NewGameMonday Hosts: Derek Smith & Suzzan Smith It is not in the dictionary, but we think Mathing should be. Mathemagian’s Duel yields low anxiety, quality educational board gaming, perfect Mathing with witty characters, and light brass tacks. This is a math-centered card game that nurtures quick addition and subtraction skills. The game offers enough strategy to keep you excited and engaged, but not so much that each move becomes a tedious decision process. The objective is to take on the role of dueling Mathemagician’s, competing to cast spells and deplete the opponent’s magical strength. The spells are cast by collecting Energy cards that equal the amount required to cast the Spell card. To cast, you must have the right conditions and the player must declare the Spell. Yes, we invoked our best Potter and Hermione impressions when we cast our spells. Let’s hear it for Mathing! Mathemagician's Duel Year Published:2019 Player: 2-3 Play time: 20-40- Minutes Designer: Scott R. Kelly Artist: Bill Murphy Publisher: BSGames Categories: Card Game, Children's Game, Educational, Fantasy, Math Mechanism: Hand Management https://bsgames.ca/ https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/286741/mathemagicians-duel Let’s be honest; there is still a bit of drama when we play. Sit Down - Join the Game Suzzan Smith We play. We invent. We review. We are an independent, creative pop culture studio that looks beyond what is contemporary. We grew up in pop culture and strive to present a positive forum on everything nerdy. We are having conversations about nerd culture, news and our nerd life. https://www.nerdzgarage.com/post/more-than-playing-with-numbers-mathemagician-s-duel Nerdz Garage Derek Smith Nerdz Podcast Theme Royalty Free Music Purple Planet Music Ecstasy

NewGameMonday Hosts: Adam Malick and Dylan Smith Skull King by Grandpa Beck’s games drops anchor in a small box that holds a heap of swashbuckling hijinks. Like other Grandpa Beck’s games, this game has cheery artwork and is a clever, clever game. The rulebook is straightforward and witty. It will just take a few playthroughs to grasp all the nuances. However, the play is quick to pick up and well worth the time. It has unquestionably stayed on the game table for weeks since our first play. Players are dealt a hand and bet what they win in a round. They only score if they match the exact number of tricks they bid. They lose points if their guess is over or under their bet. The highest score of ten rounds is the King of the High Seas!!! Skull King is a shrewd game that combines straightforward mechanics with a perfect amount of strategy and a splash of tomfoolery. It pays to bold on the high seas, and that brings on annoyance and giggles. We are sensing a theme in Grandpa Beck’s games, and we are highly entertained by it. The special cards add a nice twist in the expansion. The Bid Reminder card reveals are continually comical and louder as we race to round ten. Our pirate accents have grown, or as our son stated, “grown annoying.” Win-win for us! The scoring is a chore, and we have to roll dice to decide who has that duty, and then I read about a fan, Alex Dahl that created a digital score system! He gets all the booty for that! https://alexd99.github.io/skull-king-scorecard/ Problem solved, except for the silly pirate accents. We take games with us when we are on the road, and this small box game is aces for travel. Nerdz Garage is swinging from the sails recommending Skull King & Legendary Expansion. Skull King Published: Grandpa Beck Games Designer: Brent Beck and Apryl Stott Players: 2-6 Playtime: 30 Minutes Play Type: Trick Taking https://www.grandpabecksgames.com/ https://www.nerdzgarage.com/ Derek Smith Nerdz Podcast Theme Royalty Free Music Purple Planet Music Ecstasy

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NewGameMonday ~ Humanity SaVR Host~ Dylan Smith Guest ~ Bill Howley Developers Travis Richardson, Ronnie Savage, Tristen Howk, Francis Young, Donald Thatcher, Doug Pfeiffer, Kishore Boopathi Artist Corey Lustig, Brian Winschel, Ozgur Kaderoglu, Ahmad Haron, Isaack Acevedo, Christen Miranda-Boulay, Dylan Smith, Gabriel Rivera Negron, Sangeet Chonkarathil Technical Art Rahul Yerramneedi Designers Rohit Lad, Sergey Mysin, Brandon Ferrentino, Sowmya Ragi Production Bill Howley, Mark Pointer, Nivedita Rajesekaran, Vafajeet Singh Writing Cody Ray Audio Cynthia Long, Wes LaChance Thank you! Full Sail Mastery Program We play. We invent. We review. We are an independent, creative pop culture studio that looks beyond what is contemporary. We grew up in pop culture and strive to present a positive forum on everything nerdy. We are having conversations about nerd culture, news and our nerd life. Nerdz Garage Dylan Smith Nerdz Podcast Theme Royalty Free Music Purple Planet Music Ecstasy

