Finest Fish: Review 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 by expanding the scales towards the right. Scales come in six variations each appearing 30 times. The black scale is the most unique since each black scale on the fish board is worth an additional one point. Fishbowl: Scales will act as an action currency during the game to trade and gain pattern cards. Any time scales are spent they will enter the fish bowl, opening more choice for oth...
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...