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Crayne - Mercenaries of Mindassa: Review  Information: Mechanics: Player Elimination, Head to Head, Deck Building, Simultaneous  Player Age: 12+ Player Count: 1 - 6 Players Time to Play: 30 - 90 Minutes  Publisher : Krunchy Games Game Designer: Chris Fielder Game Artist:  Luiz Prado Year Published: 2022 BGG Weight: 2.00 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction : Crayne is a deck-building where players are creating synergies of attack power to eliminate their opponents. For the full review click here. One of the best elements of alteration is the variable setup that comes from selecting which factions are in play, this is more important in the lower player counts. Mercenary of Mindassa adds two more factions to the game to increase this variability but also adds a new mercenary deck which removes the static mercenary stacks and instead creates a constant flow of new mercenaries. New Factions: The Hive: The ...

Crayne: Fractured Empire - Review Information: Mechanics:  Player Elimination, Head to Head, Deck Building, Simultaneous  Player Age: 12+ Player Count:  1 - 6  Players Time to Play:  30 - 90 Minutes  Publisher : Krunchy Games Game Designer: Chris Fielder Game Artist: Matthew Burger, Devin Hoyt, Luiz Prado Year Published: 2021 BGG Weight: 2.00 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction : Deck building and head to head games are two of my favourite genres in board games. So I love when they are combined well. For my collection Shards of Infinity, Command of Nature and Power Rangers Deck Building Game come to mind instantly.  Is Crayne going to be a new addition to this prestige? Crayne interestingly slows down the decision space by having each card played one at a time out of a hand of three cards, but speeds up the pace by mostly being simultaneous.  In Crayne Fractured Empire, players are bu...

Aqueducks: Review Information: Mechanics: Engine-Building, Simultaneous Play, Deck-building,  Player Age: 10+ Player Count:  1 - 6  Players Time to Play:  60 - 120   Minutes  Game Designer:  Reid Marshall , Jack Reboul,  Game Artist: Jack Reboul Publisher : Aqueducks Games Year Published: 2026 BGG Weight:  3.00 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Aqueducks is a unique engine building game that has players building a tableu for four rounds that will mostly get demolished at the end of each round. The challenge is the players are not only building a tableu but a literal house of cards where building next to certain cards can be a criteria in the case of flowing water or can be a element of scoring. This is done by building five districts a round (two cards leaning against each other) and converting aqueduck coins into points (gained through cards) by donating fiercer than th...

Dune Imperium Bloodlines: Review Information: Mechanics:  Deck-Building, Worker Placement, Area Control, Engine Building Player Age:  12+  Player Count:  1 - 4  Players Time to Play:  60 - 120  Minutes  Game Designer:  Paul Dennen, Phil Amylon, Andy Clautice, Caleb Vance Game Artist:  Clay Brooks, Derek Herring, Raul Ramos, Nate Storm Publisher : Direwolf Year Published:  2025 BGG Weight:  3.66 Introduction: Dune Imperium is a great game combining the mechanisms of deck builders and worker placement. This game has two iterations now Dune Imperium and Dune Uprising. The expansion Bloodlines like all of the previously released expansions works for both iterations for the game.  However, this time there is content in Bloodlines that is only relatable to Uprising. Covering the unique features of contracts, spies and sandstorms, there are various deck cards, intrigue cards a range of contracts and lea...