Fluttering Souls is a beautiful two-player abstract card game from Good Games Publishing.
In the game, players compete to collect sets of butterflies in order to score the most points to win the round.
Win 3 rounds and that player becomes the master Lepidopterist!
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Funfair from Good Games Publishing is the follow up title to their award winning game — Unfair.
In Funfair players compete over 6 rounds to create the most popular theme park in town. They’ll build attractions like roller coasters, theaters, restaurants and a special Showcase. They can then upgrade those by adding exciting themes, guest services and features to make them more attractive to their customers.
The player to do this the best will be the next Walt Disney or maybe just the next winner of the game.
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Years ago, when my wife and I took our long-anticipated trip to London, we were super excited to see so many sites. But we knew the first step to seeing them would be getting there!
So we headed to the Underground and pleasantly discovered the wonderful world of the Tube.
And now when we play Metro X, we can’t help but recall our fantastic week in London.
That’s because the Metro X board game is all about navigating your subway map in optimal fashion!
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It’s time to get your race face on.
Because today we’re sharing all about this dice-building, dice-rolling, power-upping, push-your-luck, racing game!
It’s a new game by AEG called Cubitos.
And if you think you’re staring at SpongeBob SquarePants on the cover of the Cubitos game box, you’re not. What you are staring at though is a really big chunk of cheese wearing lederhosen!
Why? We have no idea.
But it definitely grabs attention. And if you’re like us, it makes you very curious about what’s inside. So, let’s dive in!
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Photosynthesis, from Blue Orange Games, is a beautiful and elegant game about using the sun’s power to grow majestic trees.
In the expansion, Photosynthesis: Under the Moonlight, players will not only be using the rays from the sun, but they’ll also harness the light from the moon to activate powers of their unique forest animals.
Photosynthesis: Under the Moonlight is actually 3 expansions in one; Forest Animals, Moonstones, and the The Great Elder Tree!
You can play all of them at once or À la carte, it’s up to you.
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Did you ever wander through fields swinging a net trying to catch butterflies?
Or if you haven’t experienced that joy, I bet you can still picture kids having fun in such an activity.
But can you imagine adults doing that same thing?
For some reason, it’s hard to imagine adults wandering around a field swinging butterfly nets to catch the flying insects.
So when we received the game Butterfly by Rio Grande Games, we just assumed it would be a game only kids would enjoy. But we were wrong!
Butterfly can be enjoyed by players of all ages.
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In Meeple Land players will be creating their very own amusement park by purchasing a variety of attractions and services while luring in lots of paying customers.
Attention will need to be given to how things are laid out, making sure services are within reach of visitors, and paths don’t lead to dead ends.
The game ends after 4 rounds, at which point the player with the most reputation points wins. Reputation is earned from a diverse collection of attractions and services, number of visitors in the park, and lack of dead ends and stranded visitors at the entrance.
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Growing up, I loved playing a 3D version of 4-in-a-row game called Score Four.
Playing it made me feel so clever because I could look for tons of ways to get 4 in a row. I wasn’t limited to the 2-dimensional way to get 4 in a row like in Connect 4.
However, my siblings didn’t like playing it as much as I did, so the game sat on the shelf a lot. It’s hard to play a 2-player board game when you don’t have another person to play against.
But with Smart Four Connected, by Giiker, all that has changed!
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Cloud City, a board game from Blue Orange Games, should not be confused for a Tibanna gas mining colony floating in the clouds of the planet Bespin run by a smuggler named Lando.
Although that might make a really cool game…
In the game, 2 to 4 players ages 10 and up, take on the roll of architects vying to win city council votes to become the best city planner. They will zone land, build skyscrapers that reach the clouds, and connect them with spectacular walkways high above the ground. The player to do this the best wins.
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I really don’t like trivia games.
At least, the trivia game most people are familiar with — Trivial Pursuit. And I’ve tried to like it. But to no avail. It’s just not for me.
That’s why I was a bit wary when we got a copy of Smart10 from Bananagrams.
Yet, once we pulled it out and played it, Smart10 became the hit group game this holiday break!
And I’m happy to tell you why.
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