👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 1-5⏳Time: 45-60 Minutes🎂Ages: 10+⚙️Mechanisms: Card Placement, Engine Building Fishie-span…ahh I mean Finspan, is the third game in the Wingspan universe. Set in the ocean, you play as a marine researcher whose job is to discover new fish as you explore the murky depths. Finspan is played over four rounds of six turns each. You … Continue reading Case File: Finspan
Azul Duel is a two player specific version of the classic tile laying game Azul. It's packed with new concepts to keep you interested while feeling familiar to anyone who's played before
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2-5⏳Time: 30m🎂Ages: 8+⚙️Mechanisms: Card Drafting Colour Colour Colour Colour Colour Chameleon! We’ve been playing Coloretto from designer Michael Schacht. It’s a card game for 2-5 players where you try to gather the best sets of Chameleon cards. On your turn you have two options. You can either draw a card from the deck and … Continue reading Case File: Coloretto
Mycelia is a game where your job is to grow the best mushroom kingdom. Each player starts with just a single mother mushroom, and from there you expand by spreading spores. Spores can be used at plant extra mushrooms, adding to your network and increasing your options for further growth.
Captain Flip is one of those rare games that we think we could teach to pretty much anyone, but there’s enough in it to keep us interested as well. You wouldn’t think that something so simple could be so tense and engaging, but it really is that flippin’ good!
Rivages is a pass and write boardgame where you explore the islands in search of lost knowledge
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2-5⏳Time: 10-25 mins🎂Ages: 10+⚙️Mechanisms: Card Drafting, Placement “Hear ye!, hear ye! The King has declared a party…a COMBO party” We’ve been playing Castle Combo from Pandasaurus Games. It’s a card drafting and placement game where you get exactly nine turns to gather nobles and townsfolk together into a 3 by 3 grid. Each card … Continue reading Case File: Castle Combo
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2-6⏳Time: 30 mins🎂Ages: 10+⚙️Mechanisms: Pick and Pass, Card Drafting Ours is a house divided. Steph is a lifelong Star Wars fan while I think it’s only logical to prefer another franchise that also starts with “Star”. That hasn’t stopped us from both enjoying Star Wars Bounty Hunters, a fantastic new release from Zygomatic Games. … Continue reading Case File: Star Wars Bounty Hunters
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2⏳Time: 30-45 minutes🎂Ages: 10+⚙️Mechanisms: Card Drafting, Set Collection, Area Control, Racing We’ve been on an adventure in recent weeks, playing The Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-Earth. Despite a name that’s almost as long as the walk to Mordor, it’s an absolutely fantastic boardgame that builds on the design of 7 Wonders Duel. … Continue reading Case File: The Lord of the Rings : Duel for Middle-Earth
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2-5⏳Time: 20-30 mins🎂Ages: 8+⚙️Mechanisms: Set Collection, Take That A banquet with the Queen sounds fun right? Well it can be, as long as you don’t mind a little backstabbing, spying and some court intrigue with your food! We’ve been busy playing Courtisans, a 2-5 player game where you try to influence which families at … Continue reading Case File: Courtisans
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