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Runemasters is a tower defense game where every character’s abilities will add to the success (or failure) of the group.
There’s a lot of randomness in the setup and the gameplay, so it can be surprisingly hard.
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The Results Oriented Versatile Explorer (ROVE) has crash-landed on an alien planet. It must reconfigure its modules to navigate the planet and report back! Game ROVE is a game for one player, age 8+. It was designed (and illustrated!) by Dustin Dobson & Milan Zivkovic and it’s published by Button Shy. Art The art uses some familiar sci-fi and robot
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Roll to the Top is a race. Your goal is to be the first person to fill all the spaces on your board, using the numbers rolled on the dice each round.
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Alien robots have come and challenged your group to a puzzle! Finish poorly, and they’ll eat all your pizza. Finish well, and… well, you’ll have some pizza left for yourselves to enjoy.
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Robots & Rockets: LIGHTSPEED is the second entry in the Robots & Rockets series from designer Sye Robertson. Now that you’ve mastered robot tourism, you must practice the art of building rockets. Did our rockets launch to lightspeed, or did this game fizzle out? Listen to our thoughts in under 5 minutes, or read on below.
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BEEP – Get the most robot tourists to their destinations in Robots & Rockets. Nick & Izzy tell us what they enjoy about this fast family game.
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I love fantasy animals and mythology. How about a game that is all about saving the animals and providing them a safe home?
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We generally like two player battle games. The setup here of facing-off across a “rift” felt familiar, but with a new deck-mash-up mechanic that is very cool.
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Anitra reviews this game for very young children. They’ll practice stacking, matching, memory, and sequencing.
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These Archipelago boards match perfectly with the rest of the Railroad Ink universe… it’s just BIGGER. (And that’s good!)
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Race to Stupid is a party trivia game that is surprisingly good for anyone who can read, write, and make up funny statements.
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Quirky Circuits combines programming and multi-player cooperative play in a way we’ve never seen before. Players try to cooperate to get the robots to do the right thing; but what one player thinks is “right” might not match what another player intends.
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There’s a reason Quarto has been winning awards for over 30 years. It’s easy to learn, incredibly quick to play, and looks great on a table.
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Qawale is another abstract board game from Gigamic – but this game forces you to think further ahead!
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Purrfect Match is a tableau building game – your goal is to have at least two of each type of cat in your cafe, and there are six types of cat.
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Can you generate enough power for the cities? Or will you knock over the “carbon tower” and cause a POWER FAILURE?
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POW! is a press-your luck game of comic book character drafting, from Reiner Knizia and Gigamic. Your goal: build a cast of characters for your comic book. Collect both superheroes and supervillians, to create a balanced comic. Listen to our SNAP review of POW! in 5 minutes, or read on below. Gameplay Setup by randomizing the superheroes (blue/teal) and supervillians
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Mix potions faster than your opponent in this micro-game from Button Shy. Potions Class sits at a low simmer for us; with just a few changes, it could hit a rolling boil.
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No, it’s not about allergies! Attract pollinators such as bees and butterflies by planting appropriate flowers. You’ll need a variety of different bugs to win!
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