Category: Case File

Case File: The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 1-5⏳Time: 60-150 mins🎂Ages: 14+⚙️Mechanisms: Cooperative, variable player powers, dice rolling, set collection, hand management, solo Fate of the Fellowship from Z-Man Games is a cooperative adventure for 1-5 players. It was designed by Matt Leacock of Pandemic fame and incorporates an enhanced version of the Pandemic system into gameplay that immerses you in the … Continue reading Case File: The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship →

Case File: Brick Like This

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2-8⏳Time: 15 mins🎂Ages: 7+⚙️Mechanisms: Real-time, communication limits, pattern building, team game Brick Like This from LEGO is childhood nostalgia meets party game, and I’m so here for it. Brick Like This is a 2-8 player game, where players work together in teams, racing to correctly build the shape on the cards they have chosen. One player … Continue reading Case File: Brick Like This →

Case File: Fantasy Map Maker

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 1+⏳Time: 30-60 minutes🎂Ages: 10+⚙️Mechanisms: Dice rolling, drawing, map addition, solo Fantasy Map Maker from Doopy Games is part game, part creative endeavour, and unlike most other games, it's also completely relaxing and meditative.  During the game, you will map out features such as mountains, coast, houses, and forest, as well as drawing in prominent … Continue reading Case File: Fantasy Map Maker →

Case File: Crafting the Cosmos

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2-4⏳Time: 60-90 minutes🎂Ages: 14+⚙️Mechanisms: Rondel, Tile Placement, Variable Player Powers, Automatic Resource Growth, Income, Contracts I didn't think a game could become a favourite so quickly, but Crafting the Cosmos from Office Dog Games takes the beauty of space, adds the puzzle-y pattern placement planning (try saying that three times fast) of games like Calico, … Continue reading Case File: Crafting the Cosmos →

Case File: Arkham Horror: Lovecraft Letter

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2-6⏳Time: 15-20 mins🎂Ages: 14+⚙️Mechanisms: Hand management, take that, player elimination, score and reset Would you investigate a mystery if there was a risk you could go insane? That's exactly what you'll do in Arkham Horror: Lovecraft Letter from Zman Games. "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn." Arkham Horror: Lovecraft Letter is a 2-6 player … Continue reading Case File: Arkham Horror: Lovecraft Letter →