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Paupers Ladder: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Exploration, Set Collectio  Player Age:  13+  Player Count:  2 - 4 p layers Time to Play:  60 - 90  Minutes  Game Designer and Artist:   Paul Stapleton Publisher : Bedsit Games Year Published:  2019 BGG Weight:  2.13 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Rundown: Paupers Ladder is an exploration game, where the map will be changed as players explore five different sceneries. These are beaches, forests, mountains, mines, and swamps, all with different decks.  Each deck contains events that are either one-off activations or that remain at the location such as: limited or permanent encounters; ingredients; or hazards, like enemies to be defeated for gold/ingredients/equipment/trophies. The first player to complete three virtues is the winner. Virtues: The virtues include: - Generosity: discarding 30 or 40 gems (two players). - Bravery: disc...

Aethermon Collect: Review Information: Mechanics:  Set Collection, Modular Board Player Age:  14+ Player Count:   2  - 4 Players Time to Play:  10 - 2 0  Minutes Game Designer:  Christopher Ng, Sarah Whillier Game Artists:  Miguel Gaton, Fabio Porta P ublisher :  Aethermon Studios Year Published:  2023 BGG Weight: 1 .00 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Aethermon Collect has players using a shared grid to collect creatures called Aethermon. Each turn the active player will move the shared marker anywhere in the same column or same row. Whichever Aethermon you land on will be collected, scoring points at the end of the game. If you collect an entire set of evolution (shown on the right-hand side), that set will double its points.  Game Anatomy: Aethermon: Each aethermon card will have an element (helpful for setup), and a score on the left-hand side with icons showing...

Perch: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Area Control, Modular Board Player Age:  14+ Player Count: 2  - 5 Players Time to Play:  30 - 60  Minutes Game Designer:  Douglas Hettrick Game Artists:  Ari Oliver P ublisher :  Inside Up Games Year Published:  2025 BGG Weight:  2.00 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Rundown: Perch is an area control game of strategic bird placement, where the unique twist of this game is that you can place your opponent’s birds. This is done to try to manipulate them into ties in certain locations, or manipulate your birds into second or third place and scoring more from certain locations. Perch lasts five rounds with a growing board state as the birds will not be discarded from the locations between rounds. The player with the highest score after round five will be the winner. Alteration: The three items that will add a lot of variance to the game is the locations,...