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Machi Koro 2: Review Information: Mechanics:   Dice Rolling, Engine Building Age:  10+ Player Count:  2 - 5  Players Time to Play:  45  Minutes  Game Designer:   Masao Suganuma Game Artist:  Noboru Hotta, Masao Suganuma Publisher : Pandasaurus Games Year Published:  2021 BGG Weight:  1.44 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Machi Koro 2 is a standalone sequel to Machi Koro that mixes up the gameplay of the original. In this game, you are gaining establishments to create engines and combos for when certain dice values are rolled. Once a player has earned enough money they can build a landmark. If a player builds three landmarks they win the game. Game Anatomy: Dice : On a given turn players can choose between rolling one or two dice, making certain outcomes possible or more likely. Establishments: Each establishment has; a symbol on the top left that some cards will use to build combos, die/dice value(s) on the top of the card which will

Wyrmspan: Review Information: Mechanics:  Engine Builder, Hand Management, Drafting,Set Collection Player Age:  14+  Player Count:  1  - 5 Players Time to Play:  90  Minutes  Game Designer:  Connie Vogelmann,  Elizabeth Hargrave (Designer of original game). Game Artist:  Clémentine Campardou Publisher : Stonemaier Games Year Published:  2019 BGG Weight:  2.66 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the VR Distribution. Introduction: Stonemaier Games is well known for a bird-watching game called Wingspan. Wyrmspan is a spin-off game with a similar essence of engine building but with many changes that creates a different feeling game and allows room in your collection for both. The two most notable changes are the lack of dice and the introduction of a new currency called silver coins which will determine how many turns you have per round. Game Anatomy: Silver Coins: At the start of every round, players have six silver coins. The silver coins doubles as a countdown timer

Mind Up: Review Information: Mechanics:   Hand Management, Simultaneous Play, Set Collection Age:  8+ Player Count:  3 - 6  Players  Time to Play:  15 - 20  Minutes  Game Designer:   Maxime Rambourg Game Artist:  Christine Alcouffe Publisher : Pandasaurus Games Year Published:  2023 BGG Weight:  1.25 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Mind Up is a trick-taking adjacent game that has players getting into their opponent's head, in pursuit of getting the coloured card they are aiming for. Each turn there will be a card display equal to the number of players. Each player will choose one card face down, these cards will now be ordered in ascending order underneath the display then each player will gain the card they are underneath. Scoring depends on the column each card goes to and the points on the card. The cards won each round become the player's hand for the next round, so each round after the first players will know each player

On Tour - Paris and New York: Review Information: Mechanics:  Roll and Write, Flip and Write, Route Connection, Bingo Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  1 - 8  Players Time to Play:  20  - 30  Minutes  Game Designer:  Chad DeShon, Alban Viard Game Artist:  Gwen Keraval Publisher : AllPlay Year Published:  2022 BGG Weight:  1.80 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: On Tour is a fun game by Allplay that has already pushed its way into the inner sanctum of my roll/flip and writes for its tough decision-making but easy gameplay. For the full review click the link here . This review will focus on their second release, On Tour Paris and New York. This is a more advanced standalone game that I also see as an expansion to the original that adds two new maps. New York: New York has five boroughs, all of which, four of which requires a ferry to connect them to continue the tour. Each card flipped during the game will have 1-3 different boroughs as an

Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria -  Riftlands: Review Information: Mechanics:  Card Drafting, Deck/Pool Building, Action Selection, Dice Rolling Player Age:  14+ Player Count:  2 - 5 Players Time to Play: 60  - 90 Minutes Game Designer:  Stan Kordonskiy Game Artists:  Mihajlo Dimitrievski P ublisher :  Daily Magic Games Year Published:  2023 BGG Complexity:  3.0 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria is an already great combination of worker placement, dice drafting and engaging engine-building that has me feeling like I am amassing a vast army. Riftlands adds to this base with a unique board filled with plenty of area control scoring for the end of the game and a new relic system. On top of this, each character now has more asymmetry added to them than simply being able to make their dice type wild. Riftlands: Riftlands is a board extension that has a new location for players to visit, allowing them to gain a new card