This week Shelley and I check out a fun castle-building little tile-laying game for up to 6 players

Sandcastles by Alex Cutler from Pandasaurus Games

then we tackle a MUCH bigger game of star and planet creation as we design new solar systems in

Entropy by Tommaso Battista, Simone Luciani and Nestore Mangone from Board&Dice

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This week Shelley and I check out two smaller games that work as fun fillers. The first is a shedding game with 2-sided cards

dnup by Kei Kajino from Asmodee for 2-6 players/15-20 minutes

then we build bizarre instruments, trying to add birds and notes in

Twisted Trumpets by Matthew Rodela from Play to Z Games for 2-4 players/20-40 minutes

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This week Shelley and I play two games at the ends of the physical size scale

First, we check out a fun card game where you don't want to go out

2 Win by Florian Racky from Blue Orange Games (2-6 players, 15 minutes, 7+)

Then we tackle the BIG box game of making these games we love

The Game Makers by Ben Rosset from Bezier Games (1-6 players/60-90 minutes/15+)

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This week we preview two upcoming releases, then dive a bit deeper into a gorgeous game of Art and design:

Siege Perilous by Ivan Alexiev and Brian Saliba from Play to Z Games

Computer Junkyard by Allan and Jared Pinkus from Dream Egg Games

Artistry - Art Nouveau by Amy and Dusty Droz from Dux Somnium

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This week Shelley and I revisits the Dungeons and Dragons universe in 2012's

Lords of Waterdeep by Peter Lee and Rodney Thompson from Wizards of the Coast, along with it's Scoundrels of Skullport expansions

then we face off in the 2-player-only 2025 release

Rival Cities by Andreas Steding from Deep Print Games and Pegasus Spiele

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This week Shelley and I try (and often fail) to save our lunar colonists from rampant robots and accidents in

Moon Colony Bloodbath by Donald X. Vaccarino from Rio Grande Games

then we explore ruins and reefs, while casting enchantments by rolling dice and marking off the best spots in

Reef and Ruins by Carla Kopp from Weird Giraffe Games

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This week Shelley and I get a chance to check out one of the three Spiel des Jahres nominees for this year

Cozy Stickerville by Corey Konieczka from Unexpected Games (1-6 players, 8+, 30-60 minutes)

then we check out another game from our stack of "haven't played in too long" game that we made back in February to try

Bloom by Laurent Escoffier and David Franck from QWG Games

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Shelley and I get an Essen 2025 release which is a re-themed game from 2013 to the table:

Reef Garden by Jeffrey D. Allers from dlp games

then get one of our "not played in far too long" games to the table, also originally published in 2013:

Russian Railroads by Helmut Ohley and Leonhard Orgley from Z-Man Games and Hans im Gluck. We also checked out the German Railroads and American Railroads expansions too!

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This week, rather than reviewing two "new-to-us" games as we usually do, we thought we would gather some games that might work well with occasional and non-gamers on some of the summer vacations you might be taking. Here's our list:

Flip 7

The Mind

Biddle

6 Nimmt

Cabanga

Trio

Ito

Finito

Russelbande

Beer and Pretzels

Take Time

Take It Easy

Hamsterrolle

Trekking The National Parks

Viva Catrina

Heimlich & Co.

Just One

Viva Pamplona

MySeven

Das Letzte Kamel

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This week Shelley and I enjoy some flora, playing as rival flowershop owners in

Floristry by David Gordon and TAM from UP Games

then placating our oenophile obsession in

Vineyard: A Wine Making Game by Roberta Taylor from Pencil First Games

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This week Shelley and I create movies and then travel through Baghdad

Movie Tricks by Vegard Eliassen Stillerud, Eilif Svensson and Asmund Svensson from Chilifox

Baghdad: The City of Peace by Fabio Lopiano and Nestore Mangone from Alley Cat Games

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This week Shelley and I wander the beach collecting shells, then head back to the 1970's as investigative journalists

Sanibel by Elizabeth Hargrave from Avalon Hill/Hasbro

Pulitzer by David Vaquero from Tranjis Games and 25th Century Games

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This week Shelley and I check out a couple of family-friendly games and still challenge the gamer in us:

Elixirus by Dickie Chapin from Piatnik

Market Fresh by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling from Avalon Hill

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No reviews this week, but please do check out The Game Cabinet and the wealth of information that Ken provided that preceded BGG:

http://www.gamecabinet.com/

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This week Shelley and I make patterns with porcelain pottery and build computers while dealing with 19 th Century society.

First up is Gzhel by Nikita Sorokin from Hobby World

followed by Ada's Dream by Toni Lopez from Alley Cat Games

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This week Shelley and I check out the 'official game of Essen 2025'

Fair Enough by Friedemann Friese from Skellig Games

then we cooperatively work to build a tower for cats (though we could have done it competitively too!)

Cat and the Tower by Masakazu Takizawa from Arcane Wonders

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This week we check out THREE games - well, one new version of an older game, along with expansions for two recent card games

Merchants of Andromeda by Reiner Knizia from Allplay

Faraway and its Under Starry Skies expansion by Johannes Goupy and Corentin Lebrat from Pandasaurus Games

Pixies and its Flower Power expansion by Johannes Goupy from Pandasaurus Games

Fun times for new visits with added cards, as well as the Allplay title which is a revamping of the classic Merchants of Amsterdam!

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This week Shelley and I check out a wonderful sequel to one of our favorite games

Formaggio by Ben Rosset from Road to Infamy Games

then we enjoy a cute trick-taking/deck building game with Charles Schultz artwork

Peanuts Talent Show! by Root and Koudai Tateno from CMON

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This week on Garrett's Games, Shelley and I check out a family-friendly tile-laying game:

Tulikko by Jerome Soleil and Nicolas Melet from Pandasaurus Games

then dive into the DEEP end of heavy games with a theme revolving around desserts?

Sweet Lands by Totsucca Chuo from Uchibacoya and Devir

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