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A hopeful species board sits before you as you take your seat at table. Four different critters is developing side by side, each with its own characteristics that sound good on paper. It’s tempting to grow out one or more, to bulk up what you already have or add another species. But before you put … Read more
Trees need space and time to photosynthesize. On a round board, you’ll plant little plastic tree and hope they do not fall into your neighbor’s shadow. It is frustrating when the other player covers your canopy just before score time. Knowing where to point the sun helps: it lets you translate fuzzy gut instinct into … Read more
In Everdell, there’s a particular variety of panic that settles over your soul once you’re all twigged up for construction, but you’re a resin away from a complete row in your city of critter. The game could close out or someone else will swipe it up as you sit staring at the board thinking “if … Read more
When drawing a card for Kingdom Builder and you’re unsure where to place it, use this page’s calculator to help make your decision. For example, perhaps you have some water hexes that appear attractive on the board but if placed they will isolate all your settlements from scoring objectives. The calculator provide a numeric value … Read more
The appearance of Djinn cards in Five Tribes are deceptively straightforward. There they are, printed with victory points, promising to slowly lead you up to victory. And there lies the trap: Those point values don’t represent the complete picture. A 12-point Djinn may cost you 20 if the bidding for it saps your coin income. … Read more
Takenoko, a moment in the game: the bamboo’s growing and you’re standing there, frozen with indecision. Green shoots, pink stalks, yellow clusters. And then one move, and you feel like you’ve neglected the other. Growth isn’t linear here; it’s conditional and spatial; bad timing are punished. How do you make a decision? Well, looking at … Read more
Because that’s what happens whenever you reach an inn in Tokaido: You are nervous. Your coin pouch sits open; you look at the menu items, and consider enemy whose hand is stretched out toward a valuable item. It makes people freeze up, because you know that spending coins here might improve your score, but it … Read more
