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Set a Watch - Swords of the Coin: Rapid Review Rundown : Set a Watch is a fully cooperative tower defence (line defence) game. Where players are managing through dice allocation to prepare for the round(s) ahead in the camp phase, then defeat the onslaught of enemies in the watch phase. The catch is there are nine rounds to the game and the watch and camp phase are largely separated with only one character acting in the camp phase each round. Each character will have two camp phases throughout the game. Every other character will fight during the watch phase.  Camp Phase: Once players have agreed on who is going to camp, that character will now start the camp phase.  At the start of the camp phase the camp character will un-exhaust one of their abilities and un-exhaust all their exhausted items. The location for the round will also be revealed changing the campfire, determining how many enemies will be in the line and applying a special condition or eff...

Spirits of Christmas: Review Information: Mechanics: C ooperative, Rondel, Multi-use Cards Player Age:  12+  Player Count:  1 - 6 Players Time to Play:  30 - 45  Minutes  Game Designer:   John S. Bailey Game Artist:   Emmie Bailey Publisher: Humble Bard Games Year Published:  2025 BGG Weight:   2.00 Disclaimer:   A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction : Spirit of Christmas is a cooperative puzzle with limited communication that uses a rondel and a limited action allowance of shillings, after all, what does Scrooge value more than his shillings?  The players are trying to create three chapters linked to the classic tale of the ghosts of past, present and future. Once each chapter has been completed the players have won, run out of shilling along the way and players have lost. Game Anatomy: Shilling Tokens: Shilling tokens are your life-force and the action allowance system. To move acr...

Corps of Discovery: Vameter Expansion Review Information: Mechanics:  Deduction, Cooperative, Scenario Based Player Age:  8+  Player Count:   1  - 4  Players Time to Play:  60 - 90  Minutes  Game Designer:   Jay Cormier, Sen-Foong Lim Game Artist:   Matthew Roberts Publisher : Off the Page Games Year Published:  2025 BGG Weight:  3.00 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: The Vameter expansion focuses on a scenario that is about the hunt for Vameter. This will incorporate the crew from the base game. Unlike the other scenarios, players are actually moving their crew around the board on the explored location to hunt down Vameter and a new monster type, cyclops. To win the game the player must shoot the Vameter five times depleting it's health, each time a crew shoots they are placed on the day/night section and get returned to the supply at the start of a ...

Corps of Discovery: Insecta Expansion: Information: Mechanics:  Deduction, Cooperative, Scenario Based Player Age:  8+  Player Count:   1  - 4  Players Time to Play:  60 - 90  Minutes  Game Designer:   Jay Cormier, Sen-Foong Lim Game Artist:   Matthew Roberts Publisher : Off the Page Games Year Published:  2025 BGG Weight:  3.00 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. The trail of Manifest Destiny is back, if you read the comics you know there is always an issue around the corner on this journey. For the original review click here . Goal: All the Corps of Discovery expansions add a new switch-up on how the challenge works. So to help people understand it's best to explain the goal of this scenario type. The goal itself is simple to eliminate four insects, the monster of this scenario. When they are in play the percent any of the eight spaces around them from being explor...

Dwar7s: The Lost Tribes - Review Mechanics:  Assymetrical, Hand Builder, Cooperative, Action Points, Hand Management Player Age :  13+  Player Count:  1 - 4  Players Time to Play:    45 - 60  Minutes  Game Artist & Designer:   Luís Brueh Year Published:  2022 Publisher: Vesuvius Media BGG Weight : 3.00 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introductions: Dwar7s: The Lost Tribe s is a unique expansion as it contains expansion material for all three released Dwar7s games. This comes in the form of three asymmetrical tribes. As I only have Dwar7s Winter , I will be focusing this review on the expansion for Dwar7s Winter . Tribes: There are three tribes that create asymmetrical characters for all released Draw7s games. In Dwar7s Winter, they add unique starting cards and legendary class characters that can be created by playing this card and spending two gold, swapping out any one generic cha...