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Roll Camera Story Pack - X-mas Movie: Review

Roll Camera Story Pack - X-mas Movie: Review Information: Mechanics:  Cooperative, Worker Placement, Dice Workers, Set Collection, Variable Player Powers. Player Age:  11+  Player Count:  1 - 6  Players  Time to Play:  45 - 90  Minutes  Game Designer and Artist:   Malachi Ray Rempen Publisher:  Keen Bean Studios Year Published:  2021 BGG Weight:  2.23 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher  Introduction: Tis the season for..lights, camera and action! What better time for a Hollywood cash grab than Christmas time? However, you came a bit late to the idea and your crew is working during the holiday season, so a new mechanism the players have to monitor is holiday cheer. This will get lower every turn based on the amount of problems currently active. The lower your cheer gets the more issues arise like additional costs to scenes and VFX being reduced down to just that symbol, no longer a wild. The best way around this is by giving gifts that boost the cheer

Expeditions: Review

Expeditions: Review Information: Mechanics:  Point Salad, Area Control, Engine Building, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement, Hand-Building Player Age:  14+ Player Count:  1 - 5  Players Time to Play:  60 - 90  Minutes  Game Designer:   Jamey Stegmaier Game Artist:   Jakub Rozalski Publisher : Stonemaier Games  Year Published:  2023 BGG Weight:  3.03 Introduction: Expeditions is a sequel to Stonemaier’s beloved Scythe . It uses the same universe and artist as the original Scythe but is unique in its gameplay.  Expeditions is a hand-builder game with light exploration and a very unique implementation of worker placement that has workers being placed as cards are played. This is instead of a more traditional worker placement game with pre-determined or random worker locations. The game will continue until one player has boasted four times then each player will have one last turn before scoring. Game Anatomy: Player Parts: Mech Mats: The mech mat will help players keep track of thei

Tuned: Review

Tuned: Review Information: Mechanics:  Abstract, Two Player. Player Age:  14 + Player Count:  2  Players Time to Play:  30  Minutes  Publisher : ThunderGryph Games Game Designer:  Alessandro Cuneo Game Artist:  Paolo Voto BGG Weight: 1.25 Year Published:  2023 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Four animals; a rooster, a donkey, a dog and a cat close to the end of their farm life. They packed up their belongings and headed to Bremen to start a band in an old tale by the Brothers Grimm (that I personally have never heard of before). In this tale, they all stacked on top of each other and startled a robber away. ThunderGryph games have maintained the essence of this tale and created an abstract game of evolved tic tac toe. In it, the band practise their music with the rooster as the lead. The twist is, following the story, the cat can sit on top of the dog, and the dog can sit on top of the donkey. If any player has three of the same anim