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Clash of Decks: Review Information: Mechanics:  Head to Head, Hand Management, Line Battle Player Age:  8+  Player Count:  2  Players  Time to Play:  15 - 30  Minutes  Game Designer:   Léandre Proust Game Artist:  Clément Proust, Studio Rexard Publisher : Grammes Edition Year Published:  2020 BGG Weight:  1.50 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Clash of Decks is a quick head-to-head game with elements of hand management and line battling. Each player holds their entire 8 card deck in their hand for the whole game. Players can only play the four leftmost cards every turn and are trying to damage the enemy player through a line combat system. Every time a player takes damage, they move their stronghold card in their hand right one space per damage taken. Once the stronghold is in the rightmost space for the second time during the game, that player loses. The creato...

Wingspan Nest Bowl and First Player Marker: Review Introduction: Wingspan is a best-selling game by Stonemaier Games. Players are bird watchers collecting birds. Each card is a unique bird and players are using these birds to create engines that will expand and activate whenever the player uses that habitat. For the full review you can read my original here .  This is a game that already has a great table presence with gorgeous multicoloured eggs, but nowhere to really store them during the game. The team at Game Maker have you covered with these sturdy and detailed 3D-printed nest bowls. Nest Bowl: The Nest bowls could be used in two ways. They could be used for each player to store the resources that are accruing throughout the game, or they can be used to store the game’s egg resources. I find the better use to be the second option of  storing the pool of egg resources as these bowls are a perfect size and can hold a large number of eggs. I have the majority of the Wingspa...

Zombielife Insurance: Review Information: Mechanics:  Push Your Luck, Stock Manipulation, Economic Player Age:  8+  Player Count:  2 - 5  Players Time to Play:  30 - 60   Minutes  Game Designer:   Xeo Lye Game Artist:  Alan Bay Publisher : Capital Gains Studio Year Published:  2021 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: Zombies have now become a common occurrence with the outbreak of the new zombie virus. Don't worry though, insurance companies are making sure they aren't exploited by creating several new insurances based on the different stages of zombification. In this stock manipulation game where the player is the stock, can you effectively work the system and get a big payout from becoming a zombie or will you stay in the system and make the most wonga? Game Anatomy: Wonga: Wonga will be used throughout the game to play and buy cards. The player with the most wonga at the end...

Clank Deck Building Game: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Deck-Building, Push Your Luck, Exploration Player Age:  12+  Player Count:  2 - 4 (6 with expansion)  Players Time to Play:  30 - 60  Minutes  Game Designer:   Paul Dennen Game Artist:  Rayph Beisner, Raul Ramos, Nate Storm Publisher : Direwolf, Renegade Game Studios Year Published:  2016 BGG Weight:  2.22 Rundown: Clank is a deck-building game with a large mix of push-your-luck that comes through the board. In Clank you are adventurers exploring deep into the depths to gain the best artifact before you annoy the dragon too much and have to face his fiery anger. There are four currencies: the swords that will be used to slay monsters; skill is used to buy cards to enhance your deck or for later use; boots depict movement over the board although some locations will be locked, will require extra movement or have monsters in between them, and players must end th...

Radlands: Review Information: Mechanics:  Two-Player, Head to Head,  Player Age:  14+  Player Count:  2  Players Time to Play:   20 - 40  Minutes  Game Designer:  Daniel Piechnick Game Artist:   Lina Cossette, Damien Mammoliti, Manny Trembley Publisher : Roxley Year Published:  2021 BGG Weight:  2.22 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: Radlands is a head-to-head game set in a post-apocalyptic world where water is the only resource that matters. War is all this world knows so strike first and strike hard. With the aid of your multi-use cards the aim is simply to destroy all the camps controlled by the other player.  Game Anatomy: Throughout the deck there are two card types; person cards and event cards. All cards in this deck are multi-use cards consisting of an ability in the top left that can be discarded as junk to instantly use at no cost or the card can be p...

Everdell Mistwood: Review Information: Mechanics:  Worker Placement, Engine Builder Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  1 - 4  Players  Time to Play:   40 - 100  Minutes  Game Designer:  Rob R. Bell ,  James. A. Wilson, Chrissy Peske Game Artist:   Andrew Bosley, Natalie Johnson, Naomi Robinson, Dann May Publisher : Starling Games Year Published:  2022 BGG Weight:  2.60 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Everdell is back and this time in the web-filled forest of Mistwood. The main addition to this expansion is an AI player named Nightweave. That isn't all though as it also brings in new critters, legendary cards, cards focused on the founder of Everdell (Corrin Evertail) and new unique farms to better match the change of seasons. New Critters: The four new critters added to the mix are pigs, stoats, butterflies and spiders. All of these critt...