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Shrinkopolis: Review Information: Mechanics: Pattern Building, Drafting, Set Collection, Tile Placement, Resource Management Player Age:  10+  Player Count: 1 - 4  Players Time to Play:  15 - 45 Minutes  Game Designer: Ondra Sekanina Game Artist: artBLOCK Publisher : Tlama Year Published: 2025 BGG Weight:  2.25 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction : Having to survive the many growing issues in the world. Scientists decided to go smaller to keep resources at an all time high. To start with this was meant to be a small test group but the experiment went awry and the whole population was shrunk. Now players are competing against their fellow neighbours to build and fill their new civilisation their Shrinkopolis. Whichever player built the best shrinkopolis wins. This is done through a clever point salad card placement game. Players will gain resources through connections allowing them to play more ...

French Toast: Review Information: Mechanics: Deduction, Party, Cooperative, Word Game  Player Age:  6+  Player Count: 2 - 10  Players Time to Play: 5 - 10  Minutes  Game Designer: Peter C. Hayward Game Artist: Tina Bongorno, Frankie Clarkson, Laura Ekblad Publisher : AllPlay Year Published: 2026 BGG Weight: 1.33 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction : French Toast is the latest twist to word association games. An alien has landed on earth. They are fixated on a single noun. Every round they can give a new clue that slowly reveals the properties of the noun. Besides this all the alien can do when responding to a guess is respond with the word that is closer to their noun, comparing the word just spoken and the previously repeated word. What's closer to the noun 'Book', is it a 'Tree' or 'TV'? This is a game that in concept doesn't sound like a game. Trust me there are a lot more decisions tha...

Funkoverse Nightmare Before Christmas 100: Review  Information: Mechanics:  Skirmish, Variable Player Powers, Modular, Dice Rolling Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  2 - 4  Players Time to Play:  20 - 60   Minutes  Game Designer:  Prospero Hall Publisher : Funko Games Year Published:  2020 BGG Weight:  2.00 Introduction: Nightmare Before Christmas has joined Funkoverse with a four character pack that includes a companion (which there isn't enough of) and new scenarios that allows 3-4 players to face off against each other. The new characters are Oogie Boogie, Sally, Dr Finklestein and Jack Skellington.  Characters: Oogie Boogie: Resources: Yellow and Grey. Defence: 2 Ability Cost: 2-4 Oogie Boogie is all about the lucky rolls with his custom oogie boogie dice as all his abilities have a secondary ability unlocked if he rolls 7+. The really interesting part is that his passive ability allows you to constantly shift res...

Swordplay: Review Information : Mechanics : Head to Head, Simultaneous, Rock Paper Scissors, Hand Management Player Age :   10+ Player Count :  2 Players Game Designer:  Kyle Dougherty Game Artist:  Joel Dougherty Publisher : DoughBros Time to Play: 10 Minutes  BGG Weight : 2.00 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher.  Year Published: 2026 Introduction : Swordplay is a two player duel game that is in the vein of rock, paper and scissors head to head games. Players are trying to get in the head of their opponent to land an attack card on the hit side of the opponent's card. Each player has a deck consisting of the same 10 cards at the start of the game, each time they refresh their cards they leave themself exposed but add a new special card to their hand and adjust their hand. Card Anatomy: There are three main card types, evades, blocks and attacks. A card is made up of three squares on the left/right (depending ...

Alphabet War: Review Information : Mechanics : Card Shedding, Word Game Player Age :  6 + Player Count :  3 - 6 Players Publisher : Scrungo Games Time to Play: 10 Minutes  Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher.  Year Published: 2026 Introduction : Alphabet War is part Uno part word Game. Players are trying to shed their hand of word cards by adjusting a communal centre word. At the end of each turn  the word still has to be an existing word, else the player wouldn't be able to have a turn and instead draws a card. Play the right letters and players can fill up their opponents hand while reducing theirs.  Game Anatomy: Letter Cards: The letter cards will cover letters across the alphabet. Each card contains unique art for the letter, and some instances of this even have some letters of the same type containing nothing and some force the next player to draw cards. For purposes of counting how many ...

Dice Throne - Mystic Brawler: Review Information: Mechanics: Engine Builder, Head to Head, Yahtzee Mechanism, Variable Player Powers, Take That Player Age: 8+  Player Count:  2 - 6 Time to Play: 20 - 40 Minutes  Game Designer: Manny Trembley, Nick Malara, Nate Chatellier Game Artist:   Manny Trembley, Gavan Brown Publisher : Dice Throne Year Published: 2026 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction : I personally am a massive fan of variable setup games in particular head to head games. Dice throne is essentially mixing head to head games and Yahtzee. For the initial review of how the mechanism work click here . This review however, is focusing on the character Mystic Brawler. Dice Throne is a system that is constantly looking at how they release their expandable game. So far there have been numerous sets of four character packs and duel character packs of two characters. Spanning over forty characters. ...