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Gold Country: Review  Information : Mechanics: Market Manipulation, Tile Placement, Shared Board Player Age: 8+ Player Count:  2 - 2l4 Players Time to Play:  30 - 60  Minutes  Game Designer: Reiner Knizia Game Artist:   Beth Sobel Publisher: Bitewing Games Year Published: 2026 BGG Weight: 2.05 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction : Gold Country is a reimagining of Reiner Knizia 2012 Spectaculum. This is a stock manipulation game masked by a fun theme of gold mining in the old west. Players have three claim tokens that they have to place each turn. These tokens will slowly close the available spots on the board while also manipulating the value of each mine.  Game Anatomy: Board: There are two boards included in the game the standard board.  As well a second side which contains rivers and tunnels.  As well as new tokens such as gems that score fiv...

Moytura: Review Information : Mechanics:  Area Control, Two Player Player Age: 12+  Player Count:  1 - 2 Players Time to Play:  45  Minutes  Game Designer: Trevor Benjamin, David Thompson (I) Game Artist: A. Giroux, Harry Conway Publisher: Bitewing Games Year Published: 2026 BGG Weight: 2.25 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Azure was my first entry in the Mythos line by Bitewing games. Moytura is my latest venture into this line of two player games. Moytura is an area control game of region supremacy where players aren't only competing with the other player but are having to manage the swarm of the three enemies as they fill the board. Whichever player (or enemy) has the most points after two scoring rounds is the winner. Game Anatomy: Board: The board contains a score track surrounding the outside of the board, in which each player and the group of enemies will place a score marker...

Azure: Review Information : Mechanics: Abstract, Resource Management, Two-Playe, Race to Points Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  2 Players Time to Play:  20  Minutes  Game Designer:   Trevor Benjamin, Brett J. Gilbert Game Artist:   Kwanchai Moriya Publisher:  Bitewing Games Year Published:  2026 BGG Weight:   2.00 Disclaimer:   A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction : Azure is a spatial placement abstract game where players race to place strategically to achieve 25 points first. There are only 14 stones per player if a player cannot place a stone whether by lack of available placement or by running out of stones they will lose. The benefit that players have is as long as a stone isn't blocked by a mountain it will provide a discount for any placement being placed in the same row and column. These discounts will stack, creating a lower priority for cards as the game progresses. ...

Orbit: Review  Information: Mechanics:  Race, Multi-Use Cards,  Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  2 - 4 Players Time to Play:  30 - 60  Minutes  Game Designer:   Reiner Knizia Game Artist:   Vincent Dutrait Publisher:  Bitewing Games Year Published:  2025 BGG Weight:   1.75 Disclaimer:   A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Orbit is a racing game with a clear objective; move around space, visit the seven planets, and return to the starting planet. The challenge in Orbit is that the planets are in, well, orbit. As players play cards, planets will move along their designed orbits. Players have to plan the best course in how to visit these planets in the most efficient way possible. This may be hitching a ride on a moving planet, consuming battery power to go further, or gaining perks from space stations along the way.     Game Anatomy: Main Board: The main board contai...