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Kamigami Battle - River of Souls: Review Information: Mechanics:  Deck Builder, Variable Player Powers, Hand Management Player Age:  12+  Player Count:  2  - 6 Players Time to Play:  45  Minutes  Game Designer:  Rich Gain Publisher : Japanime Games Year Published:  2018 BGG Weight:  2.0 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Kamigami Battle - Battle of the Nine Realms is a game I reviewed a few years ago (full review avaliable here ). Kamigami Battle - River of Souls is a compatible standalone expansion which was released at the same time, it just took me ages to add to my collection due to the availability in Australia. As the core rules remain the same, I am simply highlighting what the expansion adds or changes to the base game. Combining sets: When combining the standalone sets the gods and temples can be mixed with their respective piles. Each game can only contain one discip...

Gap: Review Information: Mechanics:   Card Game, Set Collection Age:  7+ Player Count:  2 - 6  Players  Time to Play:  10  Minutes  Game Designer:   Rico Besteher, Frank Noack Publisher : Arcane Wonders Year Published:  2022 BGG Weight:  1.18 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Gap is a game that has an easy, and somehow challenging, goal to achieve. In this game, you are trying to create the largest gap between the highest amount of one colour compared to the lowest amount of another colour. At the end of the round you will score based on the highest group of one colour then deduct the lowest group of another colour, i .e if you have two yellow cards and six purple cards you will have achieved four points. The biggest trick is if two bundles of colours have the same amount of cards then the value is combined, i.e if you have four red, four yellow and one blue, then yo...

That Time You Killed Me: Spoiler Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Abstract, Two Player, King of The Hill, Scenario Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  2  Players Time to Play:  15 - 30   Minutes  Game Designer:   Peter C. Hayward Game Artist:  Jor Ros Publisher : Pandasaurus Games Year Published:  2021 BGG Weight:  2.42 Rundown: Time travelling can be quite the complicated concept, and it has well-known difficulties in foreseeing the effects of even minuscule changes. It is even worse when your rival is trying to kill you in more than one timeline.  That Time You Killed Me is played over three boards; the past, present, and future. Your goal is to eliminate your opponent's presence on two of these boards. On a turn, the active player will choose one of their carbon copies (yes there are copies of you, time travel is confusing) in the board of their focus. They will select two actions then shift the focus to a new bo...

Draft & Write Records: Review Information: Mechanics:  Drafting, Draft and Write, Pen and Paper, Combo Player Age:  10+ Player Count:  1 - 6 Players Time to Play:  30 - 60  Minutes Game Designer:  Bruno Maciel Game Artists:  Pedro A. Alberto P ublisher :  Inside Up Games Year Published:  2023 BGG Weight: 2.31 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: In Draft & Write Records players are building a band/crew, going on tour and releasing a slew of music. To do this there will be numerous rounds consisting of weekdays and weekends. On the weekdays players will be drafting from a hand of cards to select a crew member or choosing an asset/agenda. This is done until players have drafted all but one card, which is discarded. Following this the weekend occurs. In this weekend phase players will see the fruit of their hard work and score any goal cards they have met. These range from easy to mor...

Power Hungry Pets:  Review Information: Mechanics:   Player Elimination, Card Game Player Age:  7+  Player Count:  2  - 6 Players Time to Play:  15  Minutes  Game Designer:   Zwierzaki żądne władzy Game Artist:  Seiji Kanai Publisher : Exploding Kittens Year Published:   2024 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the VR Distribution. Introduction: There have been many variations to the classic microgame Love Letter , and Power Hungry Pets is Exploding Kitten's twist on this classic. In the game, you are aiming to win multiple rounds by having the highest-valued card at the end of the game or by eliminating all the other players.  Game Anatomy: Each card will display a value from 0 to 10. This value determines the card’s strength when comparing against opposition. The deck is made up of 21 cards, the lower cards populate more in the deck such as value 1 has five copies, values 2 and 3 have three copi...