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Dale Yu: Review of Twinkle Twinkle
Twinkle Twinkle
- Designer: Ammon Anderson
- Publisher: Allplay
- Players: 1-4
- Age: 10+
- Time: 30 minutes
- Amazon affiliate link:Â https://amzn.to/4nkxsQ8
- Played with review copy provided by publisher
In the tile-laying game Twinkle Twinkle, you’ll fill your star chart with clear plastic tiles, trying to connect constellations, build belts of asteroids, collect comets, pick up planets, and study them with satellites. Take care with those pesky black holes – unless you have a perfect spot for them, of course. Constellations, asteroids, comets, planets, and black holes all score differently! With 10 modular scoring conditions in the box, you can mix and match for 32 different setups. Whoever finds their highest score in the stars wins. The game features an optional scoring app that allows you to point your phone at the board and watch it magically tally up your points!
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Dale Yu: Review of Kingdom Crossing
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Kingdom Crossing
- Designers: Marco Canetta and Stefania Niccolini
- Publisher: Pandasaurus / Sorry We Are French
- Players: 1-4
- Age: 14+
- Time: 45-90 minutes
- Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3RzmP0W
- Played with review copy provided by publisher
In a faraway land in the midst of a verdant forest crossed by the Crystal River lies the small kingdom of Brightspring, ruled by the wise Queen Beavery, who is facing a problem: Her four regions are separated by seven bridges, and to divide her time evenly between the subjects of these regions, the kingdom would need an eighth bridge…
Help the Queen build a new bridge! Scour the kingdom, recruit the best artisans, gather construction resources, and create magnificent decorations. Note, however, that you can never use the same bridge more than once in the same day.
Kingdom Crossing is inspired by the problem of the “Seven Bridges of Königsberg”, and gameplay combines engine-building and programming mechanisms, with a solo mode that features an Automa and four difficulty levels.
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Nominees for 2025 Meeples Choice Awards Announced
The Meeples Choice Awards is an annual game award that has been voted on by the members of the Spielfrieks user group since 1995. The purpose of the award is to select the group’s three favorite designs from the previous calendar year. The first stage of the voting for the 2025 awards has been completed and 27 games have been nominated. The group will now vote on their favorites from the nominated games and the three games which receive the most votes will be declared the winners. The winning games will be announced next week. Continue reading
Dale Yu: Review of The Brain
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The Brain
- Designer:Peter JuergensenÂ
- Publisher: Play to Z
- Players: 1-4
- Age: 12+
- Time: 15 minutes
- Played with review copy provided by publisher
The Brain consists of one or more attempts to solve a puzzle, with 1-4 players continuing to try until they give up or succeed. You are not allowed to communicate with each other during play. Will you manage to clear all the cards with logic, deduction, counting, and a little bit of luck? Try it on every level until you succeed!  On your turn, you must place a card from your hand in the middle of the table, perform the corresponding action, then draw a card from the deck. If all cards in your hand have been played and the draw pile is empty, you win — but as soon as there is a predetermined number of cards on the table at the end of a turn, you all lose. If this happens, you can discuss how to do better next time, then try again!
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Dale Yu: Review of Akropolis: Pantheon
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Akropolis: Pantheon
- Designer: Jules Messaud
- Publisher: Gigamic
- Players: 1-4
- Age: 8+
- Time: 45 minutes
- Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/4u8kNmg
- Played with review copy provided by publisher
The time for rivalries is over! At the height of their glory, the once-opposing Cities now join forces to build a grand Capital together and honor the gods. Erect splendid Divine Altars dedicated to the protectors of the Capital, and let its aura shine throughout the ancient world. Managing Stones, coordinating placements, and anticipating Challenges are essential to achieving collective victory.Â
Akropolis Pantheon is a cooperative expansion for the game Akropolis. The base game is required to play. The Architects’ goal is to work together to construct the Capital and achieve the highest possible score by using the best strategy. You must therefore join forces and play cooperatively.
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