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Sagrada Remastered: Rapid Review

Sagrada Remastered: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics: Dice Rolling, Pattern Building, Sudoku Player Age: 15 + Player Count: 1 - 4 Players Time to Play: 30 - 45 Minutes  Publisher : Floodgate Games Game Designer: Adrian Adamescu, Daryl Andrews Game Artist: Peter Wocken Year Published: 2025 BGG Weight: 1.72 Disclaimer: A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Rundown : Sagrada is a dice placement game about designing stained glass windows that feels very much like a sudoku puzzle brought into board game form. I have reviewed the first edition of the game here . This review is a combination explaining the game but also diving into the differences of first and second edition.  In 10 rounds players are placing dice in pursuit of legally being able to place more dice but also in pursuit of public and private scoring conditions. Each round players will be snake drafting dice choosing from dice equal to the player count plus one. This starts wit...

Jujuman: Buzz Review

Jujuman: Buzz Review Information: Mechanics:  Roll and Write, Pr int and Play, Set collection, Sudoku Player Age:  8 + Player Count:  1 - 99  Players Time to Play:  30 - 60  Minutes  Publisher : Keepers of Fun Game Designer:  Arif Nezih Savi Game Artist:  Mustafa Gocmezler Year Published:  2025 Disclaimer:  A preview copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Basics: In Jujuman, players aim to collect ingredients in order to brew potions. There are five potion rows; two red, two black, and one green. On a turn, three dice will be rolled (one red, one green, and one black),  which everyone will simultaneously choose how to use. Players can choose to use one die, or any mix out of two and three, either adding or subtracting. This value will then be placed in the far left row matching the colour of one of the dice used. For example, a black four, green five and red one is rolled. You could use a five in the green row, have f...

Sagrada: Review

Sagrada: Review Information: Mechanics:  Dice Rolling, Pattern Building, Sudoku Player Age:  15 + Player Count:  1 - 4  Players Time to Play:  30 - 45  Minutes  Publisher : Floodgate Games Game Designer:  Adrian Adamescu, Daryl Andrews Game Artist:  Peter Wocken Year Published:  2017 BGG Weight: 1.72 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Everyone loves to admire the gorgeous stained glass windows often seen at churches. Here with Sagrada , you get to be the constructor of one of these amazing displays. The job is not as easy as it seems as there are constant restrictions throughout that can make you feel like as if your whole board is a sudoku puzzle. In Sagrada up to four players (six with an expansion) are drafting dice for their window in the style of snake drafting this is where the last player takes two and then the drafting order reverses, so the first player will be both th...

Cat Sudoku: Rapid Review

Cat sudoku: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Roll and Write, Sudoku Player Age:  8+ Player Count:  2 - 6  Players Time to Play:  15 -20  Minutes  Game Designer:   Ta-Te Wu Game Artist:   Kaiami Publisher : Sunrise Tornado Game Studio Year Published:  2019 BGG Weight:  1.00 Rundown: Sudoku is a brain training tool to pass the time while waiting for an appointment or when on a road trip and now it can be enjoyed in the furry feline form. Cat Sudoku has done something unique and brought sudoku into board game form using a favoured mechanism of roll and write. Each sheet has a crossword-inspired design to it which are the sudoku rows and columns.  Each row and column should only have numbers from 1-6 occurring once throughout, otherwise the players will lose 2 points per duplicate at the end of the game. Not all rows and columns are created equal though as some are only a few squares long, this is where you can lose points in...

Dungeon Pages: Review

Dungeon Pages: Review Information: Mechanics:  Print and Play, Solo, Roll and Write, Sudoku Player Age:  8+ Player Count:  1 Players Time to Play:  15 - 30  Minutes  Game Designer:  Jason Greeno, Jason Tagmire Game Artist:  Vittoria Pompolani Publisher : PNP Arcade Year Published:  2023 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: Dungeon Pages is a roll-and-write solo adventure. This game contains 6 heroes and 6 dungeons and each can be paired in any preferred way. Players have to navigate through four dungeons by collecting items, gaining experience and defeating enemies. Finally, they must conquer the boss and complete the boss dungeon to win. Players lose if they run out of health, fail to reach a treasure chest in a dungeon, or reach the chest in the boss dungeon before defeating the boss. This is a modular game that benefits from mixing and matching the heroes and dungeons to find differen...