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Tavern Masters: Expansion - Review  Information: Mechanics:  Cooperative/Competitive, Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Player Age:  13+  Player Count:  1 - 6  Players Time to Play:  20 - 30  Minutes  Game Designer:  Dan Kriss Game Artist:  Galen Ihlenfeldt Publisher : Dan Kriss Games Year Published:  2017, 2019 BGG Weight:  2.00 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Tavern Masters is a gateway tableu builder where you are trying to create the most efficient tavern and be the first to gain 20 gold. This is achieved by attracting the right patrons. For the full review you can click here , and for the larger expansion ‘Dockside’ you can click here . This review will focus on three smaller expansions; Tavern Menu, Dirty Deeds, and Games of Chance. Tavern Menu: Tavern Menu adds 20 cards to the game which switch up the rules of the game. Any amount of rule-changing cards ca...

Sixpence Bakery: Review Information: Mechanics:  Hand Management Player Age:  6+ Player Count:  2 - 6  Players Time to Play:  10 -15  Minutes  Game Designer:   Dann Kriss Game Artist:   Ruslana Shybinska Publisher : Dann Kriss Games Year Published:  2013 BGG Weight:  3.10 Introduction:  'A pocket full of rye, four and twenty blackbirds baked into a pie'. In Sixpence Bakery, players are trying to fill three pies full of blackbirds. This is done by having an unbaked pie equal to exactly 24 blackbirds. Once a player has done this three times they have successfully won. Card Anatomy: Pies: In the middle of the table there will be three unbaked pies that each player will collectively work towards and each player will also have one pie in front of them. The three in the middle can be baked multiple times, however, the pie in front of each player can only be baked once per game. Blackbirds: The blackbirds will appear in only odd numbe...

Tavern Masters Dockside: Review  Information: Mechanics:  Cooperative/Competitive, Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Player Age:  13+  Player Count:  1 - 6  Players Time to Play:  20 - 30  Minutes  Game Designer:  Dan Kriss Game Artist:  Galen Ihlenfeldt, Kelelowor, Anton Rosovsky, Samuel Manopo Publisher : Dan Kriss Games Year Published:  2019 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: The festival of taverns has now moved to the salty shores of the docks. In this expansion there are two new decks; the port and the song deck. Both of these will allow players to get cards played faster. Any patron or tavern cards dependent on these two new decks will have a blue icon on the left side of the card. Port deck: The port deck is drawn and played if a player has a helm icon (captain icon) in their tavern. The port cards let all players play a card of a certain type.  The port car...

 Tavern Masters: Review   Information: Mechanics:  Cooperative/Competitive, Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Player Age:  13+  Player Count:  1 - 6  Players Time to Play:  20 - 30  Minutes  Game Designer:  Dan Kriss Game Artist:  Galen Ihlenfeldt Publisher : Dan Kriss Games Year Published:  2019 BGG Weight: 2.00 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: Throughout Tavern Masters you are trying to prove that you have the best bar at the tavern festival. This is done by stocking an abundance of food and beverages as well as hiring the best staff to serve as many patrons as possible and keep them there. Each patron has a want that will get them into the bar but giving them what they like will keep them at the bar between rounds. Each patron you attract will give you one gold and the first player to reach 20 unspent gold will be the tavern master. Card Anatomy: Tavern Card...

Cthulhu the Great Old One: Deluxe Edition Review Information: Mechanics:  Set Collection, Memory Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  2 - 6  Players Time to Play:  15 - 25   Minutes  Game Designer:   Dan Kriss Game Artist: Ian Daniels Publisher : Dan Kriss Games Year Published:  2019 BGG Weight:  2.00 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: Throughout Cthulhu the Great Old One  you are trying to connect seven stories. This is done by finding pairs of either matching stories or linked stories. If you get The Great Old One in your hand you will lose no matter what points you have. There is a saving grace for this though, if you also have the Cultist in front of you you will instantly win.  Card Anatomy: Story Cards: Story cards are the pairs you will be looking for throughout the game. At the top of the card is the title and below that is  the name of the linked story car...