Category: Polynomial (ie Tetris)

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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Tedoku (flip N roll N write)

1-12+ players // 10 mins // Easy

Easy to learn, setup and play. One person rolls one die and flips one card that everyone uses (so no claiming that you got the bad cards:) Everyone draws the shape shown on the die in the row, column or grid area specified by the card.

=> BoardGameGeek
=> Official Website
=> Rulebook AND Player Sheets
=> Len’s half page Rule Summary

=> Large Player Sheet (print your own)
=> 4 player sheets page (print your own)

=> Video Playlist

Official Quick Overview:

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Planet Unknown

=> BoardGameGeek
=> GameFound Fullfillment
=> Deluxe Reprint Kickstarter (July 2023) // Original Kickstarter
=> Rules
=> Complete “official” online FAQ // Planet Unknown FAQ

=> Len’s 1 page Rules Summary (v1)
=> Planet Unknown Score Sheet v2

NOTE: several reviewers suggest not using the optional Event Deck for multiplayer games.

=> Video Playlist

Dice Tower Review and Explanation (he gives it an EXCELLENT rating) [original version]:

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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:)

=> BoardGameGeek
=> Rules
=> Variants for 2 or 3 players

=> Video playlist

How to play in 1 minute:

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Foundations of Rome (Maximus edition)

One of the most beautiful games yet the complexity is under 2.00 plus there is a cooperative mode. NOTE: 3 or 4 players is the optimal player count! (plus if using objective cards, private is preferred to reduce “cut-throat” aspects)

=> BoardGameGeek
=> Kickstarter (for 2nd printing) / Kickstarter (original 1st edition)
=> Official Website
=> Rules (from Kickstarter) / Rules (from BGG)
=> Len’s 1 page Rules Summary v3 (base game only)
=> Len’s 1 page Rules Summary v1 (base game with Monuments)
=> Len’s 2 page Coop Rules Summary v2

=> BGG Notes for Cooperative Mode (Will of the Consul)

=> BGG Forum discussion mistakes / errata etc
=> BGG Forum discussion mistakes / errata etc

=> Video playlist

Overview from Game Boy Geek (his game of the year):

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My City

[note: this is NOT the roll and build version, but the full game]

I just got this game to play with my good friend thousands of miles away (due to the following note):

This can be played by people in other locations who also have the game using Zoom, as per this comment under a YouTube video (and mentioned in the first video below):

Another good point is that it plays well with physical copies across the world, using Skype or whatever, and calling the pieces bingo style!

=> BoardGameGeek
=> Rules
=> Len’s 1 page Rules Summary v1

=> Video Playlist
=> Background Music (while playing the game)

Overview and Explanation (including how it can be played remotely across the country):

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