Author: T3d-1978

Clue Escape: The World’s Fair Board Game

The crew from Clue is back, and this time they’re at the World’s Fair. But trouble seems to follow them as a brilliant scientist winds up dead. Uncover clues, solve puzzles, find out who, what, and where the murder happened, and see if you can escape!

Game Mechanics:

  • Cooperative Game
  • Modular Board

Game Specifications:

  • 1 – 6 Players
  • 90 – 120 Minutes
  • Difficulty Weight 2.00

Clue Escape: Treachery at Tudor Mansion

It’s the classic clue game – in an escape room board game! You and your acquaintances have all been invited to Tudor Mansion for dinner by Boddy Black, who dramatically dies after he threatens to blackmail all of you. Now you must discover who killed him where and with what, and escape the mansion before it’s too late.

Game Mechanics:

  •  Cooperative Game
  • Modular Board

Game Specifications:

  • 1 – 6 Players
  • 90 Minutes
  • Difficulty Weight 1.33

Clever Cubed

Clever Cubed is a fun dice rolling game, where you’ll carefully choose dice to place them in matching colored areas to hopefully create chain-scoring opportunities! But be careful when you go big – your opponents can use your discarded dice if their value is lower than your chosen dice. May the cleverest player win!

Game Mechanics:

  •  Dice Rolling
  • Paper and Pencil
  • Re-rolling and Locking

Game Specifications:

  • 1 – 4 Players
  • 30 Minutes
  • Difficulty Weight 2.39

Classified Information

You are part of the spy organization for one of the two factions in the cyberpunk city of Intellexia. You have been charged with the protection of a secret code that the other player cannot discover. But they have their own code which would be invaluable in this new dystopian world. The both of you will battle it out in this fast-paced deduction game, each turn either playing a card for its ability, its guild affiliation, or just discarding it out of the game. Pay close attention to what your opponent does, and obfuscate your own actions in Classified Information.

Game Mechanics:

  • Card Game
  • Deduction
  • Hand Management

Game Specifications:

  • 2 Players
  • 10 – 15 Minutes
  • Difficulty Weight 2.33

Claim 2

Board Game Overview

With the sudden death of the king and no known heirs, the kingdom is up for grabs! The only thing – you have to get the approval of at least 3 out of the 5 factions of the land to become the new ruler. And you’re not the only one wanting power. 

Claim 2 is a two player game split into two phases. In phase 1, players will play their cards to recruit followers from various factions to support their cause. In phase 2, players will use their followers to gain the favor of the different factions, giving them special powers to gain an edge over their opponent! Do you have what it takes?

Game Mechanics:

  •  Take That
  • Trick Taking

Game Specifications:

  • 2 Players
  • 25 Minutes
  • Difficulty Weight 1.60

Civolution

Board Game Overview

Civolution is a euro game where you will compete over 4 “eons” (rounds) to create the most successful civilization. Will you give them the power of the wheel? Or maybe you’ll focus on evolving wings for them? The possibilities are endless, as you’ll face new challenges, along with new ways to play your dice and cards, each time you play.

Game Mechanics:

  •  Area Movement
  • Dice Rolling
  • Modular Board
  • Open Drafting
  • Pattern Building
  • Tech Trees/Tracks

Game Specifications:

  • 1 – 4 Players
  • 90 – 180 Minutes
  • Difficulty Weight 4.22

Circus Flohcati

Board Game Overview

In Circus Flohcati, you’re competing to collect all 10 acts (colors) from the flea circus before anyone else can. You do so by flipping through cards from the deck – but be careful! You don’t want the same-colored cards, you’ll only score one card for each act. If you do ever have three cards of the same color in your hand, though, you can play them to get an automatic 10 points. Push your luck in this fun and easy game!

Game Mechanics:

  •  Open Drafting
  • Push Your Luck
  • Set Collection

Game Specifications:

  • 2 – 5 Players
  • 15 Minutes
  • Difficulty Weight 1.23

Chomp

Board Game Overview

It’s eat or be eaten in the land of the dinosaurs!

Well, not quite. It’s eat or DIE. In Chomp, you will be placing tiles to create herds of dinosaurs and trying to score the most points. But in order to score any points, you have to make sure your dinos can eat! Herbivores need access to lots of leafy greens, and carnivores need access to fresh meat – which could very well be your other dinosaurs. Dead dinos won’t score any points! Keep an eye out for other hazards like tar pits, and nests to grow your dino population. 

Instead of taking a land tile, you can also grab a goal tile which will give you even more end game points – as long as you accomplish it. Build up your land, feed your dinos, and don’t die!

Game Mechanics:

  •  Open Drafting
  • Pattern Building
  • Tile Placement

Game Specifications:

  • 1 – 4 Players
  • 20 Minutes
  • Difficulty Weight 1.60

Anarchy, The 🟠

At the end of 1135, Henry I, King of England, died unexpectedly leaving no male heir to reign in his stead. Henry’s daughter, Empress Matilda, believed she should rule by succession. However, the late king’s favorite nephew, Stephen de Blois (“blue-a”), was quicker to the throne, and with the help of his brother, the Bishop of Winchester, was crowned king.

Those loyal to the empress were enraged by Stephen’s coronation and would not accept him as their new ruler. Over the next eighteen years, England saw a breakdown in law and order as civil war spread throughout the country. This conflict came to be known as “The Anarchy”…

In The Anarchy, players take on the role of English nobles loyal to King Stephen. Over five rounds, players must build their domain, defend their castle from attacks by the approaching Angevin armies, and storm strongholds loyal to Matilda with their own crafted siege weapons. The player who can accumulate the most bravery, loyalty, influence and might — while avoiding discontent — will prove to King Stephen they are his most loyal ally, thereby earning his largest earldom.

Game Mechanics:

  • Chaining
  • Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game
  • Solo / Solitaire Game
  • Tech Trees / Tech Tracks

Game Specifications:

  • 1 – 4 Players
  • 60 – 90 Minutes
  • Difficulty Weight 4.00

Ancient Terrible Things: Reawakened 🟢

Ancient Terrible Things: Reawakened is a pulp-horror tabletop game for 1-4 players.
You play the role of an intrepid and foolish adventurer exploring a dark jungle river for Secrets.
Each turn you must travel to a Fateful Location and face an Ominous Encounter.
If you overcome the Encounter (using a combination of dice, tokens and cards) you gain Secrets.
The object of the game is to be the player with the most Secrets when the game ends at the Inexplicable Event.

Game play involves rolling dice to achieve combinations: runs, pairs, three or more of a kind, and single die showing a particular number or higher. Dice combinations are spent to overcome Encounters and to acquire the four resources used in the game: Focus, Mystery, Treasure and Feat tokens.

  • Focus tokens are used to activate Swag cards to better manipulate dice results.
  • Mystery tokens are spent to overcome any Encounter when visiting the Yawning Chasm.
  • Treasure tokens are spent to purchase useful Swag cards from the Trading Post which give you a permanent game effect.
  • Feat tokens are spent to play one-shot Feat cards from your hand.

Ancient Terrible Things: Reawakened is the third implementation of the Dicequest game system as previously used in Ancient Terrible Things (1st/2nd Edition) and Konja.
The third edition incorporates edited and revised content from all previous iterations and expansions of the game, renovated art and language-independent graphic design into a new and definitive edition of ATT.

Game Mechanics:

  • Push Your Luck
  • Re-rolling and Locking
  • Set Collection
  • Solo / Solitaire Play

Game Specifications:

  • 1 – 4 Players
  • 40 – 120 Minutes
  • Difficulty Weight 2.17