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Eye 2 Eye: Review Information: Mechanics:   Bluffing, Real-Time Player Age:  8 +   Player Count:   2  Players Time to Play:   1 0   Minutes Game Designer:   Bartłomiej Buller, Mateusz Puchalski, Daniel Jan Kownacki, Krystian Kamil Najder Game Artist:  Dawid Malik Publisher :  Smart Flamingo Games Year Published:   2024 BGG Weight:   1.00 Disclaimer:   A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Eye 2 Eye is a two-player memory game. The key twist is that players have to remain eye-to-eye literally as they stare at each other throughout the game. Players are building four communal piles from the cards in their hands. When two passes occur in a row through both players or one player. The round will end and each player will select a pile. Whichever player has a better poker hand and doesn't have the broken weapon card will win and land a wound on their opponent.  T...

Agent Avenue: Review Information: Mechanics:  Bluffing, I Split You Choose Player Age:  8+  Player Count:  2  Players (Variant for 3 and 4 players) Time to Play:  10 - 20  Minutes  Game Designer:   Christian Kudahl, Laura Kudahl Game Artist:  Fanny Pastor Berlie Publisher : Nerdlab Games Year Published:  2024 BGG Weight:  1.42 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Agent Avenue is a deduction game that has two spies enlisting the help of the whole neighborhood in pursuit of catching or overtaking the other player. This is a quick game of bluffing your opponents through an "I Split, You Choose" mechanism as each turn you will choose two different agent cards, one face-up and one face-down. Your opponent will choose which card each player is assigned and a player will win if they land on the same spot or surpass the opponent's spot on the board. The other way to win is to ga...

Guardians Call: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Bluffing, Set Collection, Social Deduction Player Age:  14+  Player Count:  2 - 5  Players  Time to Play:  2 0 - 40  Minutes  Game Designer :  James Hudson Game Artist:   Noah Adelman, Lina Cossette, Damien Mammoliti Publisher : Druid City Games, Skybound Games Year Published:  2019 BGG Weight:  2.00 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Rundown: 'Guardians Call' is a social deduction/ bluffing game that I can best describe as a mix between 'Cockroach Poker' and 'Sheriff of Nottingham'.  The main action you will perform each turn is offering a player a certain amount of the same card while claiming that they are a specific card type. This may or may not be the truth but there are rules to this. You cannot mix and match cards or lie about the amount you are offering, but besides that players are able to lie about what the card t...

Don't Mess with Cthulhu Deluxe: Review  Information: Mechanics:  Bluffing, Social Deduction Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  4 - 8  Players Time to Play:  1 - 30   Minutes  Game Designer:  Y usuke Sato Game Artists:  Luis Francisco, Stephanie Gustafsson, Brandt Peters Publisher : Indie Boards and Cards Year Published:  2018 BGG Weight:  1.33 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: Over the course of four rounds investigators will try to discover all elder signs in order to stop Cthulhu from walking the earth. The cultists, however, are trying to outlast the four rounds without discovering the elder signs or have the investigators stumble onto Cthulhu. Game Setup: - Place the investigators and cultists (based on the player count) into a deck.  - Shuffle and deal one character card to each player. There will be one card left over. This character card will be a player’s iden...

Kings Kilt: Review Information: Mechanics:  Grid Movement, Hidden Information, Bluffing Player Age:  8+  Player Count:  1 - 4  Players Time to Play:  30 - 45  Minutes  Release Year: 2015 Game Designer:  Gord Hamilton Game Artist:   Tomasz Larek Publisher : Eagle-Gryphon Games BGG Weight:  1.63 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: Through ascending the Scottish hierarchy you want to position your clans of power at the top, and as close to the top, of the pyramid. Be careful though, as cards can be played from an opponents hand to betray and remove clan members who are already at a good placement on the pyramid. Set Up: Family Cards: - Take 1 card of each of the 8 clans, shuffle and deal each player 2 of these clans. This way each player begins with 2 unique clans. - Deal each player a random clan from the deck. If any player has two of the same ...

Munchkin CCG: Review Information: Mechanics:  Head to head, Bluffing, Collectible,  Player Age:  10+ Player Count:  2 Players  Time to Play:  20 - 40 Minutes Game Designers:   Eric Lang, Kevin Wilson Game Artists:   Katie Cook, Lar DeSouza, John Kovalic, Mike Lucas, Ian McGinty, Tom Siddell, Shane White Publisher:  Steve Jackson Games Release Date:  2018 BGG Complexity: 2.5 / 5 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. The Game: Objective: The objective of the game follows traditional collectable card games (CCGs) where you either want to deplete your opponent’s life (represented here as a hero) or to make it so your opponent cannot draw a card.  Card Anatomy: There are multiple card types that are a perfect blend between traditional munckin games and typical CCGs. These are monsters, loot, location, hero, ally and mischief. For this current explanation the colour ...

Deck of Justice:  Kickstarter Review Information: Mechanics:  Team (variant), Player Elimination, Hand Management, Bluffing Time:  1 - 60 Minutes Player Count:  1-6 Players Designer:  Omar Khaled Artist:  Omar Khaled, Hussein Essam Age Range:  13+ Disclaimer : This is a prototype copy of a print and play that I cut out and laminated so everything could be different when the game is on KickStarter and could change again once the game is finalized. The Game:  There are four types of cards, heroes, load, ride and insta. Heroes are the driving force for continued play, once you have no heroes in your hand you lose. Also, there needs to be a hero in every fight. Loads  are weaponry items you equip to your hero. Each hero has two hands so they can hold two loads(one in each hand). Rides  are used to add more heroes to the fight depending on how many seats the ride has. Only one ride can be played  per fight and will ...

Welcome to the Dungeon: Review Information: Mechanics:  Push Your Luck, Bluffing Time: 30 Minutes Player Count: 2-4 Players Designer: Masato Uesugi Artist: Paul Mafayon Publishers: Oink Games, Iello Components: Rule Book:  The rule book does exactly what a good rule book does; it is clear and concise and it will get you playing the game in no time, with little to no external rule clarification needed. Card/Tile Quality:   There's not many cards in the game so the quality is exactly where it needs to be, these cards will last through some wear and tear. The player aid is very helpful in assisting the players by showing what could be drawn in the bidding phase, as well as showing the iconography that links to specific character tiles (as highlighted in the below image). This iconography shows which items can instantly kill which enemies. The tiles are sturdy, built to last and there is less chance of wear and tear for the tiles than the cards. ...