Distruptus
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Dare to think in an outrageously original manner with Disruptus, the game featured in the New York...
Solo play Creative Thinking Cooperative Competitive Dice rolling Pencil &
Haikubes Game
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Perfect for individual inspiration or as an after-dinner game with friends or family, Haikubes is a...
Jon Hansen (9 KP) rated Quantum in Tabletop Games
May 2, 2019
Quantum plays somewhat like risk, where you advance units to positions to capture objectives. The catch is that your units are dice- higher numbers can move further, but lower numbers are better in combat, and each has a special ability.
The game revolves around placing "Quantum Cubes", which your units build on planets. Each planet has a number and an amount of slots for quantum cubes to be placed, and to build a cube your units (which are literally dice) must add up the the number on the planet they are on.
Building quantum cubes allows you to select an "advancement card", which contain either permanent upgrades to your turns and abilities, or one-time powerful bonuses. All advancement cards feel meaningful and powerful, and which ones you select determine a lot of how your game will play out. You can "build" for combat, research, mobility, and even some weird other things like being able to change one of your dice once per turn either up one number or down one (and thus changing its abilities).
The game board is configurable tiles, so the "map" can be different each time, and support a faster or slower game, or more or less players (the game only comes with pieces for 4 players, but if you had the dice it wouldn't be hard to play extra with improvised pieces).
The game pacing is really well done; if all players know what they're doing, the race to place the final cube can be intense and exciting, as each player will end up with different strengths as they implement unique strategies to win.
We love quantum and have had a blast every time we've played it- we're expecting it to become a family favorite and for our copy to end up very well loved.
Alien Frontiers
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Do you have what it takes to be a deep space colonist? An alien frontier awaits the brave and...
The Long View
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With an introduction by Hilary Mantel. One of his secret pleasures was the loading of social dice...