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Crayne - Mercenaries of Mindassa: Review  Information: Mechanics: Player Elimination, Head to Head, Deck Building, Simultaneous  Player Age: 12+ Player Count: 1 - 6 Players Time to Play: 30 - 90 Minutes  Publisher : Krunchy Games Game Designer: Chris Fielder Game Artist:  Luiz Prado Year Published: 2022 BGG Weight: 2.00 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction : Crayne is a deck-building where players are creating synergies of attack power to eliminate their opponents. For the full review click here. One of the best elements of alteration is the variable setup that comes from selecting which factions are in play, this is more important in the lower player counts. Mercenary of Mindassa adds two more factions to the game to increase this variability but also adds a new mercenary deck which removes the static mercenary stacks and instead creates a constant flow of new mercenaries. New Factions: The Hive: The ...

Everdell Emerland: Review Information: Mechanics: Worker Placement, Engine Builder Player Age: 10+  Player Count: 1 - 4  Players  Time to Play:  30 - 120 Minutes  Game Designer: James. A. Wilson, Clarissa A. Wilson Game Artist:    Lina Cossette, David Forest Publisher : Tychoon Games Year Published: 2023 BGG Weight:  3.13 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by Lets Play Game. Introduction : Everdell is a growing franchise that blends engine building and worker placement perfectly. The base game review can be found here . This review is focusing more on the changes the standalone edition Emerland brings. Players are still balancing the act of sending their workers to gain resources and building their tableu. The main change in Emerland comes from the juggle between two worker types, the standard workers and the helpers. As well  as an evolution on the cards to feature two sides, giving the players a way to dev...

Finest Fish: Review Information : Mechanics : Drafting, Pattern Recognition Set Collection, Tile Placement Player Age : 10+ Player Count : 2 - 4 Players Game Designer: Jake Jenne,  Nate Jenne Game Artist : Jake Jenne BGG Weight: 1.38 Publisher : Last Night Games Time to Play:  30 - 60 Minutes  Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher.  Year Published: 2022 Introduction : Finest Fish is a tile placement game that will have you designing a calico goldfish. The turns are very approachable with depth in optimising the three scoring conditions. Creating long groups of the same scale; meeting pattern cards and collecting black scales.  Game Anatomy: Fish and Scales: Each player will have a fish board. This is where the player will build the colours of their fish using scales that will be drafted and traded throughout the game. The players will start at the left hand side of the fish board and will grow...

Aspens: Ancient Artifacts Review Information : Mechanics : Resource Management, Abstract, Area Control  Player Age : 10+ Player Count : 2 Players Game Designer: Neil Edwards, Luke Roberts BGG Weight: 1.75 Publisher : Ludivore Games Time to Play: 20 - 45 Minutes  Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher.  Year Published: 2025 Introduction : Aspens is an abstract area control game where players are trying to grow their forest wider to win and larger to adjust the luck of the dice in their favour. For the original review click here. Aspens Ancient Artifacts create game changing powers to the game that can be used as a free action on a later turn, gained by the first  player to possess four trees adjacent to the token first. Setup : As part of setup six artifact tokens are drawn from the bag and placed in the below locations.  The players will then find the matching cards and display them next to t...

Ten Wickets: Rapid Review Information : Mechanics : Bidding, Hand Management Player Age :   8+ Player Count : 2 Players Game Designer: Ryan Boucher Game Artist : Pepalworks Publisher : Seabrook Studios Time to Play: 10 - 30  Minutes  Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher.  Year Published: 2024 Rundown : Ten Wickets by Seabrook Studios is a game themed around cricket, which as someone that doesn't follow sports it didn't originally intrigue me. There is no reason to be scared away by the theme though, the game does not relate to sport as much as people might think. Instead Ten Wickets is a smart auction duel between two players only. Players will auction for wicket cards in pursuit of gaining ten Wickets first, but every time they claim a winning bid on a wicket the other player will gain that bid as points. How much is each wicket worth in the players pursuit to ten Wickets first.   The turns are quick, on...