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Wedding Seating Chart: Review

Wedding Seating Chart: Review Information: Mechanics:   Drafting, Point Salad Player Age:  8 +   Player Count:   1 -  2  Players Time to Play:   2 0   Minutes Game Designer:   Igor Zuber Game Artist:  Denis Mandrysz Publisher :  Smart Flamingo Games Year Published:   2025 Disclaimer:   A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Weddings are big, stressful events but there’s nothing worse than awkward and stilted conversation at the most important table, the wedding table. Wedding Seat Chart is a two-player drafting game where players fill seats for either the bride or groom. Each guest has a unique scoring condition based on those in the seats around them.  Game Anatomy: Wedding Table: At the wedding table is 16 seats that players will take turns filling one at a time. At the end of the game, the bride and groom will be moved around the table to chat to their guest...

Primal Hex: BUZZ Review

Primal Hex: BUZZ Review  Information: Mechanics:   Area Control, Dice Rolling, Programming Player Age:  10 +   Player Count:   2 - 4  Players Time to Play:   30 - 60 Minutes Game Designer:   Marcin SokoÅ‚owski Game Artist:  MichaÅ‚ Teliga Publisher :  Smart Flamingo Games Year Published:   2025 Disclaimer:   A preview copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Basics: Primal Hex is an action programming game that has players vying for control of tiles to gain points through global objectives (season cards), a hidden objective (advisor card), or by using an action to score on surrounding tiles up to five points. This is a demo copy and the final copy may include different art/components. At the start of a round players will simultaneously roll their 10 dice, gaining any result of 4, 5, or 6 as a success.  Each player will then plan their fate card (a card that will modify the game state, or state...

Eye to Eye: Review

Eye 2 Eye: Review Information: Mechanics:   Bluffing, Real-Time Player Age:  8 +   Player Count:   2  Players Time to Play:   1 0   Minutes Game Designer:   BartÅ‚omiej Buller, Mateusz Puchalski, Daniel Jan Kownacki, Krystian Kamil Najder Game Artist:  Dawid Malik Publisher :  Smart Flamingo Games Year Published:   2024 BGG Weight:   1.00 Disclaimer:   A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Eye 2 Eye is a two-player memory game. The key twist is that players have to remain eye-to-eye literally as they stare at each other throughout the game. Players are building four communal piles from the cards in their hands. When two passes occur in a row through both players or one player. The round will end and each player will select a pile. Whichever player has a better poker hand and doesn't have the broken weapon card will win and land a wound on their opponent.  T...