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Thrown: Review

Thrown: Review Information: Mechanics:  Trick-Taking Player Age:  14+  Player Count:  3 - 5  Players  Time to Play:  40  Minutes  Game Designer :  Adam Porter Game Artist:    Brian Lee (II), Octographics Publisher : Wizkids Year Published:  2019 BGG Weight:  2.00 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: 'Thrown' is a trick-taking game that has players winning gold after every trick and trying to achieve the most gold by the end of round (rounds are equal to player count). Unlike other trick-taking games, there is a unique twist to this play. Instead of playing tricks with cards, dice will be rolled instead. Fear not though as these dice can be mitigated by discarding a white or red die in your unrolled pool to help yourself (white) or harm your opponents (red). Card Anatomy: Each card in the game can link to a different coloured dice in the advanced game, but for this revi...

Kings Struggle: Review

Kings Struggle: Review Information: Mechanics:  Trick Taking, Hand Management, Negotiation, Set Collection Player Age:  14+  Player Count:  3 - 6  Players Time to Play:  30 -  60  Minutes  Game Designer:  Robert Burke Game Artist:   Weberson Santiago Publisher : Wizkids BGG Weight: 2.00 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: Time to negotiate and plan your way to victory. In 'Kings Struggle' you will play one card each round, whoever has the highest card will win the trick and will take every card in the trick, at the end of the game these cards will be used as points based on the run of cards created and sets of the same card. The game is not that simple, each card has a unique ability that will earn gold (victory points), change the number on cards, play new cards or remove cards from the trick. Game Anatomy: Card Anatomy: Each player will have ten ...