Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from September, 2021

Quests of Valeria: Rapid Review

Quests of Valeria: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Hand Management, Set Collection, Drafting Player Age:  14+  Player Count:  1 - 5   Players Time to Play:  20- 45  Minutes  Game Designer:  Isaias Vallejo Game Artist:  Mihajlo Dimitrievski Publisher : Daily Magic Games Year Published:  2017 BGG Weight:  2.21 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Rundown: In Quests of Valeria you are trying to complete five quests and gain the most points, as detailed on the quest cards and each players guild master card, by the end of the game. To do this you will be recruiting citizens by discarding the required amount of cards from your hand. From this, quests are completed by discarding the recruited citizens that have the required amount of magic, strength, gold and matching guilds. You only have two actions on your turn that can be used to draw new cards, recruit citizens, complete a quest or reserve quests. As you complete quests and recruit citizens they m

Super Punch Fighter: Rapid Review

Super Punch Fighter: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Fighting, Set Collection, Combo Player Age:  14+  Player Count:  1 - 6   Players Time to Play:  45  Minutes  Game Designer: Robert Klotz Publisher : Plaid Hat Games Year Published:  2019 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Rundown: Super Punch Fighter is a retro video-game inspired arena fighting game. Your mission is to gain nine stars which is achieved by pushing your enemies out of the arena, eliminating them or achieving goals in the middle. Alteration: The board has two sides; one is a close-quarters king of the hill fight and the other side is a more tactical ranged fight. There are two game modes; a 1-2 player mode that has players fighting minions, and a 3-6 player arena fighting game which is the main crux of the game.  Each player has a unique deck that has each player feeling different in their fighting styles in their combos that they perform. There are six of these fighting charac

Villages of Valeria: Rapid Review

Villages of Valeria: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Hand Management, Follow, Drafting Player Age:  14+  Player Count:  1 - 5   Players Time to Play:  30 - 60  Minutes  Game Designer:  Rick Holzgrafe, Isaias Vallejo Game Artist:  Mihajlo Dimitrievski Publisher : Daily Magic Games Year Published:  2017 BGG Weight:  2.35 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Rundown: You are back once again in Valeria, but this time you are building a village. This will be done by developing resources, erecting buildings and recruiting adventurers. Although this is a lighter game than Valeria Card Kingdoms , it still encompasses the feeling of building an engine. On a turn you will perform an action like; harvest (draw three cards), tax (gain one gold and one card), recruit (spend one gold to gain a villager if you meet their requirements), develop (discard one card to play the resource side of a card under your castle) or build (place gold on your castles resources