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Dice Throne - Mystic Brawler: Review

Dice Throne - Mystic Brawler: Review Information: Mechanics: Engine Builder, Head to Head, Yahtzee Mechanism, Variable Player Powers, Take That Player Age: 8+  Player Count:  2 - 6 Time to Play: 20 - 40 Minutes  Game Designer: Manny Trembley, Nick Malara, Nate Chatellier Game Artist:   Manny Trembley, Gavan Brown Publisher : Dice Throne Year Published: 2026 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction : I personally am a massive fan of variable setup games in particular head to head games. Dice throne is essentially mixing head to head games and Yahtzee. For the initial review of how the mechanism work click here . This review however, is focusing on the character Mystic Brawler. Dice Throne is a system that is constantly looking at how they release their expandable game. So far there have been numerous sets of four character packs and duel character packs of two characters. Spanning over forty characters. ...

Radlands: Review

Radlands: Review Information: Mechanics:  Two-Player, Head to Head,  Player Age:  14+  Player Count:  2  Players Time to Play:   20 - 40  Minutes  Game Designer:  Daniel Piechnick Game Artist:   Lina Cossette, Damien Mammoliti, Manny Trembley Publisher : Roxley Year Published:  2021 BGG Weight:  2.22 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: Radlands is a head-to-head game set in a post-apocalyptic world where water is the only resource that matters. War is all this world knows so strike first and strike hard. With the aid of your multi-use cards the aim is simply to destroy all the camps controlled by the other player.  Game Anatomy: Throughout the deck there are two card types; person cards and event cards. All cards in this deck are multi-use cards consisting of an ability in the top left that can be discarded as junk to instantly use at no cost or the card can be p...

Dice Throne (Tactician vs Huntress): Review

Dice Throne (Tactician vs Huntress): Review Information: Mechanics:  Engine Builder, Head to Head, Yahtzee Mechanism, Variable Player Powers, Take That Player Age:  8+  Player Count:  2  Players, Up to 6 Players by adding in any more of the characters Time to Play:   20 - 40  Minutes  Game Designer:  Manny Trembley, Nate Chatellier Game Artist:   Manny Trembley, Gavan Brown Publisher : Roxley Year Published:  2018 BGG Weight:  1.88 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: The aim is simple, you want your combatant to reign supreme and be able to sit upon the throne by eliminating all enemy threats. In this game you want yourself or your team to be the last player(s) standing with health. Components: Tokens: Each token has different effects displayed by the character sheet with a stack limit showing how many of these tokens one player can have at an...