Little Prince – Make Me A Planet

This game ties in quite well with the famous book (references at the bottom)! One of the videos said that they got the game first and then went and bought the book! We love the book, so I jumped at the chance to get a used copy of the game at I’m Board! Each player constructs a planet on a 4×4 grid so several of the videos compared it to Kingdomino (each player constructs a 5×5 land area)

=> BoardGameGeek
=> Rules
=> Lens One Page Rule Summary

=> Video Playlist

Playthrough – 2 player with one of the 3 selection tiles hidden (queued up to where they start playing the game)

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June 26, 2023 0

Kingdomino (King Domino)

Dominoes with a twist (actually with crowns:) – it won the Game of the Year !!!

=> BoardGameGeek
=> Original Rules / Rules_US_2nd_Edition
=> Len’s Half Page Rule Summary (Variations and notes on the other half)

=> Video Playlist

How To Play (Watch It Played):

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June 25, 2023 0

Santorini New York

The New York update to the great game Santorini with three dimensional building pieces you use during game play! The New York update now is more fun with 3 or 4 players and has multiple special ability cards!

=> BoardGameGeek
=> Rulebook (Aug 12 2020 update)
=> Len’s One Page Rule Summary

=> Video Playlist

How To Play:

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May 14, 2023 0

Dragomino

Kids Game! Ages 4 and up (or younger with help). 15 minutes to play. Best with 3-4 players. Extremely simple. [available at I’m Board in Middleton or Sun Prairie]

=> BoardGameGeek
=> Lens Half Page Rule Summary

=> Video Playlist

Like a beginners version of KingDomino (which is pretty simple itself). The more complex version is QueenDomino.

How To Play:

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May 12, 2023 0

Earth Rising

Note: be careful watching videos about this game because some are referencing the original edition which was never published … it was cancelled and relaunched as a new updated edition which is now referred to as “First Edition”.

I made a video UNBOXING my game for Earth Day 2023:

=> BoardGameGeek
=> Kickstarter
=> Rules 1st Edition
=> Information booklet Earth Rising
=> Rule Summary 1pg
=> Len’s Rule Summary v2 (3pg PDF)

=> Video Playlist

=> Educational Resources (an excellent extensive list)

Interesting written review of the game:
=> Earth Rising Preview

Excellent Review:

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April 20, 2023 0

Four Corners

A puzzly game from the company that gave us Tsuro! It sounded so good I bought two copies :)

=> BoardGameGeek
=> Kickstarter
=> Updated GALAXY Rulebook
=> (just for kicks here is the OLD=> Kaleidoscope Rulebook)

=> Video Playlist

Overview (with apologies included in it):

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January 27, 2023 0

Castles of Tuscany

=> BoardGameGeek
=> Rulebook
=> One Page Rules Summary (by Len)

=> Video Playlist

ALSO … one of my favorite reviewers (Kim Tolson) has a video comparing Tuscany to Burgundy! Check it out (along with another even better comparison) if you are interested in how they overlap and compare:

=> Comparing Burgundy to Tuscany

How To Play:

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January 20, 2023 0

Barenpark Expansion Bad News Bears

Requires the base game (Barenpark)

=> BoardGameGeek
=> Barenpark Expansion Rules

=> Video Playlist

NOTE (from the game designer): When you discard two tiles to gain a Grizzly Tile, the two tiles you discard are out of the game (ie, back into the box)

Review by Game Boy Geek: