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Summoner Wars Master Set

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Jan 312012

By Dale Medhurst

I love Christmas! Love, goodwill and games!

One of my presents this year was the lovely, big and shiny Summoner Wars Master Set and, oh, boy, was excited to open this baby!

But, was I disappointed…?

Inside the box are an updated rulebook that clarifies some old and new rules, plenty of lovely dice and wound markers, a gorgeous playing board (replacing the wrinkly paper mats from the Starter Sets) and, most importantly, six new decks of cards representing six spanking new factions.

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Back to the Future the Card Game

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Jan 102012

bttf_box_3d[1] By Mark Rivera from Boardgames in Blighty

Designer – Andrew Looney

Artist – Derek Ring

note – thanks go to Looney Labs for providing a review copy of this game

I expect that most of you have seen Back to the Future and possibly the 2 sequels. The original film has been a personal favourite and for many of us time travel is quite an intriguing proposition. So when Looney Labs created a card game based on the license, I thought it would be interesting to see what they did with it. Back to the Future, the Card Game, a game for 2-6 players age 11+ won the Best Traditional Card Game award at Origins 2011, so of course it should be something special, eh? Well let’s see…

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Seven Dragons

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Dec 172011

sevendragons_3d_cover[2] By Mark Rivera from Boardgames in Blighty

Designer – Andrew Looney

Art – Larry Elmore

Note – thanks to Looney Labs for providing a review copy of this game

Oh boy, another game featuring Larry Elmore’s art. Must check it out right? Dragons… check. Fantasy theme… check. Fast playing card game… check. Ok, I’m interested so let’s have a look at Seven Dragons.

Looney Labs are surely specialists in simple, fast playing, family games and this looks like it fits the model. Based on an earlier published game, Aquarius, this is a dominoes-like game for 2-5 players age 6+ where the object is to be the first to play your cards and connect 7 Dragons.

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Star Fluxx card game

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Dec 042011

By Mark Rivera from Boardgames in Blighty

Designer – Andrew Looney

Art – Derek Ring

note – thanks to Looney Labs for providing a review copy of this game

I blame my friend Tony and his children. Yeah Tony, its your fault.

You see, I’d never played the original game Fluxx from the good folks from Looney Labs and I assume that I am one of the few gamers out there for whom Fluxx never came to my attention. There is certainly mixed opinion about the Fluxx games system which has spawned a number of variations on the core theme. It seems that a lot of “serious” gamers who don’t like randomness in their games don’t like it. But there is clearly a following of fans as well.

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Let’s Take a Hike

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Nov 292011

Review – Let’s Take a Hike from Stratamax Games

By Mark Rivera from Boardgames in Blighty

Designer – Aaron Lauster

Art – Troy Cummings

note – Thanks to Stratamax Games for a review copy of this game.

One of the joys of going to Essen Spiel is that for all the research you do amongst the load of new releases, there will still be surprises in games that you may or may not have heard about. I was given a review copy of a little card game called Let’s Take a Hike from Stratamax Gamesand was indeed pleasantly surprised with it.

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Smiley Faces

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Nov 112011

By John Bolt

I could not help myself, when I found this online I had to get my hands on it. The art on the cover was just too funny to pass on this game. I mean it a Fantasy Flight Games it has to be fun right! I got it home and my son saw it and we could not wait to play. We opened the box and here is where the disappointment began..

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