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Lost Ruins of Arnak: The Missing Expedition

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Lost Ruins of Arnak: The Missing Expedition

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Have you played Woodcraft? Woodcraft is a medium- Have you played Woodcraft?Woodcraft is a medium-weight euro game that revolves around dice manipulation and resource management. You take actions to improve your workshop, gather resources, plant trees, and gain lumber to turn into goods that fulfill contracts and earn you points.The action selection mechanic of the game is brilliant and by far the best part of it. Selected actions move around a circular board, and the ones that are not popular get stronger over time through bonuses. This is not new in games, but it's implemented seamlessly here: the moving pieces of the main board handle it naturally, with no extra tokens or markers needed. This also makes action selection consistently interesting: sometimes you want an action, but another one is too good to pass on.You only get 14 main actions in the entire game. But on any turn, you can pay 3 lantern tokens for a bonus action, and those tokens can be earned in multiple ways. That might still not sound like enough to do much, but your turns get bigger and bigger as the game goes on. You'd be surprised how much you'll be able to do in your last few turns.The dice mechanics are also clever and very thematic. The three dice colors each represent a different type of lumber. You can modify their values by sawing them, gluing them together, or using helpers to do it for you. Unlocking these tools and helpers by improving your workshop is a fun part of the game.There are some fiddly rules that will have you go back to the rulebook a few times during your first couple of plays. Besides that, the rules and actions are fairly straightforward.While this is subjective, the overall art could be better. The helpers' faces in particular look strange and unsettling. The order cards, however, are beautiful, and the graphic design and iconography are straightforward and well done.Overall, this is a very enjoyable game with clever and thematic mechanics. If you like medium-weight euro games, Woodcraft is certainly worth a shot.What are your thoughts? Do you like this game?Please keep in mind that we received a review copy of this game.#boardgame #boardgames #juegosdemesa #brettspiel #bgg
What is your favorite Wingspan expansion? Have you What is your favorite Wingspan expansion? Have you played Americas?Hummingbirds, introduced in the Americas expansion, are one of the biggest mechanical changes in any of Wingspan's expansions. They come in a deck of mini cards and are available during the game on a shared display called the garden. Each player also gets a hummingbird board and an overlay for their player board, which adds 3 spots to the left, one for each habitat. After taking an action in a habitat, you also take a hummingbird action. If the corresponding space is empty, you attract a hummingbird from the garden and earn a benefit. If it's already occupied, you return the hummingbird and move up the track for that bird's type. Each track scores victory points at the end of the game.Attracting hummingbirds provides various benefits, including cards, nectar, and moving up a hummingbird track. Besides adding more depth, these actions give you more resources and can bail you out when you are short one egg or one resource. All of this means that you can ramp up faster at the beginning of the game, which is a welcome change. That said, they also add complexity and make the game longer, so these changes will likely be divisive.One issue I have with the expansion is the hummingbird track boards. These could be much better and more functional if they were dual-layered with recessed tracks. A small board with 5 tiny tokens is prone to getting messed up during the game, and it's nearly impossible to trace what you've done and where the tokens should be if that happens.What are your thoughts? Do you like the hummingbird mechanic?Please keep in mind that we received a review copy of this expansion.#boardgame #boardgames #tabletop #wingspan
Have you played Fromage or Formaggio? Do you like Have you played Fromage or Formaggio? Do you like these games?Fromage is one of our favorite mid-weight euro games. Formaggio is its standalone expansion. It can be played on its own without any components from Fromage, but you can also mix and match components from both games for more variety.Most importantly, Formaggio comes with 4 new quadrants for the main board, with new mechanics and new scoring criteria. In Banca, you score points by placing cheese in the same rows and columns. In Venezia, a gondola is placed on the board each time you make cheese. Points are then scored based on the number of gondolas next to your cheese tokens. Regioni is about placing cheese in the most regions and in locations with the most flags. In Vigneto, your goal is to have the most wine bottles. When you place a cheese, you can claim a wine tile.Formaggio also introduces a new type of cheese: platinum. Platinum spots are rare and very valuable, but it will take a full rotation of the board, or four turns, to get your worker back.Seasons are another new concept in the game. Each quadrant is matched with a season, and some structure abilities refer to the season that is facing you. Speaking of structures, Formaggio includes 32 new structure tiles with new and unique abilities.Formaggio is the same great game with more variety and new gameplay elements in the form of new quadrants and structures. Almost all of the rules are the same and straightforward. The components, production quality, and artwork are excellent, and it still plays in around 30 to 40 minutes. If you enjoy Fromage, you'll definitely enjoy Formaggio as well. But if you didn't like Fromage, Formaggio will not change your mind.What are your thoughts? Have you played Formaggio?Please keep in mind that we received a review copy of this game.#boardgame #boardgames #tabletop
Have you played Saltfjord or its predecessor, Sant Have you played Saltfjord or its predecessor, Santa Maria?We never played Santa Maria, but we've been enjoying its reimplementation a lot. Saltfjord is all about gathering and manipulating resources, upgrading your player board through tile placement, and drafting dice to activate actions on those tiles.The playtime is fairly short, and the rules are straightforward, but the game is heavier than it seems, especially when it comes to the timing of your actions and placing tiles on your board. As the game goes on, you get more dice and more tiles, so even though the game is only three rounds and you get 15 dice in total, you manage to get a lot more done in the later rounds.The game has a few mechanics that mix things up. Each player starts with a rule-breaking power and can gain another one during the game. With technology upgrades, you can make your actions more powerful and unlock more scoring opportunities. And through sailing and collecting randomized fishing tokens, you can gather resources and score points.Overall, this game is quite fun and an excellent option if you are looking for a medium-weight game that plays fairly quickly. It also comes with a great solo mode, so it can be a good option for solo sessions as well.What are your thoughts? Have you played this game?Please keep in mind that we received a review copy of this game.#boardgame #boardgames #tabletop #juegosdemesa #brettspiele
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