Gift from Roll Play after 2024 board game tournament
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How To Play:
Blokus
2-4 players (best with 4) // 20 mins // Easy
The main game board actually has slight ridges to separate the squares in it’s grid, making it easy to play your piece plus make it safe when a table is slightly bumped. Simply play a piece of your color to connect to the corner of any of your pieces on the board… yes, you only connect diagonally, not edge to edge!
Reminds me a bit of the cycle battle in Tron:)
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How to play in 1 minute:
Scrabble Up
This is a real time game in that it has a “timer” … which is the gimmick :) It is a small marble that rolls down the zig zag track – when it hits the bottom your turn is over:) While I DON’T like “timer” based games, I saw this game for $5 and got it just for the fun of it:) And you can play the whole game in about TEN MINUTES as well!
Interesting … he explains the rules clearly (they are simple) but then does not FOLLOW the rules himself! (smile). He was supposed to make a word that started with the letter N … so he used the word PEN. Umm… that starts with a P :)
Forever Home (dogs)
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=> Forever Home Expanded Scorepad v3
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Overview and Preview with Kim:
Race to the Raft (coop with cats / fire)
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=> Official Campaign Book
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=> Background Music (while you race to the raft!)
Solo Playthrough with explanation:
Draconic Dice (aka Dracarys Dice) (or just Dragon Dice)
Want a Super Simple Super Fast Minimal thinking dice game (like Popcorn Dice)? Think Dragon Dice!
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How To Play:
Continue reading “Draconic Dice (aka Dracarys Dice) (or just Dragon Dice)”
Rumis (aka Blokus 3D)
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NOTE: This game isn’t one that fits the “play nice” theme too well. You are out to survive much of the time:)
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=> Build These Shapes (using just 7 specific blocks)
Overview with some explanation:
DorfRomantik
Many reviews refer to this game as a cooperative Carcassonne style game. This is a chill game that you can’t “lose”. A very relaxing game that still can stimulate your brain but with simple rules. Easy to play (but Game Night video did have a bunch of times where they didn’t follow the rules). Might be seen as a solo game that can be played with others, but the social aspect can be extremely fun too. Can play a game in 15-20 minutes and you will want to play two or three games in a row (per Board Game Happy review video).
PLUS it is a Legacy Style game with boxes to open as you achieve various goals.
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=> Music to play by
An interesting overview:
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