Dale Yu: Review of Spy Guy Pyramid

Spy Guy Pyramid

  • Designer: Mariusz Majchrowski
  • Publisher: Trefl
  • Players: 1-4
  • Age: 5+
  • Time: 20 minutes
  • Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/48jtmBb  (not to same version)
  • Played with copy provided by publisher

Spy Guy Pyramid is an observation game in which you will explore an ancient pyramid. During the gameplay you will have to manipulate a large spatial board to reveal hidden clues. However, as you discover some clues, you will obscure others. .

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Dale Yu: Review of Gift Craft

Gift Craft

  • Designer: N2
  • Publisher:  Arclight Games
  • Players: 1-6
  • Age: 6+
  • Time:  10-20 minutes
  • Played with review copy provided by publisher

Gift Craft is a quick and fun drafting game that is easy to jump into, but takes skill and forward thinking if you want to win.

  • Don’t let their cute appearance fool you, these Plushie Pals long to be #1 and expect you to be the one to craft them with the precision necessary to be crowned victorious.
  • Quick and Decisive Gameplay – Each game will feature 6 of the 50 total Plushie Pals that you and your opponents must choose from to be your champion.
  • All 50 of the Plushie Pals have unique appearances and effects, offering a depth of variation in gameplay and replayability
  • Compact Drafting Mechanic – Each game has 6 rounds of card drafting to build up your stock of resources.
  • The fact that there are no turns, and everyone is drafting simultaneously keeps things intense and lets you finish a game in around 10 minutes.
  • Just Once is Never Enough! – The combination of near-endless game variety and short playtime makes Gift Craft a game you and your friends will want to play over and over with reckless abandon!

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Dale Yu: Review of Calçada

Calçada

  • Designer: Vangelis Bagiartakis, Konstantinos Karagiannis
  • Publisher: Piatnik
  • Players: 2-4
  • Age: 10+
  • Time: 45 minutes
  • Played with review copy provided by publisher

There is a lot of activity on the Portuguese sidewalks. The first bars open and numerous people swarm out. Children scamper around happily, couples in love stroll through the alleys, while older passers-by relax on park benches in the shade following the hustle and bustle.

In Calçada, players take turns drafting pavement-tiles from the general display onto their player board via a mancala-inspired selection mechanism. Once someone completes a certain area, they get points based on the value of that area. This value then decreases. At the end, everyone gets extra points for connected objects or groups. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins.

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Dale Yu: Review of Charidice

Charidice

  • Designer: Jurgen Adams 
  • Publisher: NSV
  • Players: 2-4
  • Age: 8+
  • Time: 20 min
  • Played with review copy provided by publisher

Take points, give points: Both can lead to success in Charidice. Charidice puts your generosity to the test. Donate your dice – don’t keep all the points for yourself.  If you’ve been particularly charitable, you’ll be awarded a valuable bonus at the end of the game.

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 Dale Yu: Review of Fuego

Fuego

  • Designers: Jason Hager and Darren Reckner
  • Publisher: Keymaster
  • Players: 2-4
  • Age: 10+
  • Time: 30-45 minutes
  • Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/4hr0kny
  • Played with review copy provided by publisher

Fuego is a trick-taking game, played over a series of rounds. Each round consists of playing tricks. Clever card play and well-timed strikes will win you a trick and let you take Flame Tokens from your opponents. Extinguish your opponent by taking all of their Flame Tokens or have the most Flame Tokens at the end of the round to win.  The first player or team to win two wounds wins the game!

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Dale Yu: Review of L.A.M.A. Kadabra

L.A.M.A. Kadabra

  • Designer: Reiner Knizia
  • Publisher: Amigo
  • Players: 2-6
  • Age: 8+
  • Time: 15 minutes
  • Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/4eZnrE7 
  • Played with review copy provided by publisher

The card game L.A.M.A. Kadabra plays similarly to the 2019 game L.L.A.M.A., but with a few additions that complicate gameplay and your choices of what to do.

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