Sky 5

Similar to Flip 7 but a MUCH MORE FRIENDLY version! The game designers achieved a game that aligns with their values the most. When one person gets too greedy, the system is designed to spread the wealth. When one person has the resources they need, they must gift their excess to those with less. Players can’t harm each other; they can only enrich each other. But we like to classify this as optimistic push-your-luck.

=> BoardGameGeek
=> Rules
=> Len’s 1 page Rules Summary (v3)

=> Video playlist

How to play with an example game:

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Mists Over Carcassonne (co-op)

Finally! A co-op version of Carcassonne! From a review: The game also plays very fast. There often are few realistic choices for tile placements, so games, especially at Levels 1 and 2, can take only minutes in some cases. So if you lose, there is a strong desire to try it again; and if you win, you may want to push your luck and try for a second win.

=> BoardGameGeek
=> Rules
=> Commonly Missed Rules
=> Suggestion: play level 6 with The River 2 expansion (view photo for example)
=> Reference: Visual of all the tiles / 2pg PDF of all tiles
=> 120 spaces score tracker (replaces the one that comes with the game)
    *Updated from: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.
=> 3D Score Tracker with thin markers
=>
Len’s 2 page Rule Summary (v4) All rules needed for levels 1-4 on the first page!

=> Video playlist

Tutorial 2 player playthrough

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Fire Tower

With Expansions (most are simple and good – leaving out the complicated not so good ones)!

=> BoardGameGeek: Core Game / Expansion
=> Kickstarter: Core Game / Expansion
=> Official website
=> Rules: Core Game / Expansion
=> Len’s 1 page Rule Summary (v5) includes a 2nd page in story form! PLUS more notes at the end of this page
=> Winning and Waning (v1) How to win with 2, 3, 4 or 5 players (slight changes with player count, including Sudden Death Mode with 3 players)

=> Video Playlist

Note: 2 players? Use the variant of 2 side by side towers for each player, but only 1 bucket & hand of cards!

Note: when placing a fire gem on the board, it must be orthogonally adjacent to a fire gem (or eternal fire in the center). This means it must be edge to edge next to a fire gem already on the board (ie, diagonally is NOT adjacent for placing fire gems). However, the game is interesting because the purple firebreak tokens are the opposite and must NOT be placed edge to edge next to another purple firebreak tokens (but diagonal is fine).

How To Play (5 mins)

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