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Corps of Discovery: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Deduction, Cooperative, Scenario Based Player Age:  8+  Player Count:   1  - 4  Players Time to Play:  60 - 90  Minutes  Game Designer:   Jay Cormier, Sen-Foong Lim Game Artist:  Matthew Roberts Publisher : Off the Page Games Year Published:  2025 BGG Weight:  3.00 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Rundown : Corps of Discovery is based on the Manifest Destiny comic by Image Comics. This comic is filled with pre-settlement exploration and discovery as Lewis and Clark forward the American Frontier. This adventure, however, is filled with unknown monsters. Corps of Discovery takes this theme and translates it perfectly into a cooperative exploration and deduction game. Players are trying to gain enough resources/water to complete incoming challenges, while ultimately completing the goal of the scenario and surviving to see...

Canopy Evergreen: Review Information: Mechanics:  Drafting, Push Your Luck, Set Collection, Engine Building Player Age:  8+  Player Count:   1  - 4  Players Time to Play:  45 - 60  Minutes  Game Designer:   Tim Eisner Game Artist:  Vincent Dutrait Publisher : Weird City Games Year Published:  2024 BGG Weight:  2.29 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction : Canopy Evergreen is the board game iteration of the fast-drafting card game Canopy. There are many elements that make this edition different, however, two things that haven't changed is the fast gameplay and the interesting drafting/push-your-luck mechanism. This review assumes some knowledge of the original Canopy. For a full review of that game you can click here .  Game Anatomy: Board and Ecosystem Tokens: The board contains trackers for both points and food. Food is a new resource that will be used to purchase ani...

Rolling Ranch: Review Information: Mechanics:  Roll and Write Player Age:  14 + Player Count:  1 - 20  Players Time to Play:  10 - 20  Minutes  Publisher : ThunderGryph Games Game Designer:  Alessandro Cuneo Game Artist:  Luis Francisco, Weberson Santiago BGG Weight:  1.21 Year Published:  2019 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: You wake up on your ranch to find devastation has ruined your property and the animals have fled. In wake of this, players will be reforming the buildings and capturing the animals of the ranch in roll and write form. Each turn the two dice are rolled and players will pick one of two options; the resources on both dice, or the value on one die combined with the animal on the other. The value determines where the animal can be placed and the animals will award different points based on their rarity. Game Anatomy: Dice: On each die there are three chickens...

Bebop: Review Information: Mechanics:  Dice Placement, Area Control Player Age:  14+  Player Count:  2 - 4 Players Time to Play:  45 - 60  Minutes  Game Designer:   Robert Hovakimyan Game Artist:  Weberson Santiago Publisher : Bitewing Games Year Published:  2024 BGG Weight:  2.5 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction:  Bebop is a uniquely themed area control game where players are booking agents trying to fill the seats of a jazz music festival. This area control is mainly done by placing the fans in seats next to their family (friends count as family) and next to the instruments (featured acts) they want to listen to. Game Anatomy: Dice: The dice represent the fans (the people you are trying to pack the seats with). There are five families of dice are green, aqua, purple, red, and yellow. Each die has the three music symbols appearing twice; keys, brass and percussion. Seats: ...