Catan Dawn of Humankind is a standalone variant game in the Catan game series. – – 3 to 4 players – – 60 to 90 minutes game time

Catan recreates the Dawn of Humankind moving from Africa to Europe, Asia, The Americas and to Australia.  Players start with 2 camps in Africa.  They will send explorers out across the map to create new camps which will add more ways to collect the 4 resources needed to build and explore.  The object of the game is to collect 10 victory points.  A point is scored for each new camp created.  The first player to create camps in each of the 4 regions outside of Africa gains 2 points.  Any other player who creates camps in all 4 regions gains 1 point.  There are 4 progress tracks for players to advance on.  One will enhance the ability to move explorers, progressing from 3 moves up to 7 on each turn, if paid for.  Another track will allow a player to move one of the two tokens that will block the production of a region and allow the player to take a resource card from another player with a camp on that region.  The other 2 tracks work in conjunction with each other to allow players to advance to space on the board containing animal tokens.  The only way to get to or through these locations is to have the correct progress on both of those tracks.  If so, the first player to get to that location will collect an animal tile and the point or ability pictured on the back of the token.  One of the abilities on the back of these tokens allows the player the ability to remove the production capability from a region in Africa.  Players will need to create camps out of Africa because those original camps will become less valuable as the game progresses.  For those who love Catan, this one will be a hit.  It takes Catan to new levels, with some interesting twists.   

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Minecraft Portal Dash is a new cooperative game the Minecraft boardgame series from Ravensburger. – – 1 to 4 players – – 30 to 60 minutes game time

Can you escape from the nether?  In Minecraft Portal Dash players will work together to race across the board to reach the Nether portal and to safety.  Along the way players will need to dispatch monsters who block the way.  They will need to dismantle the main cube to create the necessary steps to move onto the next stage of the adventure.  If you fail to build the steps in time the team will lose.  Only if you work together and use your tools wisely will the players be able to move to the next level and on to victory and safety by exiting through the Nether portal.

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New from AEG is Ready Set Bet, a game for 2 to 9 players and plays in 45 to 60 minutes.

And they’re off! Get ready to place your bets on nine fast moving racehorses. After four speedy races, the player with the most money will be the betting champion.

Ready Set Bet is played over four rounds. Each player starts the game with five betting tokens, numbered 2 through 5, of their color. One non-player will roll the dice, move the horses, and carry on with announcing the race progress. Or you can use an app for the dice rolls so everyone can be a player.

The game consists of a betting board with numerous places to place bets. Each horse has three Win spaces, two Place spaces, and two Show spaces in which to place bets. Each round consists of players betting on a single horse race while the action is happening. Once someone has placed a bet on a space no other player can bet on that same space. Each space has a multiplier to use with the bet token to determine the payout for that space. Beware, many spaces have little red numbers that indicate how much you lose if that bet is not a winner. Getting bets down early can be a real advantage. Additional betting spots are available for Color bets, Prop bets, and Exotic Finish bets. These spots are all cards that are randomly drawn and placed on the betting board before a race begins. Bets can be placed until the 3rd horse crosses a red line about two thirds of the way down the racetrack. As soon as a horse hits the finish line the race is over, wins and losses are paid out, and players get their betting tokens back. The racetrack and betting board is reset for the next race and then they’re off again.

Between races each player is dealt two VIP cards. They will choose and keep one and discard the other. These are special ability cards to use in betting for the races and can be used in each subsequent race. Players gain their first VIP card at the end of the first race which can then be used in the second, third, and fourth races. Their second card at the end of the 2nd race which can then be used along with the first VIP card in the third and fourth races, and so forth. So, by the start of the 4th and final race each player will have three VIP cards to use.

There are lots of ways to place your bets and it will change from race to race. Get your odds calculators for Ready Set Bet.

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Two new game expansions: Parks Wildlife and Sagrada Glory, along with San Francisco, a standalone Ticket To Ride small-box city version have arrived!

