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Review of Fantasy Realms

Game: Fantasy Realms Designer: Bruce Glassco Published: Wizkids Players: 2-7 players Playtime: 10-20 Minutes Play Type: Set Collection, Card Drafting   Synopsis: You are a ruler trying to build a realm that is stronger than any other. Ruling comes with many difficult decisions, you must choose the kind of ruler you plan on being. Will you… Continue reading Review of Fantasy Realms

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Review of Visit from the Rhine Valley

Expansion: Visit from the Rhine Valley Base Game:  Viticulture Published: Stonemaier Games Players: 1-6 players Playtime: 1 hour-1 hour 30 Minutes Other Expansions Needed: No Overview Positives: Provides variety Stronger focus on theme Helps to build engine Easier to learn for new players Negatives Replaces prior components/ expansions in game play Cannot be combined with… Continue reading Review of Visit from the Rhine Valley

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Review of Lucidity

Game: Lucidity Designer: Shannon Kelly Published: Renegade Game Studios Players: 1-4 players Playtime: 20-30 Minutes Play Type: Push Your Luck, Dice Collection Synopsis: You close your eyes, and you are once again sucked into a dreamworld. You have a sense of urgency to break this hold on you. In the darkness lurks monsters who haunt… Continue reading Review of Lucidity

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Review of Christmas Lights

Game: Christmas Lights Designer: Chad Head and Adam Collins Published: 25th Century Games Players: 2-6 players Playtime: 10-30 Minutes Play Type: Card Game, Set Collection, Memory CHRISTMAS LIGHTS KICKSTARTER   Synopsis: It is time to deck the halls and trim the tree. You have opened your decorations box, and need to find the perfect string of lights to… Continue reading Review of Christmas Lights

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Non-Spoiler Review of Charterstone

Game: Charterstone Designer: Jamey Stegmaier Published: Stonemaier Games Players: 1-6 players Playtime: 45-75 Minutes Play Type: Legacy Worker Placement     ***While it is a difficult task to review a legacy game without spoilers, I will try to do this as little as possible. I will not spoil any story elements.*** Synopsis: The Forever King… Continue reading Non-Spoiler Review of Charterstone

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Review of The Grimm Forest

Game: The Grimm Forest Designer: Tim Eisner Published: Druid City Games Players: 2-4 Playtime: 40-60 Minutes Play Type: Resource Management/ Take That/ Set Collection   Synopsis: Generations may have gone by, but the descendants of The Three Little Pigs still face the same adversity that they have for generations. That does not stop them though, they… Continue reading Review of The Grimm Forest

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Review of Kingdomino

Game: Kingdomino Designer: Bruno Cathala Published: Blue Orange Games Players: 2-4 Playtime: 15-20 Minutes Play Type: Tile Placement/ Tile Drafting   Synopsis: You are a powerful lord seeking to expand your kingdom into new lands. You will grow as a kingdom as you explore new territories to seek the best combination of mountains, forests, oceans… Continue reading Review of Kingdomino

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Review of Mysterium

Game: Mysterium Designer: Oleksandr Nevskiy Published: Libellud Games Players: 2-7 Playtime: 45 Minutes- 1 Hour Play Type: Co-op Deduction Synopsis: Mr. Macdowell has hired mediums to help decipher ghostly visions from a supernatural entity who is inhabiting his home. These mediums will have only seven hours to solve a dated mystery. What happened to the… Continue reading Review of Mysterium

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Review of Planet Defenders

Game: Planet Defenders Designer: Wei-Min Ling Published: Renegade Game Studios Players: 2-4 Playtime: 30-60 Minutes Play Type: Resource Management   Synopsis: The world is under attack from devious robots, set on stealing resources and taking over our colonized planets. Your job is to help guide the Planet Defenders to kill the robots and save the… Continue reading Review of Planet Defenders

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Review of Century: Golem Edition

Game: Century: Golem Edition Designer: Emerson Matsuuchi Published: Plan B Games Players: 2-5 Playtime: 30-45 Minutes Play Type: Engine Builder/ Card Drafting Synopsis: You are a caravan leader, traveling  up and down the exotic Golem Road. You hope to gain and deliver the rare crystals that can be bought and sold on the beautiful Golem… Continue reading Review of Century: Golem Edition