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Honeycomb Hustle: Review

Honeycomb Hustle: Review Information : Mechanics : Drafting, Autoplay, Bag Building, Tile Placement Player Age : 10+ Player Count : 2 - 8 Players Game Designer: Jake Jenne, Nate Jenne Game Artist : Nate Jenne Publisher : Last Night Games Time to Play: 30  Minutes  Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher.  Year Published: 2026 Introduction : Honeycomb Hustle is a welcoming game that combines bag building, tile placement and autoplay mechanisms. Players will build their honeycomb numerous times throughout the game in the pursuit of being able to afford honey and having the most honey in their bag at the end of the game. Each round the player will build their honeycomb trying to gain the most flowers (currency to buy honey), whichever player has the most flowers will also gain the first option of the new tile to be added to their bag.  Game Anatomy: Honey and Nectar Tiles: Honey tiles cost five flowers and Nectar...

Everdell Emerland: Review

Everdell Emerland: Review Information: Mechanics: Worker Placement, Engine Builder Player Age: 10+  Player Count: 1 - 4  Players  Time to Play:  30 - 120 Minutes  Game Designer: James. A. Wilson, Clarissa A. Wilson Game Artist:    Lina Cossette, David Forest Publisher : Tychoon Games Year Published: 2023 BGG Weight:  3.13 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by Lets Play Game. Introduction : Everdell is a growing franchise that blends engine building and worker placement perfectly. The base game review can be found here . This review is focusing more on the changes the standalone edition Emerland brings. Players are still balancing the act of sending their workers to gain resources and building their tableu. The main change in Emerland comes from the juggle between two worker types, the standard workers and the helpers. As well  as an evolution on the cards to feature two sides, giving the players a way to dev...

Finest Fish: Review

Finest Fish: Review Information : Mechanics : Drafting, Pattern Recognition Set Collection, Tile Placement Player Age : 10+ Player Count : 2 - 4 Players Game Designer: Jake Jenne,  Nate Jenne Game Artist : Jake Jenne BGG Weight: 1.38 Publisher : Last Night Games Time to Play:  30 - 60 Minutes  Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher.  Year Published: 2022 Introduction : Finest Fish is a tile placement game that will have you designing a calico goldfish. The turns are very approachable with depth in optimising the three scoring conditions. Creating long groups of the same scale; meeting pattern cards and collecting black scales.  Game Anatomy: Fish and Scales: Each player will have a fish board. This is where the player will build the colours of their fish using scales that will be drafted and traded throughout the game. The players will start at the left hand side of the fish board and will grow...

Dog Park: Review

Dog Park: Review Information: Mechanics:  Time Track, Area Majority, Set Collection Player Age: 10 + Player Count: 1 - 4 Players Time to Play:  40 - 80  Minutes  Publisher : Birdwood Games Game Designer:  Lottie Hazell, Jack Hazell Game Artist: Kate Avery, Holly Exley, Dann May Year Published: 2022 BGG Weight:  2.16 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introductions: Dog Park is a game themed around the lavish lifestyle of being a dog walker. Players will play over four rounds, selecting new dogs to add to the kennel, selecting which dogs to send on walks, at what pace, and what locations to stop at during the walk and finally returning the dogs home. Players are pursuing reputation from their objective card, some dogs end-game scoring, and largely the set collection of certain breeds. Players will have to be willing to change the dogs they are walking, as well as the dogs in their kennel to fully o...