Designer / Publisher / Year: Uwe Rosenberg / Feuerland Spiele / 2020 Player Count / Playtime: 1-5 Players / 30-60 mins Genre / Type / Mechanics: Abstract, Puzzle, Grid Coverage, Tile Placement, Animals New York Zoo Score Breakdown Category Description Score (1–10) 1. Aesthetics & Components Visual design, artwork, tactile quality, and overall presentation. 8 2. Rules Clarity…

Designer / Publisher / Year: Johan Benvenuto / Libellud / 2024 Player Count / Playtime: 1-4 players / 30-45 mins Genre / Type / Mechanics: Abstract, Family, Puzzle, Animals, Pattern Building, Set Collection Harmonies Score Breakdown Category Description Score (1–10) 1. Aesthetics & Components Visual design, artwork, tactile quality, and overall presentation. 7 2. Rules Clarity &…

Designer / Publisher / Year: Bruno Cathala and Theo Riviere / Pandasaurus Games / 2022 Player Count / Playtime: 2-4 players / 30-45 mins Genre / Type / Mechanics: Card Game, Hand Management, Set Collection, Push Your Luck Expansions: Sea Salt and Paper: Extra Salt Sea Salt and Paper Score Breakdown Category Description Score (1–10) 1. Aesthetics & Components…

Designer / Publisher / Year: Uwe Rosenberg / Lookout Games / 2016Player Count / Playtime: 1-4 players / 30-120 minsGenre / Type / Mechanics: Eurogame, Strategy, Farming, Economic, Animals, Worker Placement, Hand Management Do you like the idea of living off the land? Farming crops? Growing vegetables? Raising livestock? Building a homestead? Starting a family? What about taking…

Publisher / Year: GMT Games / 2005Player Count / Playtime: 2 players / 120-180 minsGenre / Type: Wargame, Strategy, Political, Area Influence, Dice Rolling, Hand Management Twilight Struggle from GMT Games “is a two-player game simulating the forty-five year dance of intrigue, prestige, and occasional flares of warfare between the Soviet Union and the United States.” Twilight Struggle…

Publisher / Year: Stonemaier Games / 2019Player Count / Playtime: 1-5 players / 40-70 minGenre / Type:  Strategy, Engine Building, Card Game, Set Collection, Open Drafting, Hand Management, Animals Expansions: European, Oceania, Asia, Nesting Box Storage Wingspan from Stonemaier Games is a bird lover’s dream game. You play as a bird enthusiast and attempt to attract birds to…

Publisher / Year: Medium Brow Games / 2024Player Count / Playtime: 2–4 players / 60-120 minGenre / Type: Euro, Economic, Territory Building, Farming, Animals, Negotiation Farms Race from Medium Brow Games was a blast. Literally. We all nuked each other…repeatedly.  Farms Race is a spoof of the popular games Catan and Scythe, with an Orwellian Animal Farm theme, and I am here for it.…