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Cindr: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Dice Rolling, Push Your Luck Player Age:  14+  Player Count:  1 - 5  Players Time to Play:  30 - 40  Minutes  Game Designer:   Harold Mikolaitis, Benjamin Walker Game Artist:  Leah Fuhrman Publisher : Smirk and Laughter Games, Smirk and Dagger games Year Published:  2020 BGG Weight:  2.00 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Are you an adventurer looking to live on the wild side? If so, then look no further than the new dating app 'Cindr’. You will be dating feisty, fiery dragons but just make sure not to get burnt ;) Rundown: Cindr is a push your luck game where you will be dating dragons and trying to reach 21 love points. On your turn, you can swipe left up to two times on dragons in the dating pool so you can find the dragon most compatible with you. You can choose to date either the new dragon on the top of the dragon app (deck), one of the...

Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig - Secrets and Soirees: Review Information: Mechanics:  Tile Placement, Drafting, Teamwork Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  1  - 8 Players Time to Play:  40  - 60  Minutes  Game Designer:   Matthew O'Malley, Ben Rosset Game Artist:  Laura Bevon, Agnieszka Dabrowiecka, Bartłomiej Kordowski, Noah Adelman Publisher : Stonemair Games Year Published:  2021 BGG Weight:  2.25 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. The mad kings' castle has been expanded with the addition of two new room types (secret and activity), a new mode of playing (solitaire) and now enough components for eight players, there is plenty more to explore in the castles of the Mad King.  Secrets: Secret rooms can be placed anywhere in your castle and they will copy the room that the pictured arrow is pointing to. These will count towards reaching the three and five-room bonus o...

Red Rising: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Hand Management, Set Collection, Drafting Player Age:  14+  Player Count:  1 - 6   Players Time to Play:  45- 60  Minutes  Game Designer:   Alexander Schmidt (II), Jamey Stegmaier Game Artist:  Jacqui Davis, Miles Bensky, Justin Wong Publisher : Stonemaier Games Year Published:  2021 BGG Weight:  2.3 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Rundown: 'Red Rising' is a point salad game where you are trying to create a hand of people (cards) that will score you the most points. This game is based on the characters and world of a best selling book series by Pierce Brown, which I have no attachment to as I have not read it before playing this game. On your turn you will play a card, activating its deployment effect and then gain a card from another location. You now activate the location effect of where you gained your new card from. This is ma...

Gentle Rain: Review Information: Mechanics:  Tile Placement Player Age:  8+  Player Count:  1  Player Time to Play:  15  Minutes  Game Designer:   Kevin Wilson Game Artist:  Chris Bilheimer Publisher : Mondo Games Year Published:  2021 BGG Weight:  1.43 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Take a deep breath and relax with 'Gentle Rain', a soothing tile placement game where you are trying to create squares to blossom each of the eight coloured flowers. It isn't as easy as it seems though as you will constantly block yourself throughout the game. How to Play: Shuffle the lake tiles and place the first one in the middle of the table. Each following turn you will draw a face-down lake tile and try to connect one of the sides to a pre-existing tile on the table. The new tile has to match each side of the previous tile(s) it is touching. If you are not able to play a tile due to n...

Epic - Pantheon Expansions: Review  Information: Mechanics:  Card Game, Head to Head Player Age:  13+  Player Count:  2 - 4  Players Time to Play:  15 - 30   Minutes  Game Designer:   Robert Dougherty, Darwin Kastle Game Artist:  Kaile Dutton, Vito Gesualdi Publisher : Wise Wizard Games Year Published:  2015 BGG Weight:  2.52 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. The Pantheon expansions for the game ‘Epic’ has added 12 new cards per pack that can be used in any game, as well as a token and two demigods/gods/eldergods in each pack. The gods add an asymmetrical character for each player to use in the game. Each god has a different power level and is used against the same type of God or a higher level God can verse two players of the God level before it.   New ways to play:   ‘Diety Random’ and ‘Diety Draft’ are two new ways to play.  For Diety Random, choose a diety l...