Mysterium, A Review

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Mysterium (2015)

Players: 2-7

Playing Time: 42 minutes. (Which is odd to have such an exact time on a box.)

Age: 10+ (I had a nine-year-old play this and she did fine.)

Weight: 1.92/5 (Source: Board Game Geek)

Designer: Oleskandr Nevskiy, Oleg Sidorenko

Artist: Igor Burlakov, Xavier Collette, Oleskandr Nevskiy, Oleg Sidorenko

Publisher: Libellud


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Clank!, a Review

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•Developed by Paul Dennen
•Published by @renegade_game_studios and Direwolf
Clank! is, at its core, a deck builder with adventure elements. You play cards to buy cards and beat up monsters, trying to move around the board to grab as much loot and treasure as you can before escaping.

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Great Western Trail, a Review

s-l1600               The box art isn’t very appealing. Three stoic men staring at you. A train, some teepees, cows, a cowboy. Something tells you that this game is about the wild west, that you’ll be shooting some bad guys and going on an adventure.

Or you probably moved on to the other games with more attractive box art.

But wait! You decided to examine the box further. Your curiosity is piqued. What’s so “great” about this trail, anyway? So you turn to the back of the box and find an image of the board and little wooden discs and what the heck is all this?

A game about cows. And trains. And buildings. And money.

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