An easier version of “The Game”, but it actually has different rules!
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=> Rules
=> Len’s half page Rules Summary v1
How To Play:
Big Shuffle
Purchased direct from the publisher at the Philadelphia Game Show (June 2023)!
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=> Official Website
=> Kickstarter
=> Official Rules / (searchable)
=> Len’s 1 page Rule Summary v4 (looking for feedback about any errors)
See expansions at the bottom of this page!
=> Video Playlist
=> Background Music (25 songs – 1 1/2 hours of music as of June 28, 2023)
Official How To Play:
Inside Job (similar to The Crew)
A trick taking card game similar to THE CREW (published by the same company) but with a “traitor” as part of the team! So it is a coop game with the twist that the INSIDER can win the game instead of the team!
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=> Rules
How To / Review:
Books of Time
Wow … a game that let’s you make your own book in a 2 ring binder! Best played with 2 or 3 players … and it is tough to meet the end game goals. A puzzly kind of game trying to decide what to do when. This game was created by the same person who created Mandala Stones. Game takes longer the more players. GREAT for Solo play! Probably plays too long with 4 players.
Note: it takes a LOT of table space!
NOTE: Whoever is quickest at finishing their turn should be the first player! (other players can think about the Chronicles book pages while the first player actually is taking their actions).
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=> Rules (on the game company’s site)
=> Official FAQ
=> Len’s 1 page Rules Summary v3
Entertaining overview of the game in 6 minutes:
Chronicles of Crime
Coop detective investigation game.
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===> Welcome to Redview (expansion)
===> Noir (expansion)
===> 1400 (full game in year 1400)
===> 1900 (full game in year 1900)
===> 2400 (full game in the future)
===> Rulebook Chronicles of Crime
Review:
Game (The Game – 2015)
Can play this game using the cards from the game The Mind (just add the cards placed in the middle of the table)
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=> Rules
Explanation and Playthrough:
Mind (The Mind – 2018)
There are lots of “mind” games. This one is from 2018 and is a game with a deck of cards :)
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=> The-Mind_Rules_2020
There were two new versions of “The Mind” released after the original. See the video at the bottom of this page to find out about them! Or just check out the webpage for that new version here:
=> The Mind: Soulmates
How To Play by Rodney Smith (Watch It Played)
Awkward Guests (a better Clue game)
If you like Clue, you should like Awkward Guests!
It plays longer with more people. With fewer people it misses the choice of who to trade with (so 3 players might be best). However, a 2 player game avoids the chance to keep getting the same cards over again because cards exchanged are then discarded. Solo mode is also quite good!
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=> Official Website
=> Kickstarter
=> Rulebook 10 Awkward Guests
=> Len’s 1 page Rule Summary v2
=> Keeping Track Of Turns and Actions
=> Official Clue Tracking Sheet
=> A written review of the game
How to Play with Review:
Artisans of Splendent Vale
Warning! The box is large and HEAVY (when I bought my copy at I’m Board game store, they carried the box out to my car for me).
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=> Kickstarter page
=> Rulebook
Note about playing the game with kids:
Quick quick overview then their full review (queued to the right spot):
What introduced me to the game (quick 2 minute mention):
Globetrotting
I put together (assembled) the globes and the game is ready to play!
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=> Kickstarter
=> Pledge Manager
=> Rulebook
=> Len’s 1 page Rules Summary v1
How To Play (in less than 5 minutes):
