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Tapestry Review

Name: Tapestry Year of Release: 2019 Player Count: 1 – 5 Players Playing Time: 90 – 120 minutes Designer: Jamey Stegmaier Publisher: Stonemaier Games Primary Mechanisms: Variable Player Powers, Area Majority, Income, Tile Placement Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 2.91 Overview I received Tapestry as a Christmas present from my wife last year but until the other night, […]

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Canvas Review

Name: Canvas Year of Release: 2021 Player Count: 1 – 5 Players Playing Time: 30 minutes Designer: Jeff Chin, Andrew Nerger Publisher: R2i Games Primary Mechanisms: Hand Management, Layering, Open Drafting Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 1.67 Overview I’m not much for Kickstarter, as of the time of this writing I’ve only ever backed 4 campaigns.  […]

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PARKS Review

Name: PARKS Year of Release: 2019 Player Count: 1 – 5 Players Playing Time: 30 – 60 minutes Designer: Henry Audubon Publisher: Keymaster Games Primary Mechanisms: Set Collection, Track Movement Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 2.15 Overview You know those games that you have on your list, and you find yourself looking at a lot, but […]

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Notre Dame Solo Variant Review

Name: Notre Dame Year of Release: 2007 Player Count: 2 – 1 Players (1 Player with Fan-Made Variant) Playing Time: 45 – 75 minutes Designer: Stefan Feld Publisher: Ravensburger Primary Mechanisms: Area Majority, Open Drafting, Point to Point Movement Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 2.75 Overview For this review, I’ve chosen to try out a solo […]

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Evolution Solo Variant Review

Name: Evolution Year of Release: 2014 Player Count: 2 – 6 Players Playing Time: 60 minutes Designer: Dominic Crapuchettes, Dmitry Knorre, Sergey Machin Publisher: Northstar Games Primary Mechanisms: Hand Management, Secret Unit Deployment, Take That Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 2.43 Overview Today I am trying out the solo variant for Evolution posted by AndAgainMA posted […]

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Dinosaur Island Solo Variant Review

Name: Dinosaur Island Year of Release: 2017 Player Count: 1 – 4 Players Playing Time: 90 – 120 minutes Designer: Jonathan Gilmour, Brian Lewis Publisher: Pandasaurus Games Primary Mechanisms: Dice Rolling, Set Collection, Worker Placement Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 3.03 Overview For this review, I’ve decided to break out Pandasaurus Games’ dino-creating, attraction-building, and patron-eating […]

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Crypt Review

Name: Crypt Year of Release: 2018 Player Count: 1 – 4 Players Playing Time: 20 – 35 minutes Designer: Jeff Chin, Andrew Nerger Publisher: R2i Games Primary Mechanisms: Auction/Bidding, Dice Rolling, Set Collection  Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 1.51 Review originally written on 08/21/2020 and posted as part of the Solo Games on Your Table monthly […]

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Lewis & Clark – The Expedition  Review

Name: Lewis & Clark – The Expedition (First Edition) Year of Release: 2013 Player Count: 1 – 5 Players Playing Time: 120 minutes Designer: Cedrick Chaboussit Publisher: Asmodee Primary Mechanisms: Race, Hand Management, Worker Placement, Deck Building Weight (According to boardgamegeek.com): 3.34 Overview The year is 1804 and my name is John Ordway, one of […]