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Kingdomino: The Court Board Game Review and Rules

April 24, 2020April 18, 2020 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 2020, Blue Orange Games, Bruno Cathala, Cyril Bouquet

Kingdomino: The Court takes the already excellent gameplay from the original game and adds an interesting new resource mechanic which improves on the strategy of an already great game.

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UNO Flip! (2019) Card Game Review and Rules

April 20, 2020April 17, 2020 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 2019, Mattel

UNO Flip! may share a lot in common with the original UNO, but it succeeds at being one of very few spinoff games that actually improve upon the original game.

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Fish Frenzy Board Game Review and Rules

April 17, 2020April 2, 2020 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 2016, Brett J. Gilbert, Crash Games, Kwanchai Moriya

Fish Frenzy is an interesting combination of set collecting and bidding mechanics that lead to a fun game that is probably a better fit for families than fans of highly strategic games.

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Cubo Dice Game Review and Rules

April 13, 2020April 2, 2020 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 2014, Johannes Berger, Julien Gupta, Queen Games

Cubo relies on a lot of luck like most dice games, but it combines a bunch of different mechanics together into a solid satisfying experience that fans of speed dice games should enjoy.

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Dixit Board Game Review and Rules

April 10, 2020April 1, 2020 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 2008, Asmodee, Jean-Louis Roubira, Libellud, Marie Cardouat

Dixit may be slightly overrated, but it is still a very good party game with clever and easy gameplay mechanics that almost everyone can enjoy.

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Exploding Kittens Card Game Review and Rules

April 6, 2020March 31, 2020 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 2015, Ad Magic Inc., Asmodee, Elan Lee, Matthew Inman, Shane Small

Exploding Kittens relies on a lot of luck and is kind of random, but I was genuinely surprised that there is more to the game than I originally expected.

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Avocado Smash Card Game Review and Rules

April 3, 2020March 30, 2020 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 2018, Ridley's Games

Avocado Smash is a fun little family speed pattern recognition game that doesn’t really do anything to distinguish itself from any other game in this already crowded genre.

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Jimmy the Greek Odds Maker Poker-Dice Board Game Review and Rules

March 30, 2020March 28, 2020 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 1974, Aurora

Jimmy the Greek Odds Maker Poker-Dice takes your typical Yahtzee style dice game and applies a new coat of paint and slightly different dice to create a dice game that fails to bring anything new to the genre.

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Trains and Stations Board Game Review and Rules

March 27, 2020March 19, 2020 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 2013, Eric M. Lang, WizKids Games

Trains and Stations is a quick and easy game to play with some good ideas that don’t always work as well as I would have hoped.

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Clubs Card Game Review and Rules

March 23, 2020March 18, 2020 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 2013, Ali Douglass, Dominic Crapuchettes, HUCH!, North Star Games, Warren Kramer

Clubs is a new take on your typical trick-taking game which can be fun for fans of the genre even if it doesn’t drastically change the formula in any meaningful way.