New Game Monday Hosts ~ Derek Smith Suzzan Smith The good, the bad, and the beautiful. There is much to keep track of while racing to the Trails end. Your Year Goal, the advantages of the Gear cards, and the special effects of the Canteen both good and bad. The added layers maintain the engagement, and the bad is when you realize that after your turn has passed, you neglected to use an ability—curses under her breath. The beautiful surroundings on every component of this resolutely thought out game. 1% of every purchase donated to The National Park Service https://keymaster.games/ https://app.crowdox.com/projects/keymastergames/parks-expansion-nightfall-parks-memories https://59parks.net/pages/about-us Designer: Henry Audubon Artists: Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series Publishers: Keymaster Games Release Date: 2019 Player Count: 1 - 5 Age: 9+ Time: 40 - 60 minutes Mechanism(s): Point to Point Movement, Set Collection, Worker Placement JOIN THE GAME! Nerdz Garage Nerdz Podcast Theme Royalty Free Music Purple Planet Music Ecstasy

Hosts~ Derek Smith Suzzan Smith Uncork the Wine Experience – Viticulture Tuscany Essential We realized early on that the game mechanics and themes of Stonemaier Games appeal to the full gambit of players at the Nerd Garage. As we slowly played through their catalog, next on the list, was spending time in Italy. We were fortunate to be taught the base game by a knowledgeable and patient teacher, and we were hooked. I lean toward impulsive, therefore decided that we required Tuscany Essential, Viticulture Moor Visitors Expansion, and Visit from the Rhine Valley. The guidance from seasoned players was to start slowly with Tuscany and, when comfortable, add the expansions one by one. That fell on deaf ears. This is not sass or rebellion, just excitement to dig into a challenging game. It took a few plays to grasp the whole kit and kaboodle and getting through our missteps on the rules, all while relishing each game. Tuscany: Essential Edition Designed by Jamey Stegmaier & Alan Stone Art by Beth Sobel Published by Stonemaier Games - 2016 1-6 Players - 60-180 minutes https://stonemaiergames.com/ Full Review at https://www.nerdzgarage.com/post/uncork-the-wine-experience-viticulture-tuscany-essential Nerdz Podcast Theme Royalty Free Music Purple Planet Music Ecstasy

Hosts ~ Dylan Smith & Adam Malick Terra Formars, a game by Nicolas Badoux, published by Japanime Games is crafty and campy. The game based on the Terra Formars anime series where players take on the role of a genetically modified warrior dispatched to Mars to combat and defeat the giant cockroaches that were initially sent to heat up Mars atmosphere to make it suitable for colonization. When the last Cockroach is destroyed, the player with the most victory points will be declared the winner. Choose a hero and support team that, with the dice's luck, are the initial mechanics to desolate the enemy. Time to build a deck with cards that the effects used per turn then played or a few with permanent abilities. With the support of Equipment and Squad cards, the ever-changing hand kept the quest of a forceful mechanic evolving. The addition of dice lends another layer of maneuvering before combat is even initiated. The dice have potential, if you roll three Serums, to add the Special Green dice. Some support cards have the effect to re-roll dice or limit the amount of dice rolled. The entirety of the options does not slow the game but give a fuller experience. Japanime Games Terra Formars Year Published - 2016 Designer - Nicolas Badoux Publishers - Japanime Games Mechanisms - Dice Rolling - Combat Full Review https://www.nerdzgarage.com/post/combat-mission-with-terra-formars Nerdz Podcast Theme Royalty Free Music Purple Planet Music Ecstasy

