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Star Wars Rivals: Review Information: Mechanics:  Head to Head, Area Control, Collectible, Modular Player Age:  7+  Player Count:  2  Players  Time to Play:  20  Minutes  Game Designer:   Prospero Hall Publisher:  Funko Games Year Published:  2023 BGG Weight:  1.33 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher and  Lets Play Games. Introduction: The first set of the new Star Wars collectible game by Funko Games, Star Wars Rivals, has been released. 30 characters from across the Star Wars franchise will duke it out in this two-player 15-minute area control game. Each player will choose either the light or the dark side and then select three characters to create their team. Every round players will fight over locations in the centre of the board where the locations being scored will be determined by the dice. After all locations have been scored, whichever player has the most points tallied ...

Charterstone: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Worker Placement, Legacy, Engine Building, City Building Player Age:  14+  Player Count:  1   - 6  Players Time to Play:  45 - 75  Minutes  Game Designer:  Jamey Stegmaier Game Artist:  Lina Cossette, David Forest Publisher : Stonemaier Games Year Published:  2017 BGG Weight:  2.84 Rundown: Charterstone , at its base level, is a worker placement game where you have two workers available. On your turn you either place a worker on any location on the board, bumping any worker there back to that players reserve, or you recall all your workers. Each location has a cost on the left-hand side and the benefit gained on the right-hand side.  The real soul of Charterstone comes from the fact that it is a legacy game. The game is contained within a 12-game campaign, where each game is roughly an hour long. A legacy game is a genre of games that will have unlockables ...

Applejack: Review Information: Mechanics:  Tile Placement, Drafting Player Age:  8+  Player Count:  1 -   4   Players Time to Play:  30 - 60  Minutes  Game Designer:  Uwe Rosenberg Game Artist:  Lukas Siegmon Publisher : Stronghold Games Year Published:  2022 BGG Weight:  1.89 Objective: Throughout Applejack you are creating a thriving orchard of apples and honey production. During the game players will place apple tiles to create a pattern of connected apple types, of which there are seven varieties. These apple chains will score multiple times throughout gameplay which then yields honey via tile connections. Whichever player has the most honey at the end of the game will win (this honey also comes from one last round if scoring all the apples), however, throughout the game honey is used as a currency when adding new tiles to a player's orchard so spend your honey carefully to gain the best point potential.  Game An...

Eminent Domain Escalation: Review Information: Mechanics:  Deck Building, Follow, Hand Management Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  2 - 5  Players Time to Play:  45   Minutes  Game Designer:   Seth Jaffee Game Artist:   Gavan Brown,  Eric J. Carter,  Ryan Johnson Publisher : Tasty Minstrel Games Year Published:  2014 BGG Weight:  2.88 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Escalation is the first expansion for Eminent Domain. The expansion covers a wide range of content including new technology, new planets and, more specifically, it enhances the options available to you when you go down the path of war. Fleet: In the base game the ship tokens were shaped differently but had no gameplay alteration. That has changed with the inclusion of Escalation. There are now three levels of fleets; the fighter, destroyer and battlecruiser. This is shown in the fleet tile that will ...