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Case File: Medical Mysteries: New York Emergency Room

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 1 - 4⏳Time: 30 - 60 minutes🎂Ages: 14+⚙️Mechanisms: Co-operative, deduction Have you found yourself watching medical drama shows like House or Grey's Anatomy, and trying to solve the cases before the characters on the show? Then you'll love Medical Mysteries: New York Emergency Room from Identity Games. In this game, you're working the graveyard shift … Continue reading Case File: Medical Mysteries: New York Emergency Room →

Case File: 6 nimmt! (30th Anniversary Edition)

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦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) →

Case File: Race for the Galaxy

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2-4⏳Time: 30-60 minutes🎂Ages: 12+⚙️Mechanisms: Action Selection, Tableau Building It’s a race…FOR THE GALAXY! We’re still fairly new to modern gaming, having only started in the past six or so years. It means we’ve played plenty of great newer games, but every so often we find we’ve missed a classic. Race for the Galaxy is … Continue reading Case File: Race for the Galaxy →

Case File: Libertalia Winds of Galecrest

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 1-6⏳Time: 45-60 mins🎂Ages: 14+⚙️Mechanisms: Hand management, Action Selection We’ve been having a blast playing Libertalia – Winds of Galecrest. In this game you are the captain of a flying pirate ship, part of a fleet that lands on a different island each day in search of treasure. It’s played over three rounds, each broken … Continue reading Case File: Libertalia Winds of Galecrest →

Case File: Dragonkeepers

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2-4⏳Time: 20 minutes🎂Ages: 8+⚙️Mechanisms: Open drafting, set collection A new game has been hitting my table, and I've been absolutely charmed by the adorable dragons in it. Dragonkeepers from Kosmos is a fun new card game, with art and design by Michael Menzel (of Legends of Andor and The Adventures of Robin Hood fame). Can … Continue reading Case File: Dragonkeepers →

Case File: Flowers (A Mandala Game)

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦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) →

Case File: Wave

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2-4⏳Time: 25 minutes🎂Ages: 10+⚙️Mechanisms: Cooperative, communication limits I love small portable games, and I'm a huge fan of co-ops, so you can imagine how excited I was when I discovered Wave from Kosmos ticked both those boxes. Will you be able to ride the perfect wave? In this surfing-themed game, you work together to try … Continue reading Case File: Wave →

Case File: Linx

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Players: 2-4⏳Time: 15 minutes🎂Ages: 7+⚙️Mechanisms: Tile placement Mashing up two songs results in bangers like Never Gonna Wake You Up (Avicii x Rick Astley). If you link two childhood games together (specifically Tic-Tac-Toe and Rock Paper Scissors), you get Linx from Matagot! Two games link together to become... Linx In Linx, players attempt to get … Continue reading Case File: Linx →