– NEW GAME EXPANSION –

Parks Wildlife is an expansion to Parks, a game that celebrates America’s National Parks. The Parks Wildlife Expansion adds the New River Gorge National Park, new trail sites, fresh canteens, new gear, and more season cards. Additionally, there is a Wild Bison that will roam the parks cards granting bonuses. – – 1 to 5 players – – 40 to 70 minutes game time

In the base game, Parks each player takes on the role of 2 hikers as they trek across different trails during the four seasons of a year to see sites and visit parks all worth victory points. Each journey is unique with gear, canteens, and photos earned along the way.

– NEW SMALL-BOX GAME –

Ticket To Ride San Francisco is another in Days Of Wonder small-box Ticket To Ride City series. Each is a standalone game that is a quick lighter version of Ticket To Ride. You’ll travel to the various iconic locations of that city. – – 2 to 4 players – – 10 to 15 minutes game time

Welcome to the 1960’s San Francisco.  In this fast-paced game, players race one another through the busy streets of San Francisco visiting iconic tourist attractions while completing their destination tickets. During the game, players will draw transportation cards, draw additional destination tickets, claim routes, and collect souvenirs. Points are scored for the value of the claimed routes, completed destination tickets, and for souvenirs collected. Points are deducted for uncompleted destination tickets.

– NEW GAME EXPANSION –

Sagrada Glory is the third and final in The Great Facades Expansion series for the base game Sagrada, a dice drafting and window crafting game. – – 2 to 4 players – – 30 to 45 minutes game time

The Sagrada Glory modular expansion introduces these four modules:

1. Strife – gray dice that are always in the draft pool. They have restrictions on where they can be placed and how they contribute to scoring that change with each game.
2. Pioneer – objectives that are awarded during the game to the player who is first to achieve a specific goal.
3. Flourish Cards – risky private objectives worth points if the player achieves a specific color pattern in their window – negative points if not achieved.
4. Rivalry Public Objectives – rewards players on how well they achieved a goal compared to the other players.

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• Publisher: Eagle-Gryphon Games
• Players: 1 to 4
• Time: 45 minutes

Sagani is an abstract tile placement game with simple rules. Each player will create their own tableau of nature tiles that are one of four basic colors: blue for water, green for earth, red for fire, and white for air. Tiles are taken in turn order from the central play area. Up to five will be available on each round. Each tile has a number on it that represents its scoring value and anywhere from 1 to 4 arrows that point in different directions with each arrow one of the basic colors. For example, a blue tile could have three arrows, a white, a red, and a blue or any combination including repeat colors. You’ll place discs from your supply on the tile equal to the number of arrows. At any point during the game when an arrow points to another tile of the appropriate color, you cover the arrow with a disc from the center of its tile. When all of the arrows on a tile have been covered the tile is scored and flipped to the reverse side to indicate it is completed and scored, and the discs are returned to your supply.

If your supply of discs runs out or you don’t have enough to fill a tile you must take red discs from a common supply. Each red disc costs you a one-time 2 points on the scoring track. These can then be reuse them for the remainder of the game. This can work to your advantage in getting higher valued tiles scored when your disc supply is running low.

The end of the game is triggered when a player reaches or exceeds the set number of points as determined by the number of players. You’ll finish the round with each player having a turn. The player with the most points at the end of the round is the winner.

The tiles are colorful, and the artwork is great. Now if we could just get those arrows to point at the right tiles.

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Wormholes is a pick-up and deliver game paced at light speed where players will connect the galaxy one wormhole at a time and use those wormholes to pick-up and deliver passengers. – – 1 to 5 players – – 45 to 60 minutes game time

Players build a system of Wormholes across the galaxy to deliver passengers to the planet of the passenger’s choice.  On their turn, a player has a variety of actions they can take. They can use energy tokens to move their ship one space at a time up to three times, place wormholes, use their or an opponent’s activated wormholes to make free jumps, collect additional passenger cards, and deliver passengers to their assigned planet. They may take these actions in any order and some as many times as they choose. If you are the first person to place a wormhole next to a planet you earn an exploration token worth victory points.

Points are awarded for discovering planets, delivering passenger, and having other players use your strategically placed Wormholes.  Additionally, you could earn a Galactic Tour Bonus of three points each for your 6th, 7th, etc., different planet that you delivered a passenger to.

Wormholes comprises of a modular board made-up of double-sided space tiles, player color miniature ships, wormhole tokens, 100 passenger cards, and more.  The universe could change on each play of the game.

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