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Waypoints: Review Information: Mechanics:  Roll and Write, Print and Play Player Age:  8+  Player Count:  1 - 100  Players Time to Play:  20 - 40   Minutes  Game Designer:   Matthew Dunstan, Rory Muldoon Game Artist:  Rory Muldoon Publisher : Postmark Games Year Published:  2023 Disclaimer:  A preview copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Over the space of four hikes (rounds) players are going to journey across the outdoors visiting key waypoints including animals, mountains, and lookouts. Waypoints: There are several waypoint tracks that players will fill over the course of the game, where each waypoint on the map can only be visited once. Below is an explanation of waypoint scoring and any bonus abilities they activate. When each waypoint is visited the leftmost point on the track is circled and the player will either gain points or an ability to be activated when they chose. Each track will scor...

Château: Kickstarter Buzz Information: Mechanics:  R oll and Write, Print and Play Player Age:  7 +  Player Count:  1 - 99  Players Time to Play:  15  Minutes  Game Designer:   Martin van Rossum Game Artist:  Luis R. Blanco Publisher : Rolling Rhino Games Year Published:  2023 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Basics: Château is a french word that best translates to castle. In this game, each player is going to have a unique castle with a special layout, and unique rule or limited ability. The objective is so simple it is as elegant as a good Château, you simply want to fill in all the spaces on your board. To do this two dice are rolled every turn and the players will simultaneously use both of these dice to fill their board. On a dice roll of 2-5 the players use a polyomino shape to fill their board. The shape designated for numbers 2 and 3 are reusable the whole game, however, there are ...

Luxury Island: BUZZ Review Information: Mechanics:  Print and Play, Roll and Write, Resource Management Player Count:  2 - 4  Players  Time to Play:   30 Minutes  Year Published:  2022 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Basics: Luxury Island joins the latest and favoured trend of print and play roll and write games. The difference with this game is it also has resource management as you are trying to gain resources from locations to erect buildings and attract tourists. The first player to attract eight tourists wins. On your turn you have three options after rolling the dice:  - Gain gold equal to the difference between the two dice,  - Everyone gains two resources per location they own that matches the two numbers added together,  - Expand/build the amount of times that the highest number divided by the smaller number equals. Expanding will allow a player to buy locations (then gain two resource...

 Thirteen Monsters: B.U.Z.Z. Review Information: Mechanics:  Memory, Head to Head, Take That Player Age:  6+  Player Count:  2 - 8  Players  Time to Play:   30 - 75  Minutes  Game Designer :  Rens Willemsen Game Artist:    Rens Willemsen Publisher : Twisted Stranger B.V. Year Published:  2020 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Kickstarter for numerous years has had constant buzz around their tabletop games. Most games hit Kickstarter before they ever hit retail, to that end I am trying a new type of review to give readers a quick glimpse on what some games on Kickstarter have to offer. It's not the first time I have done Kickstarter reviews. They are often released too late as my current review format requires a bigger review window. Going forward Kickstarter buzz will be here to fix that issue. Basics: On every turn you are trying to build up your arsenal of monsters by t...

Sins: Preview Information: Mechanics:  Deck Building, Hand Management,  Player Age:  12+  Player Count:  1  - 6 Players (1 Deck is only for 2 players) Time to Play: 15 - 90   Minutes  Game Designer:   Daniel Greve, Jacob Lindborg Game Artist: Darryl Petrucci Publisher : Co rtadoo Games Disclaimer:  A preview copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: 'Sins' is a deck building game where you are trying to attack the opponent with power on the bottom of your cards to fill your opponent with despair. At the beginning of a turn, you may choose to check your opponents despair pile. If they have five weakness then you will successfully gain a dominance, where gaining two dominance will successfully win you the game. Card Anatomy: Kosmos Cards: These are the starter cards. Each kosmos  card has a unique artwork and one omni power (white). This power can be used to match any weakness. Sin Car...

Kiitos: Kickstarter Review Information: Mechanics:  Word Game, Hand Management Player Age:  12+  Player Count:  2  - 4 Players Time to Play:  45  - 60   Minutes  Game Designer:  Matthew Thredgold BGG Weight:  1.00 Publisher : Ludogix Disclaimer:  A preview copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: Kiitos is a unique word game that is reminiscent of trick-taking games. In Kiitos you are either trying to get your opponents to finish your word, therefore scoring you positive points, or leave your opponent with no letters that they can play, resulting in that player taking the letters already played as negative points. The way this works is the first player will announce the word that is being built and play the first letter, continued by the next player, each player must play the next letter in the word if possible. If they are unable to do this, they can now change the word by adding on ...