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Tayla (27 KP) rated Warcross in Books

Jun 19, 2018

Warcross

Marie Lu | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

8.3

(17 Ratings)

Book Rating

Relatable Main Character (1 more)

Quick Listen

Unrealistic Relationship (0 more)

Fun Futuristic Story

I listened to Warcross on Audible instead of reading it, so I am reviewing based on that:

Warcross is an extremely fun, fast paced book with a lot of action. I immediately felt connected with Emika Chen as I can remember being so poor I was living off ramen trying to figure out how to make more money. As I understood more about Warcross the game, I couldn't help but wonder how close we are to this type of technology. I also couldn't help but think of how similar this is to Ready Player One in the sense that it is all virtual reality. The added hacker aspect was pretty intriguing, however. It also loosely reminded me of 50 Shade of Grey, minus the sex scenes. The relationship between Emika and Hideo, the billionaire, seems unrealistic.

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Chase Toyn (4 KP) rated Exploding Kittens in Tabletop Games

Jul 26, 2019

Exploding Kittens

2015 | Animals, Card Game, Comic Book / Strip, Humor

7.6

(55 Ratings)

Tabletop Game Rating

This is an OK game if you don't play any other tabletop games, the artwork is silly and can make you chuckle. (0 more)

The base mechanics are unimaginative, player elimination itself is not the best mechanic but add to it the extreme luck evident in the game, it feels like pure luck who wins. (0 more)

Exploding Kittens? More like explode with boredom

Exploding Kittens is a game trying to evoke emotions through a silly name and theme but the essence of the game, the gameplay, is lack luster and after a few plays is boring. I have owned this game since it has come out and I can count on one hand the number of times I have played this game.

The only positive point is that the artwork is great and the game is worth playing just to get a look at all the fun art.

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Ben (262 KP) rated King of Tokyo in Tabletop Games

Aug 4, 2019

King of Tokyo

2011 | Dice Game, Entertainment, Fighting, Science Fiction

8.0

(21 Ratings)

Tabletop Game Rating

Short-medium length (3 more)

Skill/Luck Combo

Different strategies can win

Excellent theme

This is a game I consistently come back to as a lightweight game to spice up a hohum evening. I love the theme of this game and how the cards that you are able to buy play so well into the theme and add tremendous amounts of replayability to it. The mechanics in the game are super simple and I have no problem brining it to the table for gamers and non-gamers alike. Pertaining to it's wide assessibility, this game scales so well for all of its player counts. I've even been able to play a four monster game with 2 and 3 people. Lastly, this game was one of my first Yahtzee style, dice manipulation games, but due to my fiance and my enjoyment of the game, we've been excited to try more with the same mechanism.