We Love Games – Board Game News & Reviews
Walking in Burano is a beautiful little set collection game that combines 3 of our favorite things – beautiful townscapes, set collection featuring multiple scoring strategies, and cats! Check out Game in a Minute for more info!
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Roar and Write is a new roll & write game from Galactic Raptor Games and a spiritual successor to the absolutely fantastic and completely gorgeous Animal Kingdoms. While the original was a great hand management/area majority game, Roar and Write trades in the cards for dice and gives each player their own kingdom scorepad to keep track of. The goal is still the same – be the player with the most points at the end to win the game and be named the new ruler, but can Roar and Write keep up with its predecessor? Let’s find out!
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Bites is a beautifully-produced, deceptively simple set collection game about ants grabbing snacks! With chunky tiles and ever-changing rules, is Bites a delicious morsel, or a table-scrap worth skipping? Check out Game in a Minute and find out!
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Title: Unmatched Battle of Legends, Vol. 1 Publisher: Mondo Games, Restoration Games Release Date: 2019 Designer: Rob Daviau, Justin D.
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In Animix, players will try to score the most points by gaining majority control over the suits of animal cards while maneuvering the tableau into an optimal scoring configuration. Does this abstract set majority game seem like a good fit for you? Check out Game in a Minute this week to find out!
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Amidst the mounting outcry from prominent voices in the tabletop community for their lack of any statement on #BlackLivesMatter, the
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We recently did a Game in a Minute feature on Squire for Hire, and for those who can’t spare the 60 seconds to watch it I will summarize here by saying that it’s a light, fun, super-portable little puzzle of a microgame that we’ve really enjoyed. It’s not every game that sings the song of the unsung heroes of every fantasy adventure – the people in charge of organizing and carrying the hero’s bags! We loved the art and found its modest card count belied a game that delivered a delicious bite of gameplay.
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Dungeon Mayhem is an uncomplicated little brawl of a card game. We found that it fell flat with 2, but more players might mean more fun, except of course for the inevitable pile-ons that could easily occur.
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Title: Friends of a Feather Genre: Set Collection Publisher: Ravensburger Release Date: 2019 Designer: Forrest-Pruzan Creative, Prospero Hall Player Count:
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Conspiracy: Abyss Universe manages to bring a lot of what we love about Abyss (one of our favorite games) to a smaller, tighter format. Want to know more about this beautifully illustrated drafting game? Watch Game in a Minute and find out!
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