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Zooloretto: Review Information: Mechanics:  Drafting, Set Collection, Push Your Luck Player Age:  8+  Player Count:  2 - 5  Players Time to Play:  10 - 20  Minutes  Game Designer:   Michael Schacht Game Artist:  Annemarie van Lierop, Michael Menzel, Marianne Riem, Michael Schacht Publisher : Rio Grande Games Year Published:  2007 BGG Weight:  1.86 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Zooloretto is a drafting game where players build a zoo with different enclosures but each can only hold one type of animal. You can have multiple enclosures consisting of the same type of animal but one enclosure cannot consist of mixed animal types. On a turn, players are either loading an animal onto a delivery truck, spending money to reorganise their zoo, or ending their round by taking a delivery truck and unloading the contents into their zoo. Be careful though, if you can't fit the ...

Castle Combo: Review Information: Mechanics:   Point Salad, Resource Management,   Set Collection Age:  10+ Player Count:  2 - 5  Players Time to Play:   10 - 25  Minutes  Game Designer:   Grégory Grard, Mathieu Roussel Game Artist:  Stéphane Escapa Publisher : Pandasaurus Games Year Published:  2024 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher and Lets Play Games. Introduction: Castle Combo is a tableu game about filling your residence with both castle and villager occupants in a 3x3 grid. Each card in the game has a special ability that will activate during the game, and an end game-scoring condition. Players aim to gain the right people at the right time in order to effectively create the right combos. Game Anatomy: Cards: Cards will come in two types; castle and village occupant cards. These card types will be displayed in two separate rows with their respective decks at the end of three face-...

Wizards Cup: Review Information: Mechanics:   Deck Construction, Two-Player, Head to Head, Programming Age:  10+ Player Count:  2 Players Time to Play:   15 - 30  Minutes  Game Designer:   Seiji Kanai Game Artist:  yamamori Publisher : Pandasaurus Games Year Published:  2023 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher and Lets Play Games. Introduction: In the Wizards Cup players are accumulating the best wizards in their land to duke it out with the opposition. Each player will select six wizards; one as the waiting card and the remaining five to be ordered into a deck based on the order in which they will enter the duel. Game Anatomy: Wizards Cards: There are two identical decks of 18 cards, where each card in this game will have three important factors; strength value in the middle at the top, elemental type in the upper corners, and ability at the bottom. There are three types of abilities; - An instant...

Bomb Busters: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:   Cooperative, Deduction, Scenario Player Age:  10+ Player Count:  2 - 5 Players Game Designer:  Hisashi Hayashi Game Artist:  Dominique Ferland BGG Weight:  2.00 Publisher: Pegasus Spiele Time to Play:  30 Minutes  Year Published:  2024 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the VR Distribution.  Rundown: Bomb Busters is a cooperative game where players work together to deduce the correct wires to cut where the goal is to cut all the correct wires. Too many wrong guesses and the bomb explodes, or if players cut even one red wire then the bomb will explode. This game is filled with 66 scenario cards that change the game by adding new components and challenges. These scenarios are easily repayable with no destruction of components. Wires: 48 blue wires ranging numerically from 1-12 appears four times each.  If all four of one type (number) of wire is cut, ...

Agent Avenue: Review Information: Mechanics:  Bluffing, I Split You Choose Player Age:  8+  Player Count:  2  Players (Variant for 3 and 4 players) Time to Play:  10 - 20  Minutes  Game Designer:   Christian Kudahl, Laura Kudahl Game Artist:  Fanny Pastor Berlie Publisher : Nerdlab Games Year Published:  2024 BGG Weight:  1.42 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Agent Avenue is a deduction game that has two spies enlisting the help of the whole neighborhood in pursuit of catching or overtaking the other player. This is a quick game of bluffing your opponents through an "I Split, You Choose" mechanism as each turn you will choose two different agent cards, one face-up and one face-down. Your opponent will choose which card each player is assigned and a player will win if they land on the same spot or surpass the opponent's spot on the board. The other way to win is to ga...