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Haven Rapid Review: Information: Mechanics:  Area Control, Set Collection, Hand Management, Push Your Luck Player Age:  12+  Player Count:  2  Players Time to Play:  30 - 45  Minutes  Game Designer:   Alf Seegert Game Artist:  Ryan Laukat Publisher : Red Raven Games Year Published:  2018 BGG Weight:  2.34 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Rundown : Haven is an area control game where players are either fighting as a representation of the city or the forest. The goal is to gain the most shrines and control the majority of the area to gain that section as a safe haven. This is done largely by battling over lore tokens that match the three game elementals. Throughout these battles, players have seekers that have a numerical value. These seeker values cannot exceed the number on the lore token. Otherwise, they will be instantly discarded when combat begins. During combat, there are two val...

Megaland: Review Information: Mechanics:  Push Your Luck, Engine Building Player Age:  8+  Player Count:  2 - 5 Players  Time to Play:   20  Minutes  Designers: Ryan Laukat, Malorie Laukat Artists: Ryan Laukat, Noah Adelman Publisher:   Red Raven Games Year Published : 2018 BGG Complexity:  1.94/5 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: Can you face which monsters the levels throw your way in order create your own thriving megaland? The objective is easy; you want to have the most coins at the end of the game. This is achieved by enduring challenging levels to gain treasures, then spending those treasures to create buildings that will either generate coins or give special abilities. These will help you to delve further into each level, returning with even more loot to spend. Card Anatomy: Treasures: These cards will be awarded to you as you explore a level. ...

Eight-Minute Empire: Review Information: Mechanics:  Resource Management, Area Control, Drafting Player Age:  13+  Player Count:  2  - 5 Players Time to Play:  8 - 20   Minutes  Game Designer & Artist:   Ryan Laukat Publisher : Red Raven Games Year Published:  2012 BGG Weight:  1.63 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: It is time to amass your army and deploy units to build up your soon to be undefeated empire. Your goal will be to establish cities and take control of lands within a set amount of turns (based on player count). At the end of the game, each player will gain one point for each region and continent they control. You will control a region if you have the most armies in a space, and you will control a continent if you have the most regions in a landmass. Lastly, you will gain points based on the resources that have been collected through cards (i...