I admit I feel a bit guilty for trading away my copy of Draftosaurus, though not for the typical reason. To this day, everyone in our house refers to that lightweight Antoine Bauza set collector as ‘sweaty dinosaurs.’ We mostly enjoyed the breezy gameplay, but the game’s rhythm involved passing around a handful of dino-meeples that were oh-so warm by round’s end. The game earned its moniker. Trading that title away felt almost like trading away a pair of shared gym shorts. I hope the next owner knew the risks.

Three rounds into our first play of DroPolter, my kids reminisced: “I feel like we’re playing ‘sweaty dinosaurs’ again!” 

They’re always after me lucky charms

As a ghost emerges from beneath your bed, you reach for your collection of lucky charms—a cookie, a gem, a ring, a key, and a shell. With charms closed in one hand, players reveal a card showing the particular charms that will subdue the ghost. The first player to drop the necessary charms onto the table, without dropping any additional fare, grabs the chunky ghost waiting in the middle of the table to win the round. The charmed…

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