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Dice Throne - Mystic Brawler: Review Information: Mechanics: Engine Builder, Head to Head, Yahtzee Mechanism, Variable Player Powers, Take That Player Age: 8+  Player Count:  2 - 6 Time to Play: 20 - 40 Minutes  Game Designer: Manny Trembley, Nick Malara, Nate Chatellier Game Artist:   Manny Trembley, Gavan Brown Publisher : Dice Throne Year Published: 2026 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction : I personally am a massive fan of variable setup games in particular head to head games. Dice throne is essentially mixing head to head games and Yahtzee. For the initial review of how the mechanism work click here . This review however, is focusing on the character Mystic Brawler. Dice Throne is a system that is constantly looking at how they release their expandable game. So far there have been numerous sets of four character packs and duel character packs of two characters. Spanning over forty characters. ...

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 ...

Aspens: Ancient Artifacts Review Information : Mechanics : Resource Management, Abstract, Area Control  Player Age : 10+ Player Count : 2 Players Game Designer: Neil Edwards, Luke Roberts BGG Weight: 1.75 Publisher : Ludivore Games Time to Play: 20 - 45 Minutes  Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher.  Year Published: 2025 Introduction : Aspens is an abstract area control game where players are trying to grow their forest wider to win and larger to adjust the luck of the dice in their favour. For the original review click here. Aspens Ancient Artifacts create game changing powers to the game that can be used as a free action on a later turn, gained by the first  player to possess four trees adjacent to the token first. Setup : As part of setup six artifact tokens are drawn from the bag and placed in the below locations.  The players will then find the matching cards and display them next to t...

Aspens - Majestic Marvels: Review : Information : Mechanics : Resource Management, Abstract, Area Control  Player Age : 10+ Player Count : 2 Players Game Designer: Neil Edwards, Luke Roberts BGG Weight: 1.75 Publisher : Ludivore Games Time to Play: 20 - 45 Minutes  Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher.  Year Published: 2025 Introduction : Aspens is a fun abstract game where players are focused on building a forest to manipulate the dice in their favour whether they are spreading trees, so the direction die does not affect them or adding more trees to a space to increase the possibility of gaining trees more often. In the base game players are trying to spread their trees creating closed off areas resulting in large cascades (cascades is a way to fill multiple locations at once by closing off access to the opponent). For the original review of the original game click here. In the original game each player scored each locatio...

Jump Drive - Terminal Velocity: Review Information: Mechanics: Engine-Building, Simultaneous Play Player Age: 14+ Player Count: 2 - 5  Players Time to Play: 30 Minutes  Game Designer: Thomas Lehmann, Eric Kaminsky Game Artist: Martin Hoffmann, Claus Stephan, Mirko Suzuki Publisher : Rio Grande Games Year Published: 2023 BGG Weight: 2.23 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction : Jump drive is a fast engine building game that is a race to 60 points. This game shares the world of Race to the Galaxy by Rio Grande. Terminal Velocity is a modular expansion that simply adds more variability at a low addition of complexity. For starters this expansion adds more variability on cards adding a further 21 cards into the deck. But what it adds more is another additional player, starting worlds and goals. Fifth Player: Jump drive is now playable at five players, with a new starting set of cards (if used) represented...

Viticulture Bordeaux: Review Information: Mechanics:  Worker Placement, Engine Building, Contracts, Hand Management Player Age:  14+ Player Count:  1 - 6  Players Time to Play:  90 - 120  Minutes  Game Designer:   Jamey Stegmaier Game Artist:  Sylvain Leroy Publisher : Stonemaier Games  Year Published:  2026 BGG Weight:  3.23 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction : Viticulture is over ten years old, it is the first game from Stonemaier. Over the years there has been an essential edition and Tuscany that revamp the rules balancing and creating new gameplay challenges for Viticulture fans. Bordeaux is an incredibly small expansion physically for the game featuring some solo components, a new board and several cubes. This board however drastically changes the gameplay loop of Viticulture, this expansion will sit with Tuscany and essential edition in revamping Viticultu...

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...