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Ancient Knowledge: Review Information: Mechanics:  Hand Management, Area Control, End Game Bonus, Push Your Luck Player Age:  12+ Player Count:  2 - 5 Players Time to Play:  30  Minutes Per Player Game Designer:   Rémi Mathieu Game Artist:  Pierre Ples, Adrien Rives, Emilien Rotival Publisher : Iello Year Published:  2023 BGG Weight:  2.67 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the VR Distribution. Introduction: Ancient Knowledge is an engine-building game where players are racing to create 14 declined monuments. The monuments will give you abilities that can be accessed either in the timeline, when it declines, as end-game scoring or throughout the game. Players will also build artifacts to give ongoing benefits and players will learn technology for instant effects or end-game scoring. The two crucial resources in the game are cards and lost knowledge. You will constantly be required to discard cards to pay f...

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...

Roll Camera Story Pack - X-mas Movie: Review Information: Mechanics:  Cooperative, Worker Placement, Dice Workers, Set Collection, Variable Player Powers. Player Age:  11+  Player Count:  1 - 6  Players  Time to Play:  45 - 90  Minutes  Game Designer and Artist:   Malachi Ray Rempen Publisher:  Keen Bean Studios Year Published:  2021 BGG Weight:  2.23 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher  Introduction: Tis the season for..lights, camera and action! What better time for a Hollywood cash grab than Christmas time? However, you came a bit late to the idea and your crew is working during the holiday season, so a new mechanism the players have to monitor is holiday cheer. This will get lower every turn based on the amount of problems currently active. The lower your cheer gets the more issues arise like additional costs to scenes and VFX being reduced down to just that symbol, no longer...

Expeditions: Review Information: Mechanics:  Point Salad, Area Control, Engine Building, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement, Hand-Building Player Age:  14+ Player Count:  1 - 5  Players Time to Play:  60 - 90  Minutes  Game Designer:   Jamey Stegmaier Game Artist:   Jakub Rozalski Publisher : Stonemaier Games  Year Published:  2023 BGG Weight:  3.03 Introduction: Expeditions is a sequel to Stonemaier’s beloved Scythe . It uses the same universe and artist as the original Scythe but is unique in its gameplay.  Expeditions is a hand-builder game with light exploration and a very unique implementation of worker placement that has workers being placed as cards are played. This is instead of a more traditional worker placement game with pre-determined or random worker locations. The game will continue until one player has boasted four times then each player will have one last turn before scoring. Game Anatomy: Player Par...