When I think of Alderac Entertainment Group (or AEG, as you’ll see on the box cover), I tend to think of more lighthearted games with lots of player interaction or of several of their card-crafting games which have a bit more thought involved. This year there are still several highly interactive games like the party game, Word Wipe – a co-op word association game, the werewolf/deduction game Jumblejack, Assemble! – a set collection drafting game, and Honeypot – an I-split-You-choose push your luck title. Misfit Heroes – brings that card-crafting mechanic to the game but here it’s primarily all done at the start to create a very unique set of cards which are then used to gain influence and claim regions of the game. However, there are also a few titles that venture into deeper strategy territory. Let’s Go to France takes the series into just a slightly bit heavier territory with the addition of a board and timing mechanics. Into the Machine has players racing robots down a line through use of worker-placement mechanics, and Electrify – an engine-building game where cycling through the same powers too often makes them less useful.
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