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Castle Raisers: Review Information: Mechanics:  Tile Placement, Drafting, Set Collection, Pattern Movement  Player Age:  8+ Player Count:  1 - 4 Players Game Designer:  Le Minous Erwan, Anthony Perone Game Artist:  Zingco Kang, Yuan Momoco BGG Weight: 2.50 Publisher:  Wonderful World Board Games Time to Play:  45 - 60 Minutes  Year Published:  2020 Introduction : As the wolves increased in size over time, the pigs have gotten older and learned how to work together to build a castle that incorporates the combined materials of straw, wood, and stone. Players must use what the pigs have learned to recruit more villagers, strengthen the walls, and ultimately repel the wolves. The player with the strongest (highest value) castle will showcase their skill and win the game. This game can be played either competitively or cooperatively, however this review is focused on the competitive mode. Game Anatomy: Board: There are three boards in th...

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...