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Scythe: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Point Salad, Area Control, Engine Building, Variable Player Powers Player Age:  14+ Player Count:  1 - 5  Players Time to Play:  90 - 115  Minutes  Game Designer:   Jamey Stegmaier Game Artist:   Jakub Rozalski Publisher : Stonemaier Games  Expansions:  Yes Year Published:  2016 BGG Weight:  3.43 Rundown: Scythe is one of Stonemaier Games original grandiose games. It combines a number of mechanisms including worker placement/area selection, resource management, point salad and area control. Players will be upgrading their boards, fighting, constructing workers, building/unleashing mechs and completing objectives all in the quest to earn stars. Once a player has earnt their sixth star the game will end. Each player will score points at the end of the game for every star placed, every territory under their control and every two resources they own. The points for each of these wil...

Dinoverse: Review Information: Mechanics:  Point Salad, Line Manipulation, Modular Setup Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  2 - 5  Players Time to Play:  30 - 45   Minutes  Game Designer:   Steve Ng Wen Xi Publisher : Capital Gains Studio Year Published:  2022 Disclaimer:  A preview/review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: Capital Gains has launched their latest kickstarter which does not focus on financial aspects, but instead on dinosaurs. Dinoverse is a point salad game with a shared pool of cards that is manipulated throughout the game.  Game Anatomy: Dinosaur Cards: Dinosaurs come in two types; carnivores and herbivores. Each dinosaur has abilities that will activate when they enter the play area (herd) or when they are targeted in the middle of the herd. There is also a scoring ability that will be activated for the two cards in front of each player at the end of the game. There are 5 carnivo...

Marvel United: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Modular Set-Up, Co-Operative, One vs Many, Team Vs, Variable Player Powers, Hand Management Player Age:  13+  Player Count:  1 - 4  Players, 1- 5 Player (X-Men Core Box), 1 - 6 Players (Blue, Gold Expansion) Time to Play:  40  Minutes  Game Designer:   Andrea Chiarvesio, Eric M. Lang Publisher : CMON, Spin Master Year Published:  2020 BGG Weight:  1.81 Rundown: Marvel united has successfully gone through two kickstarters, this means there are two standalone (cross compatible) games, 15 expansions and two stretch goal boxes. Easy to say there is a lot of content for this game. This review will mainly focus on the core system of the game that isn't specific to any standalone game or expansion.  Marvel united is a cooperative game where players will control one character each and work together to take down the villain of the scenario. Everything is modular so there are multiple ...

Isle of Cats - Explore and Draw: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Roll (Flip) and Write, Polyomino, Set Collection Player Age:  8+ Player Count:  1 - 6  Players Time to Play:  30 - 45  Minutes  Game Designer:   Frank West Game Artist:  Dragolisco, Frank West Publisher : The City of Games Year Published:  2022 BGG Weight:  2.00 Rundown: In Isle of Cats: Explore and Draw you are filling your ship with numerous cats and treasures over seven rounds. Players will have four columns and three rows filled with eight green cards that commonly have cats and four blue cards that commonly have lessons. Each of these decks also has treasure cards and Oshax cards that act as a larger cat of your choice. Each round players will choose one of the columns and draw the three cards onto their ship. Within these seven rounds, you are trying to create a family of cats where a family consists of three or more of the same coloured cat connected on yo...

Between Two Cities: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Set Collection, Drafting, Tile Placement Player Age:  14+ Player Count:  1 - 7  Players Time to Play:  25  Minutes  Game Designer:   Matthew O'Malley, Ben Rosset Game Artist:   Beth Sobel Publisher : Stonemaier Games  Expansions:  Yes Year Published:  2015 BGG Weight:  1.82 Rundown: In Between Two Cities , players are trying to build two cities; one shared between the opponents to the left and right. The game is divided into three rounds. In round one and three, each turn will have players selecting two tiles, then after discussing with the players next to them they will place one tile in the city to the left and one in the right. This will continue until there is only one tile left, which is then discarded. Round two has players drawing three duplex tiles (tiles that contain two tiles combined). They will select one duplex tile for each city and discard the third. ...

Disciple Detective: Review Information: Mechanics:  Hand Management, Cooperative/Competitive Player Age:  14+  Player Count:  2 - 5  Players Time to Play:  10 - 20  Minutes  Game Designer:  Lance Hill Game Artist:  Tazia Hall, Medea Phartskhaladze Publisher : Funhill Games Year Published:  2020 BGG Weight:  1.50 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: In Disciple Detective your hand is a mystery to you, in a similar vein to games like Hanabi, your hand of cards will face outwards. Either cooperatively or competitively, you will use your deduction skills to effectively determine which disciples you hold in your hand. Card Anatomy: Disciple Reference Sheet and Note Card: These two references will be needed throughout the game. The note card can be used to eliminate suspects. The reference sheet will show every detail on every card including the traits, numbers and quirks. Disciple C...

Power Rangers Deck-Building Game: Zeo Rangers - Review Information: Mechanics:  Deck Building, Team, Head to Head Player Age:  13+  Player Count:  2 - 4  Players Time to Play:  30 - 70   Minutes  Game Designer:   Matt Hyra, T. C. Petty III Publisher : Renegade game Studios Year Published:  2021 BGG Weight:  2.67 Introduction: Zeo Rangers is a standalone expansion for the Power Rangers deck-building game. This review will be looking at the game as an expansion only, for a review on how to play the base game you can click ‘here’ . New Content: Zeo Sub-Crystals: This is a new card type that represents the main rangers that come in this set. These cards count as wild cards so they can be attached to any space on your character. The cards will give resources but they also have a very powerful move that can be activated only once, following this the card will be destroyed. An example of one ability is gaining maximum energy or doing ...