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Stamp Swap: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Set Collection, I Split You Choose, Drafting, Polyomino  Player Age:  14+  Player Count:  1 - 5  Players  Time to Play:  20  - 60  Minutes  Game Designer:   Paul Salomon Game Artist:  Conner Gillette Publisher : Stonemaier Games Year Published:  2024 BGG Weight:  2.00 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Rundown: Stamp Swap is a three day (rounds) convention where attendees will collect, swap, and display their stamps in an attempt to score the best in their chosen contest each day. This is done by drafting stamps either face-up or face-down until six are drafted by each player. Then everyone will split their gained stamps into two piles, one will be taken by an opponent and the other will be added to your player mat, alongside the pile you select to take from an opponent. Alteration: This is a fast point-salad game filled w...

Isle of Cats - Explore and Draw: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Roll (Flip) and Write, Polyomino, Set Collection Player Age:  8+ Player Count:  1 - 6  Players Time to Play:  30 - 45  Minutes  Game Designer:   Frank West Game Artist:  Dragolisco, Frank West Publisher : The City of Games Year Published:  2022 BGG Weight:  2.00 Rundown: In Isle of Cats: Explore and Draw you are filling your ship with numerous cats and treasures over seven rounds. Players will have four columns and three rows filled with eight green cards that commonly have cats and four blue cards that commonly have lessons. Each of these decks also has treasure cards and Oshax cards that act as a larger cat of your choice. Each round players will choose one of the columns and draw the three cards onto their ship. Within these seven rounds, you are trying to create a family of cats where a family consists of three or more of the same coloured cat connected on yo...

Prehistories: Review Information: Mechanics:  Plyomino, Tile Placement, Bidding Player Age:  8+  Player Count:  2 - 5  Players Time to Play:  30  Minutes  Game Designer:   Alexandre Emerit, Benoit Turpin Game Artist:  Camille Chaussy Publisher : VR Distribution, The Flying Games Year Published:  2020 BGG Weight:  1.5 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: Players each control one prehistoric nomadic tribe that goes hunting then paint their achievements within their cave. This is a tile-placement polyomino game with a unique bidding turn order system. Card Anatomy: Hunter Cards: These cards will be used to determine turn order, as well as which animal tiles you can gain each turn. There is a deck of 12 cards that range in strength 1-6. Player Aid Card: This card will explain how many cards a player will draw at the end of a round and easily depicts the wound system at a quick glanc...