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Playing wingspan always includes the unfortunate temptation of Forbidden Cadbury Eggs
Board Games Where You Build a City: The Best Town-Building Games
City-building games hit a very specific nerve. It’s that quiet satisfaction of placing something exactly where it belongs… and then watching your little patch of nothing slowly turn into something that actually works. Sometimes beautifully.Sometimes… not so much. If you love games where you’re planning, building, adjusting, and occasionally regretting a decision three turns too late, this is…
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Hamlet: The Village Building Game (Saturday Review)
Hamlet: The Village Building Game (Saturday Review)
Release Date: 2022Players: 1-4Designer: David ChircopLength: 60-120 minutesArtist: Yusuf ArtunAge: 12+Publisher: Mighty BoardsComplexity: 2.0 / 5Plastic to Non-Plastic: <1%Air to Components: 40% It was a sleepy village in the middle of the countryside. The residents were hard-working, cutting down trees for wood and digging up rocks to construct new buildings and planting and harvesting grains…
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Villagers (Saturday Review)
Release Date: 2019Players: 1-5Designer: Haakon GaarderLength: 45-75 minutesArtist: Haakon GaarderAge: 10+Publisher: Sinister Fish GamesComplexity: 2.0 / 5Plastic to Non-Plastic: <1%Air to Components: 15% The Great Plague was slowly becoming a thing of the past and you had decided to move into the country and start a new village. You had found the perfect location that was big enough to build new…
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The final round (Topic Discussion)
The final round (Topic Discussion)
I don’t know if you’ve ever come across it, but the final round, or sometimes the final few rounds, of a game often feel different to the rest of the game. There is the common term “end game” and the concept of an “end game trigger” in modern board games, so there is a relatively clear distinction between how a game finishes and the rest of the game. In this article, I want to discuss how games…
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Dwellings of Eldervale (Saturday Review)
Dwellings of Eldervale (Saturday Review)
Release Date: 2020Players: 1-5Designer: Luke LaurieLength: 60-150 minutesArtist: Sergio Chaves, Anton Fadeev, Leesha Hannigan, Irina Kuzmina, Merilliza Chan, Nathanael Mortensen, Sasha Radivojevic, Sam Turner, Brian Valeza, Frank WadeAge: 12+Publisher: Breaking GamesComplexity: 3.0 / 5Plastic to Non-Plastic: unknownAir to Components: unknown We were still trying to understand the special powers…
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Lunar Base (Saturday Review)
Lunar Base (Saturday Review)
Release Date: 2021Players: 2-6Designer: Joosep Simm, Kaido Koort, Martin Paroll, Silver TürkLength: 15-30 minutesArtist: Ladislava BohacovaAge: 10+Publisher: Plepic GamesComplexity: 1.5 / 5 The Moon was big enough for all of us, but of course, we were still competing like any other business would. We had to invest a fair amount, 3 credits, to build new modules and expand our base. We needed to…
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Istanbul: The Dice Game (Saturday Review)
Istanbul: The Dice Game (Saturday Review)
Release Date: 2017Players: 2-4Designer: Rüdiger DornLength: 15-30 minutesArtist: Andreas ReschAge: 8+Publisher: Alderac Entertainment GroupComplexity: 1.5 / 5 The bazaar was busy. Traders were displaying their colourful wares on their rickety stalls, shouting into the crowd how they offered the best prices and the best quality. It was mesmerizing to watch, but I had to focus and make sure I…
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