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Vantage: Review Information: Mechanics:  Narrative, Exploration, Engine Building Player Age: 14+ Player Count: 1 - 6  Players Time to Play:  120 - 180  Minute s  Game Designer: Jamey Stegmaier,  Game Artist:  Valentina Filic, Sören Meding,  Emilien Rotival Publisher : Stonemaier Games  Year Published: 2025 BGG Weight: 2.34 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction : Vantage is no easy feat, this is a true exploration game.  With 415 large cards, 916 standard cards and an array of books referencing interactions. The best way to explain Vantage is a point and click adventure mixed with engine building that makes players intrigued in the personal story they are developing. What I find truly great about this is it is not a campaign game, the gameplay is all contained in each sitting. Game Anatomy: Large Cards: These cards will mainly focus on the vantage view of the playe...

Paupers Ladder: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Exploration, Set Collectio  Player Age:  13+  Player Count:  2 - 4 p layers Time to Play:  60 - 90  Minutes  Game Designer and Artist:   Paul Stapleton Publisher : Bedsit Games Year Published:  2019 BGG Weight:  2.13 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Rundown: Paupers Ladder is an exploration game, where the map will be changed as players explore five different sceneries. These are beaches, forests, mountains, mines, and swamps, all with different decks.  Each deck contains events that are either one-off activations or that remain at the location such as: limited or permanent encounters; ingredients; or hazards, like enemies to be defeated for gold/ingredients/equipment/trophies. The first player to complete three virtues is the winner. Virtues: The virtues include: - Generosity: discarding 30 or 40 gems (two players). - Bravery: disc...

Maps of Misterra: Review Information: Mechanics:  Area Majority, Exploration, Open Drafting, Territory Building Player Age:  10+ Player Count:  1  - 4 Players Time to Play:   45 - 60   Minutes Game Designer :  Mathieu Bossu, Thomas Cariate, Timothée Decroix Game Artists:  Stanislas Puech P ublisher :   Sit Down! Year Published:  2023 BGG Complexity :  2.11 Disclaimer:   A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: A new island has been discovered and Misterra explorers from near and far are coming to chart this new island. One of those expedition teams happens to be yours. As you dive deeper you find you are faced with a quandary; do you fill your parchment paper to meet the island exactly or do you stretch the truth a tad to meet the often extravagant presumption of your sponsor?  Maps of Misterra is a tile placement game where you are scoring for two boards; the shared island board a...