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Each player has moved their trains about half way across the board at this point during a game of Whistle Stop.

Board Game Reviews: Whistle Stop

Nikhil Vyas, Staff Writer
June 15, 2021
These are all the cards in Dominion: Prosperity. The main things that this expansion adds to Dominion are bigger and better base cards that go beyond Gold and Province, actions cards that provide victory points, and cards that cost seven coins.

Board Game Reviews: Dominion: Prosperity

Nikhil Vyas, Staff Writer
May 26, 2021
Deep Blue is a big adventure game from Days of Wonder, designed by Daniel Skjold Pedersen and Asger Harding Granerud.

Board Game Reviews: Deep Blue

Nikhil Vyas, Staff Writer
May 19, 2021
Aquatica is a unique engine-building and puzzle game designed by Ivan Tuzovsky and published by Arcane Wonders and Cosmodrome Games.

Board Game Reviews: Aquatica

Nikhil Vyas, Staff Writer
May 13, 2021
One of the new boards in Clank! The Mummy's Curse, set-up and ready to play.

Board Game Reviews: Clank! The Mummy’s Curse

Nikhil Vyas, Staff Writer
May 3, 2021
For Sale is a family-friendly filler game where players auction properties and use the properties they buy to get the highest paychecks.

Board Game Reviews: For Sale

Nikhil Vyas, Staff Writer
April 27, 2021
Concordia is an economic set collection and engine-building game designed by Mac Gerdts and published by Rio Grande Games.

Board Game Reviews: Concordia

Nikhil Vyas, Staff Writer
April 19, 2021
Terraforming Mars: Prelude is a small expansion for Terraforming Mars. It adds prelude cards that speed up the game and give players different starting positions.

Board Game Reviews: Terraforming Mars Prelude

Nikhil Vyas, Staff Writer
April 11, 2021
In The River, players place workers at various locations to add tiles to their river, collect resources, and complete buildings.

Board Game Reviews: The River

Nikhil Vyas, Staff Writer
March 28, 2021
Royals is a family board game designed by Peter Hawes and published by Arcane Wonders. During the game, players collect country cards and intrigue cards and use them to influence nobles in four countries. Players earn points in a variety of ways, most notably through having the most influence in a country during a scoring round.

Board Game Reviews: Royals

Nikhil Vyas, Staff Writer
March 21, 2021
Now we'll get to the new tiles. The Roasting Plant (17) lets players take up to six coffee. They get two coffee by spending two lira, two for spending a good, and two for discarding a bonus or guild card. They may choose to do any number of these options once. The Guild Hall (18) gives players who go there one coffee. Then, they draw two guild cards from the deck and discard any guild card from their hand. The Tavern (19) lets players spend coffee to do one of three things. The top option on that tile costs two coffee and gives the player control of a barrier. They place the barrier between any two adjacent places and immediately takes the action of one of those places. They also take the cardboard barrier token, which signifies that other players cannot pass through the barrier with their movement. The second option is to take a tavern tile. The price for each type of tile starts at one coffee and increases as players take them. One tavern tile allows players to use the governor, smuggler, and coffee trader for free when they encounter those people. The second tavern tile allows players to move any number of spaces in one direction instead of being limited to two spaces. The last action possible at the tavern is to take a ruby for four coffee and the goods shown on the baksheesh tile. The ruby is taken from the player's choice of the gemstone dealer, sultan's palace, or coffee house. Then, the baksheesh tile flips, showing different goods. Lastly, the Coffee House (20) lets players take a ruby by spending the number of coffee shown on the rightmost empty space.

Board Game Reviews: Istanbul: Mocha and Baksheesh

Nikhil Vyas, Staff Writer
March 15, 2021
Century A New World is the third game in the Century trilogy, designed by Emerson Matsuuchi. Two to four players can play this set collection game in 30-45 minutes.

Board Game Reviews: Century A New World

Nikhil Vyas, Staff Writer
March 6, 2021
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