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Orbit: Review  Information: Mechanics:  Race, Multi-Use Cards,  Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  2 - 4 Players Time to Play:  30 - 60  Minutes  Game Designer:   Reiner Knizia Game Artist:   Vincent Dutrait Publisher:  Bitewing Games Year Published:  2025 BGG Weight:   1.75 Disclaimer:   A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Orbit is a racing game with a clear objective; move around space, visit the seven planets, and return to the starting planet. The challenge in Orbit is that the planets are in, well, orbit. As players play cards, planets will move along their designed orbits. Players have to plan the best course in how to visit these planets in the most efficient way possible. This may be hitching a ride on a moving planet, consuming battery power to go further, or gaining perks from space stations along the way.     Game Anatomy: Main Board: The main board contai...

Biathlon Blast: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Hand Builder, Race, Hand Management, Resource Management (Pulse) Player Age:  14+ Player Count:  2  - 6  Players Time to Play:  45  Minutes  Game Designer:   Lars Max Jensen, Carl Tenland Game Artist:   Damien Mammoliti, Alex Tantraz [OuKinoSama] Publisher : CarlMax Year Published:  2025 BGG Weight:  2.00 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Rundown: Sports are slowly becoming a more prominent theme in boardgames. Biathlon Blast uses an interesting winter sport that has contestants both skiing and rifle shooting in a race testing endurance and precision. In terms of the tabletop, this means that players are racing over the course of three laps while monitoring their pulse, timing the wind, planning the right movement and shooting at the target range. This is all with the goal to be the first player across the finish lin...

Star Wars - Super Teams: Review Information: Mechanics:  Race, Hand Management, Team Based Player Age:  7+ Player Count:  2 - 4 Players Game Designer:  Max Gerchambeau Game Artist:  Derek Laufman BGG Weight:  1.00 Publisher:  Zygomatic, Asmodee Time to Play:  30 Minutes  Year Published:  2025 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by Asmodee Introduction: Star Wars Super Team is a racing game where players are trying to get one or two pairs of ships across the end of the racetrack, playing either individually or as a team. The catch with this game is that players will have only six cards each round and will not draw cards until their hand is depleted. Each card will have a ship colour and a movement. Players can move the other players' ships as well as their own based on the cards in their hand. This mechanism makes the game a challenge in how players optimise their card timing.  Game ...

Zoo Vadis: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Voting, Negotiation, Race Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  3 - 7 Players Time to Play:  20 - 40  Minutes  Game Designer:   Robert Hovakimyan Game Artist:   A. Giroux, Gary Chalk Publisher: Bitewing Games Year Published:  2024 BGG Weight:   2.11 Disclaimer:   A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Rundown: Zoo Vadis is a re-imagining of Quo Vadis, an older Reiner Knizia title. This game has a unique combination of tense negotiation and racing to the exit, not only to score but to later block other players from scoring. Zoo Vadis has players advancing from the entrance of the zoo up to the star exhibit. The star exhibit only has a certain number of vacancies (based on player count) and the game will immediately end once this exhibit is full. Any player in the exhibit is eligible to score, however, only the player with the most laurels (money) wil...

Oh Crab!: Buzz Review Information: Mechanics:  Racing, Deck Building, Modular Board. Player Age:  8+ Player Count: 2 - 5 Players Time to Play: 40  - 60 Minutes Game Designer:  Bartosz Szopka, Bartłomiej Zielonka Game Artists:  Radosław Jaszczuk P ublisher : Smart Flamingo Games Year Published:  2024 BGG Complexity:  2.0 Disclaimer:  A preview copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Basic: Oh Crab! Is a racing game where you aim to be the first crab to reach the sea. To do this, each turn players simultaneously select one card to play face-down. Then in clockwise order, starting with the player with the chef marker, you are adding the chosen card to a personal tableu of connected cards. This can either be to the right or left of previously played cards, it cannot be between existing cards. In any order you can activate any and all actions on your played card, moving your crab closer to the sea. If you play the 'Rest' card, aft...

Corsairs of Valeria: Review Information: Mechanics:  Dice Rolling, yahtzee, Race Player Age:  8+  Player Count:  2 - 5  Players  Time to Play:  15 - 20   Minutes  Game Designer :  Wouter van Strien Game Artist:   Mihajlo Dimitrievski Publisher : Daily Magic Games Year Published:  2020 BGG Weight:  1.00 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: Argh me matey's! Hoist the mainsail and lift the anchor because Valeria has entered the high seas with this latest aquatic adventure. Corsairs of Valeria is a push your luck/Yahtzee dice rolling/racing game. The aim is simply to make your way up the board and gain 6 treasures. If 6 treasures has been gained by a player then the game ends immediately and they are the winner. The game may also end if the track had been completed twice and whoever has the most treasure at the end of the game is the winner. Game Anatomy: Ship Boards: The ship ...