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Fairy Ring: Review

Fairy Ring: Review Information: Mechanics:  Worker Movement, Drafting, Set Collection Player Age:  8+ Player Count:  2 - 4 Players Game Designer: Fabien Tanguy, Laurence Grenier Game Artist:  Maud Chalmel BGG Weight:  2.00 Publisher: Repos Production Time to Play:  40 Minutes  Year Published:  2024 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the VR Distribution. Introduction: Fairy Ring is an interesting combination of drafting, engine building and worker movement. Throughout the game you are building a magical mushroom village, where each time you play a card you will either build a new mushroom or continue growing an existing mushroom. After this your fairy will move across everyone's mushrooms equal to the value of your newly placed mushroom. If the fairy lands on your mushroom, you will gain points for which one they land on. If the fairy lands on an opponent’s mushroom, your opponent will gain points and your matching mushroom type will activate too. Building stron

Vitreum: Review

Vitreum: Review Information: Mechanics:  Roll and Write, Pattern Building, Puzzle, Set Collection, Print and Play Player Age:  9+  Player Count:  1 - 99  Players Time to Play:  20  Minutes  Publisher : DicePen Year Published:  2023 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the Dice Pen they have more print and play games at their site  here .  Introduction: Vitreum is a roll-and-write game that has players designing a beautiful stained glass window. Each round players will add two colour fragments to their design, as denoted by the dice roll, then will score one of the 12 guidelines. Each guideline will have three different scoring possibilities. In the last round, the players will score their very first guideline a second time, scoring big points if planned effectively. Whoever has the most points after 13 rounds is the winner. Sheet Anatomy: Stained Glass: In the centre of the board is a 3x3 grid of stained glass windows. Each window has three to four fragments to be c

Dice Raiders: Review

Dice Raiders - Secrets of the Aztec: Review Information: Mechanics:  Roll and Write, Area Control, Puzzle, Set Collection, Print and Play Player Age:  8+  Player Count:  1 - 4  Players Time to Play:  20 - 45  Minutes  Game Designer:  Krzysztof Matusik Publisher : LizardKing Year Published:  2024 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the Dice Pen they have more print and play games at their site  here .  Introduction: Dice Raiders is a one-sheet roll-and-write game. In this game, players are using a shared sheet and trying to optimise four puzzles to gain the most points possible across all four. On your turn you roll two dice. The numerical faces will correspond to two specific symbols that are used across all 4 puzzles. You will choose one symbol per dice to use in one of the puzzles, with a total of two puzzles being activated each turn. Puzzle Anatomy: When looking at the sheet it appears that the game is one big puzzle, however it is separated into four smaller pu

Vengeance Roll and Fight: Rapid Review

Vengeance Roll and Fight: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Engine Builder, Dice Rolling, Roll and Write, Real-time, Simultaneous Play, Variable Setup Player Age:  8+ Player Count:  1 - 4 Players (up to 8 combining volume 2) Time to Play:  30 M inutes  Game Designer:  Gordon Calleja, Noralie Lubbers, Dávid Turczi Game Artist:  Axel Torvenius Publisher : Mighty Boards Year Published:  2022 BGG Weight:  2.64 Rundown: If you are a die hard action fan who always sees the latest Jason Statham release then Vengeance Roll and Fight is the adrenaline fuelled adventure for you. In this twist on the roll and write genre you are preparing your board, charging abilities and unlocking weapons, then equipping dice to abilities as fast as possible. To do this, everyone will roll 4 dice simultaneously assigning the dice to abilities on their board. Once any of the 4 dice have been assigned, you must gain back up to 4 dice from the pool to start rolling again. Once the dice run out, you get to acti

Coral: Solo Review

Coral: Solo Review Information: Mechanics:  Abstract, Grid Movement, Area Control Player Age:  8+ Player Count:  1 - 4 Players Time to Play:  10 - 20  Minutes  Game Designer:  Tangi Tabuteau Game Artist:  Tangi Tabuteau Publisher : 2Tomatoes Games Year Published:  2022 BGG Weight:  1.45 Spiel: Coral is an abstract game where you are trying to showcase certain species. This game ranges 1-4 players but today I am focusing on the solo mode in my new solo review format. Other Elements: Mechanics: Move: To slide, you will move the coral pawn from one icon to another icon that is visible from the birds eye view. There are a couple rules to sliding: - Only orthagonal movement allowed, no diagonal movement. - You cannot move through or finish movement on the current species colour or another coral species pawn. - Height doesn't matter for movement as long as the pawn remains visible from a birds eye view. - The pawn cannot exit the reef or touch the table. - The rock that is visible at the