👨👩👧👦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
You've been a slave-gardener for as long as you can remember. And now, everything has been thrown into chaos. The Necrodruid, your old master is dead. You've escaped, but into what? It's hard to be sure. Is the world dying or just being reborn? All the other escapees are looking to you as leader - … Continue reading 7th Citadel Review
👨👩👧👦Players: 1-10⏳Time: 45 minutes🎂Ages: 8+⚙️Mechanisms: Hand management, simultaneous action selection, cooperative mode 6 nimmt! returns again, this time with a 30th-anniversary edition! If you're unfamiliar with 6 nimmt!, the aim is to finish the game with the lowest score. All cards have between 1-7 bullheads, worth 1 point each. Every turn, you will be playing … Continue reading Case File: 6 nimmt! (30th Anniversary Edition)
👨👩👧👦Players: 2-5⏳Time: 30 mins🎂Ages: 14+⚙️Mechanisms: Hand Management, Card Counting, Luck Every so often we play a game and instantly fall in love with it, like we did with Mamma Mia. Designed by Uwe Rosenberg and published by Rio Grande Games, it’s a small box card game for two to five players where you take on … Continue reading Case File: Mamma Mia
👨👩👧👦Players: 2-4⏳Time: 20-30 mins🎂Ages: 10+⚙️Mechanisms: Hand Management, Area Control Spring has sprung here in Australia, so fittingly we’ve been playing Flowers from Lookout Games. It’s for 2-4 players and is a spin-off of the two player only game Mandala. In Flowers, players take turns adding coloured cards to the three mandala locations. Once all six … Continue reading Case File: Flowers (A Mandala Game)
👨👩👧👦Players: 1-4⏳Time: 20-60 minutes🎂Ages: 9+⚙️Mechanisms: Co-operative, hand management, variable player powers, action points Have you ever watched an old supernatural film and wondered how you would fare against the creature? Well, in Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze by Iello Games you're given the chance to take on the role of a hero and find out... in … Continue reading Case File: Unmatched Adventures: Tales To Amaze
Psycho Killer caught my eye initially as it is a locally designed game right here in Canberra. It was initially Kickstarted in 2020, and after a successful campaign, it is now available through their website and locally. Inspired by retro slasher movies, this is a quick, take-that style hand management game where you must avoid injury and attacks from your 'friends'.
Paladins of the West Kingdom is the follow up game from Garphill Games in the West Kingdom Trilogy. In Paladins, you will be managing your faith, strength and influence in order to defend your kingdom, appoint Monks, and spread faith throughout the kingdom, all within 7 rounds! 1 – 4 Players | 90 – 120 … Continue reading Paladins of the West Kingdom Unboxing
Feudum's enormous box, and its weight on Board Game Geek can be a little intimidating. It is one of the biggest boxes on my shelf, and it is filled with so many gorgeous components and intriguing artwork. The copy we are looking at today is a Kickstarter copy, but it is not too different from the … Continue reading Feudum Unboxing
The Godfather: Corleone's Empire is a great mix of area control and worker placement which takes place in New York, with players shaking down businesses to pay tribute to The Don. Unlike many other CMON (Cool Mini Or Not) + Eric Lang games, the game was surprisingly not on Kickstarter, which makes it more readily available … Continue reading The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire Unboxing
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