to fill your opponent with despair. At the beginning of a turn, you may choose to check your opponents despair pile. If they have five weakness then you will successfully gain a dominance, where gaining two dominance will successfully win you the game. Card Anatomy: Kosmos Cards: These are the starter cards. Each kosmos  card has a unique artwork and one omni power (white). This power can be used to match any weakness. Sin Cards: Each sin card has an ability that can be

Wooly Whammoth: Review

Wooly Whammoth: Review Information: Mechanics:  Simultaneous Selection, Player Elimination, Hand Management Player Age:  8+ Player Count:  2 - 4 Players  Time to Play:  2 0  - 30 Minutes  Designers:  Rebecca Bleau, Nicholas Cravotta Artists:  Culpeo Fox Publisher:   Smirk and Dagger Games Year Published : 2018 BGG Complexity:  2.00/5 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: Hunting season has arrived, time to gather your cave tribe and either kill mammoths to gain six mammoth meats or outlast the other cave tribes and have a surviving member while no other tribes have any surviving members. Game Anatomy: Cave People: Each player will have a cave tribe of four cave people, all of which matching one colour. Mammoths: At the end of every hunting board there will be a mammoth waiting to either charge at the cave people or be pushed off the cliff by one. Hunting Path Boards: Each board has a top and a bot

Kiitos: Kickstarter Review

Kiitos: Kickstarter Review Information: Mechanics:  Word Game, Hand Management Player Age:  12+  Player Count:  2  - 4 Players Time to Play:  45  - 60   Minutes  Game Designer:  Matthew Thredgold BGG Weight:  1.00 Publisher : Ludogix Disclaimer:  A preview copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: Kiitos is a unique word game that is reminiscent of trick-taking games. In Kiitos you are either trying to get your opponents to finish your word, therefore scoring you positive points, or leave your opponent with no letters that they can play, resulting in that player taking the letters already played as negative points. The way this works is the first player will announce the word that is being built and play the first letter, continued by the next player, each player must play the next letter in the word if possible. If they are unable to do this, they can now change the word by adding on a letter of their choice, however, the new word must use th

War of Supremacy: Review

War of Supremacy: Review Information: Mechanics:  Hand Management, Area Control, Set Collection, Head to Head Player Age:  13+  Player Count:  2  - 5 Players Time to Play:  30 - 60  Minutes  Game Designer:  Nathan Everett Publisher : Lost Treasure Games BGG Weight:  2.00 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: In 'War of Supremacy' you will be using the mighty creatures and fearsome spells of each faction to take over and protect the territories until you successfully take control of two or three territories (dependant on player count). Card Anatomy: Territory Cards: These are the locations that the players will be fighting over. Each territory has a faction associated with it and a unique ability that will affect gameplay until the territory is claimed. Spell Cards: Each spell card has a faction they are associated with (mainly necessary for setup) and states when it is allowed to be played such as