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Doomlings - Imaginary Ends: Review Information: Mechanics:  Set Collection, Tableu Buildimg, Take That Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  2  - 6  Players Time to Play:  20 - 45  Minutes  Game Designer:   Justus Meyer, Andrew Meyer (I) Game Artist:  Justus Meyer Publisher : Doomlings LLC Year Published:  2024 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introductions : Doomlings Imaginary Ends is the best kind of expansion; more of the same. There are three new types of traits introduced (the glittering, moonlings and deeplings), as well as a new card type and modular way to play. Merchants and trinkets are card types that create another scoring opportunity. They award a benefit or a negative effect until they can be 'pocketed' by meeting the objective and scoring extra points at the end of the game. Glitterings: Glitterings add more randomness to the game. The best part being that they reduce t...

Doomlings: The Legends of Enderas - Review Information: Mechanics:  Set Collection, Tableu Buildimg, Take That Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  2  - 6  Players Time to Play:  20 - 45  Minutes  Game Designer:   Justus Meyer, Andrew Meyer (I) Game Artist:  Justus Meyer Publisher : Doomlings LLC Year Published:  2025 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Doomlings: The Legends of Enderas is a new large expansion for the hit game ‘Doomlings’. This expansion includes 133 new unique cards for the returning archetypes of dinolings, mythlings and techlings. There is also a new mechanism called treasures. Each Legend of Enderas expansion contains a unique holo-foil and for the collectors out there, gold packs can be purchased at Doomlings’ website for more holofoil cards or alternate art cards.  Dinolings: Dinolings are very interested in the discard pile as they will often i...

Churrascaria: A Cutthroat Game of Gluttony - Review Information: Mechanics:  Take That, Push Your Luck, Hand Management Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  2 - 6 Players Time to Play:  25 - 35   Minutes  Game Designer:   David M. Thomas Game Artist:  Ellie Jang Publisher : Absurdist Productions Year Published:  2018 BGG Weight:  1.75 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: I am a carnivore and I enjoy that fact so a game with this theme instantly caught my attention. For this game, you are trying to score the most points by eating the most meat (positive points) and ignoring the negative points gained through eating salads and desserts. Players will have a plate in front of them that can hold up to four food cards, any more and they will have to eat (score) the lowest cards. Players will manipulate their own and their opponent's food items through various action cards. Once the food dec...

Doomlings: Review Information: Mechanics:  Set Collection, Tableu Buildimg, Take That Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  2  - 6  Players Time to Play:  20 - 45  Minutes  Game Designer:   Justus Meyer, Andrew Meyer (I) Game Artist:  Justus Meyer Publisher : Doomlings LLC Year Published:  2022 BGG Weight:  1.69 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction : On a doomed distant planet the society will inevitably meet its end in a catastrophic event. For Doomlings, you are trying to adapt your alien species with new traits to better equip them for the slim chance of survival. The goal is to have gained the most points after the third catastrophe hits. Game Anatomy : Gene Pool: The gene pool determines a player's hand size. Several elements throughout the game will cause you to manipulate your gene pool and will also cause you to ‘stabilise’. This will occur at the end of every tur...

Wongamania: Review Information: Mechanics:  Push Your Luck, Stock Manipulation, Economic Player Age:  10+ Player Count:  2 - 5  Players Time to Play:  30 - 60   Minutes  Game Designer:   Xeo Lye Game Artist:  Andy Choo, Wong Chun Xi Publisher : Capital Gains Studio Year Published:  2019 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Wongamania has you exploring the cutthroat world of asset manipulation to accumulate enough wealth to store it away in trust funds and happily retire. However, the other players will manipulate governments, assets and each other to make sure they are the first out of this rat race.  Game Anatomy: Market Cards: The game is largely comprised of these market cards. There are two main types of cards; Action cards and Assets. The bulk of the card are the actions cards that come with special abilities at the bottom of the card and a small cost on the left-hand s...

Bad Doctor: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Tile Placement, Take-That Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  2 - 4  Players Time to Play:  30  Minutes  Game Designer:   Dan Germain, Eric Magnan Game Artist:  Kristina Arwood, Bill Holbrook Publisher : Mayday Games Year Published:  2018 BGG Weight:  2.00 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Rundown : Welcome to the worst hospital around. Throughout Bad Doctor you will score points in two ways; cure a patient’s last ailment or if a patient dies on an opponent’s turn and you have cured some of their past ailments then you gain points. The rules are simple, keep the patient alive. To cure them is just a bonus. This is a tile placement game with simple rules of two actions per turn in any combination of drawing or placing cards. Alteration : The alteration comes from the patient tiles and treatment tiles. Patients have varying health concerns w...

 Happy Dim Sum: Review Information: Mechanics:  Take-That, Set Collection Player Age:  8+  Player Count:  2 - 5  Players Time to Play:  15 - 30  Minutes  Game Designer:   Daniel Wong Game Artist:  Regina Ariella Elvina (Ance.Art) Publisher : Mercat Games Year Published:  2021 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: In Happy Dim Sum you are trying to serve dishes to your fellow patrons to fill them up and be the last player standing. If any player has three full dishes matching the daily special cards revealed then they will be eliminated and the remaining player is the winner. Card Anatomy: Dim Sums: There are nine types of dim sum cards. These cards will have an illustration of the dim sum and the amount that makes a completed dish displayed in an image in the top left of the card. A complete dish is a full grouping of one type of dim sum. Action Cards: These are unique actions t...