Kingdom of Dice

• Designer: Reiner Knizia
• Publisher: mandoo games
• Players: 1-4
• Age: 8+
• Time: 30 minutes
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• Played with review copy provided by publisher

Once upon a time, in a distant continent, there was the Kingdom of Dice.

The King of Dice was getting old and, having no heir, he announced a grand contest to secure a successor. Aspiring rulers from far and wide are invited to enter the kingdom and prove their worth. Their task? To win the hearts and favor of the kingdom’s inhabitants in just three days.

You quite fancy the throne. Each day, try to get as close to the castle as possible to win over the most influential inhabitants of the Kingdom of Dice!

Players roll dice to achieve a valid result. If they succeed, they will place one of their markers on the board. At the end of each round, based on the positions of their markers, players will encounter kingdom inhabitants who grant points. At the end of the third round, the player with the most points wins the game.

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Map Masters

• Designers: Ian Sebastian Bach, Cédrick Caumont 
• Publisher: Captain Games
• Players: 1-5
• Age: 10+
• Time: 30-60 minutes
• Played with review copy provided by publisher

Map Masters is a dungeon-crawling card game in which you must create your path, card by card, through the dark rooms of your dungeon in search of legendary treasures. Dive into Map Masters, a thrilling adventure in Solo, Cooperative, or Competitive mode.

In Map Masters Versus Mode, each player builds their own Dungeon using 5 cards. Once their Dungeon is created, each player draws their Path to collect as many Discoveries as possible that match the round’s Objective. Next, players count the points of Discoveries along their Path that match the Primary and Secondary Objectives in order to earn Victory Points (VP). Along the way, players also collect Coins, which they can use to purchase new Cards or Tokens from the Market. Each turn player will also chose to use the Optimizers they encountered and improve their deck.

In Map Masters Co-op Mode, Players will jointly manage groups of adventurers. In order to accomplish a mission, players should discuss strategy both before and during the game. After the setup and the market phase, players will explore the dungeon.Clockwise, each player will place a card on an empty space of the tableau and draw a new card. Once a group mini can be connected to an objective, players should trace its path. When the mission requirements have been fulfilled, the game is won!

Every game is a new challenge to overcome, every card a crucial decision.

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Behind

• Designer: Cedric Millet
• Publisher: KYF edition
• Players: 1+
• Age: 10+
• Time: 45-90 minutes
• Played with review copy provided by publisher

 Analyze, assemble, admire — in Behind, you’ll find three scenes to solve, each with its own unique mechanisms and reflection. You want to observe the tiles laid out in front of you, then assemble them logically and turn them over to admire the result on the reverse! Six clue cards are available for each scene and should be turned over in numerical order. The scenes in the box are:

• The Theft: A theft has taken place in a city museum. The investigation is moving fast! (Illustrated by Pierô – 56 tiles)
  • The Professor: Two scientists experiment with an incredible machine. (Scripted and illustrated by Martin Vidberg – 54 tiles)
  • Imhotep: A bas-relief of strange hieroglyphs is said to open a door to the cosmos. (Illustrated by Maud Chalmel – 70 tiles)

Once you’ve reconstructed the picture, you can read all of the clues at your disposal, even if none of them were turned over while you were solving the picture. They’ll help you validate your thinking and confirm your thoughts! Finally, flip each tile to reveal the final image…

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