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“I’ll Have a Wicked Game”: A Review of Distilled: Cocktails
As a youngster, we used to drive by a bar/lounge every time my family went most weekends to visit my grandparents. As neither of my parents drank, I kept peering at the neon sign on the side of the building, … Continue reading
Clank! Expeditions – Temple of the Ape Lords (Game Review by Brandon Kempf)
Designer: Tim McKnight Artists: Anika Burrell, Nathan McGuire, Raul Ramos, Nate Storm, Alain Viesca Publishers: Dire Wolf Digital & Renegade Game Studios Players: 2-4 Play Time: 30-60 minutes Times Played: 2 “Welcome to the Jungle, we’ve got fun …. Games” … Continue reading
Review of Escape Room The Game – Welcome to Funland | Escape Room The Game – Murder Mystery (NO SPOILERS)
Escape Room The Game [OG Review] is a cooperative “escape the room” game from Spin Master Ltd. that was released in 2016. The base game contains four different Adventures for teams to explore and experience. Plays must work together to solve several puzzles before time runs out. Verifying that each puzzle has been solved correctly requires the use of an electronic Chrono Decoder and associated Keys. The Chrono Decoder is unique to this game system and is used in several ways, including: it’s the game timer, it contains various ciphers needed to solve puzzles, and it verifies the code – entered by inserting Keys into the device – for each part of the Adventure. Shortly after the release of Escape Room The Game, two separate expansion packs were also released for the game: Welcome to Funland (Difficulty 3.5/5) and
Murder Mystery (Difficulty 3/5). Continue reading
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Tagged Escape, escape room, expansion, Expansions, Family games, funland, murder mystery, Puzzles, review, reviews
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First Impressions: Nightfall – Martial Law
The first expansion for the deckbuilding game, Nightfall is nearing release. The folks over at AEG were kind enough to supply me with an early copy so that I could take a look at it. The timing was quite fortuitous. … Continue reading
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Tagged AEG, deckbuilding, expansion, first impressions, Nightfall
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