From shark to shell, from boat to swimmer, maritime motifs abound in the small-box card collection game “Sea Salt & Paper”. The salt of the game is clear in the well-seasoned central mechanic. Players take turns drawing cards, some face-up, some face-down, trying to either collect …
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Newspaper, magnifying glass, roller skate, fried egg, computer. Surely it’s possible to remember this small number of objects… or so you would think. But while the fried egg card is always passed clockwise around the table – face-down of course – the roller skate goes in …
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Ten cards per player. That’s all it takes to fight epic battles with gigantic creatures in this head-to-head card game. As a magical monster summoner you will decide each round to either send a creature onto the battlefield or use a creature already there to attack …
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In this game’s predecessor, “Zombie Kidz Evolution”, we already managed to save the school. Now the whole town is under threat. The children have become young teenagers but they’re not done with their mission to hold back the forces of the undead. In the four corners …
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In traditional Indian teachings, the seven energy centres that link the physical body with the astral form are known as chakras. These chakras are depicted on players’ tableaus as coloured circles, each with three spaces. Competing against their opponents, players must fill these spaces with energy …
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The amusement park Lucky Llama Land has fallen prey to three acts of sabotage. The suspects have already been caught. Now the players have to work out which ride they sabotaged, when they did it and which tool they used. Everyone simultaneously rummages through a huge …
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An acropolis is the highest area of an ancient city. So obviously, playing “Akropolis” you can stack your puzzle tiles on top of one another and not just lay them side by side. The higher the stack, the more points it is worth. But only if …
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Carrots, tomatoes, onions, cabbages or peppers? Let’s not argue about which of these are healthy and tasty ingredients for a salad – and which don’t belong at all… Let’s instead discuss which vegetable or scoring card from the draw piles fits best with our platter of …
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“Nova Luna” is an abstract tile-laying game in astral form. The objective: place square tiles to complete the highest number of goals depicted on them as efficiently as possible. For instance, a tile could require that two turquoise and two red tiles are placed adjacent to …
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