Wild World

• Designers: Eilif Svensson, Åsmund Svensson, Viljar Opdal Svensson  
• Publisher: Chilifox
• Players: 1-4
• Age: 14+
• Time: 45-90 minutes
• Played with review copy provided by publisher

Wild World is a dynamic 1–4 player strategy game that blends worker placement, multi-use cards, engine-building, and tactical monster combat into one seamless, combo-driven experience. Set across five elemental realms — Forest, Ocean, Fire, Frost, and Magic — players gather fantastical creatures, explore vivid regions, evolve their champions, and brew powerful potions as they race to score the most points over three rounds.

What makes Wild World stand out is the freedom and flexibility baked into every turn. You may perform a number of different free actions — placing cards to strengthen your engine, traveling through realms for rewards and prestige, or discarding for resources — allowing each turn to unfold as a meaningful puzzle. Every card has multiple uses, and clever sequencing often triggers reward chains that lead to explosive, satisfying combos.

At the heart of the game are the mighty monsters guarding the world. Defeating them will give you permanent abilities, immediate bonuses, scoring conditions, new workers, and prestige, but reaching them requires smart planning: evolving creatures, upgrading your potion-brewing, unlocking stronger foes, and assembling the perfect moment to strike.

With multiple strategic paths, escalating tension, and thrilling bursts of synergy, Wild World offers a richly re-playable adventure in which every decision matters — and every turn can become something special.

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Timespan

• Designers: Kenneth Minde, Kristian Amundsen Østby 
• Publisher: Alion
• Players: 1-5
• Age: 12+
• Time: 90 mins
• Played with review copy provided by publisher

Timespan is a streamlined, friendly and highly varied civilization game from the designers of Automania and Bad Company. Combine one of six asymmetric civilizations with one of six unique technology boards, and customize your civilization further by recruiting among 175 historic persons, buildings, technologies and wonders.

Large parts of the game are played simultaneously, allowing you to lead your civilization from the stone age to the space age in about 90 minutes. There is no warfare: Timespan focuses on the peaceful sides of civilization building, the exploration and on building an economic engine.

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Minikin City

• Designer: Simone Luciani, Matthieu Verdier
• Publisher: Cranio Creations / Capstone Games
• Players: 2-5
• Age: 10+
• Time: 30 minutes
• Preorder link: https://capstone-games.com/collections/all?sort_by=created-descending&filter.v.price.gte=0&filter.v.price.lte=1200.00&filter.v.price.gte=0&filter.v.price.lte=1200
• Played with review copy provided by publisher

Minikin City is a strategic game where every card you play has a double meaning. Colors and values give you rewards each round, while icons and effects give you points at the end, but only if you fill the card with Minikins! Reward cards at the center determine the best color for each round. The cards played in that round determine the players’ ranking.

Choose to play a card with a high value in the best color to get the most powerful reward, or play a card with an effect you like… or both! Many effects on the cards and rewards at the center give you Minikins that you can place on your cards. At the end of the game, only the cards that you have filled with the required number of Minikins will activate their scoring effect. Create your cute city in this clever card game!

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