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Review:  Spinderella

Review: Spinderella

Game Title:  Spinderella Publisher:  Zoch Zum Spielen Designer:  Roberto Fiaga Plays:  2-4 Ages:  6+ Time investment:  20 minutes   Spinderella is a great family game that has counting, turn-taking, and some minor decision making.  Each player controls three ants that are trying to find their way through the forest to ...

Review:  Bullfrogs

Review: Bullfrogs

Game Title:  Bullfrogs Publisher:  Thunderworks Games Designer:  Keith Matejka Plays: 2-4 Ages:  8+ Time investment:  20-40 minutes   Bullfrogs is a quick area control game of tactical combat.  You will vie for control of lily pads by playing a card, taking actions, and engaging in amphibian combat.  You will deploy ...

Review:  7 Wonders Duel

Review: 7 Wonders Duel

Game Title:  7 Wonders Duel Publisher:  Repos Productions/Asmodee Designer:  Antoine Bauza and Bruno Cathala Plays:  2 Ages:  10+ Time investment:  30 minutes   Based on the popular card drafting game 7 Wonders, this game is made for exactly two players.  You draft from a pyramid of cards rather than a ...

Review: Chinatown

Review: Chinatown

Game Title:  Chinatown Publisher:  Z-Man Games Designer:  Karsten Hartwig Plays:  3-5 Ages:  12+ Time investment:  60 minutes   Chinatown is a negotiation and economic board game.  Each round you will gain control of shop tiles and parcels of real estate.  Each shop placed on a parcel will earn you income ...

Review:  Super Motherload

Review: Super Motherload

Game Title:  Super Motherload Publisher:  Roxley Games Designer:  Gavan Brown & Matt Tolman Plays:  2-4 Ages:  14+ Time investment:  60 minutes   Super Motherload is a deck-building and resource collecting game.  The game is set on Mars and each player controls a mining corporation that is searching for artifacts and ...

Review:  Dice Forge

Review: Dice Forge

Game Title:  Dice Forge Publisher: Asmodee Designer: Regis Bonnessee Plays:  2-4 Ages:  10+ Time investment:  45 minutes   Dice Forge is a dice-crafting game in which the players roll for resources and gold. Gold can be spent to upgrade your dice in the fashion you find most useful and resources ...

Review:  Dungeonquest

Review: Dungeonquest

Title:  Dungeonquest Publisher:  Fantasy Flight Games Designer: Jakob Bonds, Dan Glimne, and Gustav Bonds Plays:  1-4 Ages:  14+ Time investment:  60 minutes   Sunrise finds you and your fellow heroes standing before the door of an ancient dungeon.  Great wealth and treasure await you, but  first you must find the ...

Review: Agricola

Review: Agricola

Title:  Argicola Publisher:  Mayfair Designer: Uwe Rosenberg Plays:  1-4 Ages:  12+ Time investment:  90+ minutes   Agricola is set in the 17th century.  You and your spouse live in a modest two room wooden hut and eke out a living as a farmer.  Over the course of multiple rounds you ...

Review:  The Grizzled

Review: The Grizzled

Title:   The Grizzled Publisher:  Cool Mini or Not Designer:  Fabien Riffaud & Juan Rodriguez Plays:  2-5 Ages:  14+ Time investment:  30 minutes   The Grizzled is a cooperative game set during World War I.  You and your fellow grizzled soldiers must navigate the trials deck while taking just enough risks ...

Review:  Sheriff of Nottingham

Review: Sheriff of Nottingham

Title:   Sheriff of Nottingham Publisher:  Arcane Wonders Designer:  Sergio Halaban & Andre Zatz Plays:  3-5 Ages:  14+ Time investment:  60 minutes   Sheriff of Nottingham is a game of bribery, bluffing, and smuggling.  Players will take the turns playing the role of the sheriff.  As the sheriff, you can be ...