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The Deadlies: Review

The Deadlies: Review Information: Mechanics:  Hand Management, Card Shedding Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  3 - 5   Players Time to Play: 30   Minutes  Game Designer:  Paul Saxberg Game Artist:  Leah Fuhrman Publisher : Smirk and Dagger Games Year Published:  2020 BGG Weight:  1.50 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: The Deadlies is a card shedding game where you have to empty your hand of cards three times. Your hand size will start at is but this will decrease by two every time you are successful at emptying your hand. Your opponents won't allow this to happen though and they will constantly be aiming to add cards to our hand. Card Anatomy: Wickedness: Wickedness is your hand size. It will begin at six and will decrease by two every time you empty your hand. Once you have reached zero you have won the game. Deadly Cards: These are the cards players are aiming to get rid of...

Cindr: Rapid Review

Cindr: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Dice Rolling, Push Your Luck Player Age:  14+  Player Count:  1 - 5  Players Time to Play:  30 - 40  Minutes  Game Designer:   Harold Mikolaitis, Benjamin Walker Game Artist:  Leah Fuhrman Publisher : Smirk and Laughter Games, Smirk and Dagger games Year Published:  2020 BGG Weight:  2.00 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Are you an adventurer looking to live on the wild side? If so, then look no further than the new dating app 'Cindr’. You will be dating feisty, fiery dragons but just make sure not to get burnt ;) Rundown: Cindr is a push your luck game where you will be dating dragons and trying to reach 21 love points. On your turn, you can swipe left up to two times on dragons in the dating pool so you can find the dragon most compatible with you. You can choose to date either the new dragon on the top of the dragon app (deck), one of the...

Wooly Whammoth: Review

Wooly Whammoth: Review Information: Mechanics:  Simultaneous Selection, Player Elimination, Hand Management Player Age:  8+ Player Count:  2 - 4 Players  Time to Play:  2 0  - 30 Minutes  Designers:  Rebecca Bleau, Nicholas Cravotta Artists:  Culpeo Fox Publisher:   Smirk and Dagger Games Year Published : 2018 BGG Complexity:  2.00/5 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: Hunting season has arrived, time to gather your cave tribe and either kill mammoths to gain six mammoth meats or outlast the other cave tribes and have a surviving member while no other tribes have any surviving members. Game Anatomy: Cave People: Each player will have a cave tribe of four cave people, all of which matching one colour. Mammoths: At the end of every hunting board there will be a mammoth waiting to either charge at the cave people or be pushed off the cliff by one...

Shobu: Review

Shobu: Review Information: Mechanics:  Abstract, Two Players Player Age:  8+  Player Count:  2  Players Time to Play:  15 -  30  Minutes  Game Designer:  Jamie Sajdak,  Manolis Vranas Publisher : Smirk & Laughter Games Year Published:  2019 BGG Weight:  1.80 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: Following in true abstract fashion, you want to remove all of your opponents pieces. This will be four stones of the opponents colour from one of the four player boards (only one board needs to be controlled but you will end up using them all). Setup: The setup will follow the image below. One player will control all black stones across the four boards, where the other player will control all white stones. Each player will have one light and one dark board in front of them and the four will be divided by a rope. How to Play: Players will take ...