NEW GAME MONDAY Hosts: Dylan Smith Suzzan Smith We aimed to misbehave and thought we had played all the space cowboy-themed games. Lady luck was on our side when the Guide for Bounty Hunters popped up on gaming social media. It had been a while since we watched the groundbreaking sassy and smart anime Cowboy Bebop. It takes place in a flawed and contentious universe. The characters have depth, and all actions have repercussions. Episodic stories that glide through ardent music and slick artistry. Japanime games captured the soul and spunk from the show thoroughly. Cowboy Bebop: Serenade is a semi-cooperative deck-building game for 1-4 players. You are tasked to play one of the shrewd crew members on The Bebop and tasked by the Big Shot to hunt criminals on Mars, Earth, and Ganymede. Eventually, you cross paths with Vicious, and the outcome of this battle determines your victory or his escape. See you Space Cowboy ! 3,2,1 Let’s Jam! "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for 'fair use' for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL-D9LrFJd4 Tank!” by Seatbelts Cowboy Bebop: Space Serenade https://japanimegames.com/products/cowboy-bebop-space-serenade?variant=31605793882187 1–4 Players Playing Time - 30–90 Min Age: 14+ Year Published – March 2020 Designers Johan Benvenuto and Florian Sirieix Publishers - Don't Panic Games and Japanime Games Categories - Card Game and Novel-based Mechanism - Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Theme - Anime / Manga FULL REVIEW https://www.nerdzgarage.com/post/happy-hunting-with-cowboy-bebop-space-serenade https://www.nerdzgarage.com/ Join the Game! DYLAN sMITH Suzzan Smith

Now, I will admit that I have yet to read all the tales in One Thousand and One Nights, and it’ll likely be ages before I do, but playing Crazier Eights card game has sparked the desire to explore more. Crazier Eight One Thousand and One nights and Shahrzad are standalone versions of Crazier Eights with Arabian Nights theme. Every card has a unique ability, and the first player with zero cards in hand wins. The rules are straightforward yet are brimming with depth and strategy. The cards display a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories and folk tales depicted to quintessential art. The cards are stunning. Gameplay Shuffle the cards and pull the top card to start a discard pile. Deal seven to each player and decide who goes first. We roll a D20 dice to see who goes first at Nerdz Garage. Once the cards have been dealt, there will be the time required to read the abilities of the cards. EACH card has its own distinctive capability and resourcefulness. A few of the cards have heavier powers and can make you a target, much like in the Magic Card game. Pretty clever to add these additions to the game of Crazy Eights. Multiple players make for a strong dynamic and strategy. We did find that controlling more than five assets can get confusing if you speed through your turn. Take your time and read all your Assets. Each turn has four phases: Beginning phase, if you have an Asset card that prompts An ability before your turn, play the Asset. These are my favorite cards. Some give the ability to look through the deck and play an Event or Asset immediately. Draw a card. Main Phase: Play one of your cards and discard a card. You may discard first. There are two types of cards to play face up in front of you: Assets and Events. Assets played in front of you give you control of that card and its ability continues to take effect until someone gets rid of that card or takes over control of it. If they take control of it, it moves in front of that player face up. When you play an Event card, the ability takes place right away and then discarded on the bottom of the discard pile. Its capacity is over. Discard a Card. You May discard if it is the same color or symbol or number as the top card. An eight can be played, and you name the color that has to be discarded next. You do have to discard. End Phase: If the asset card you control prompts an ability at the end of the turn, it is executed now. The player with zero cards wins. Shahrzad rather than wild eights, Shahrzad has multicolored cards and split cards. Split cards, such as Might & Magic, shown above, are treated like multicolored cards when they are discarded, but you have to choose one side when you play it for the ability. Our Thoughts We blended the two sets together after a few independent plays. Having two sets provided a fuller game when we played with three to four players. Crazier Eights is a combat story-driven game. There are endless combinations to build a good engine; however, one card can topple your engine. You are constantly defending your Assets while collecting stronger cards to put opponents at a disadvantage. It’s a quick but complex game. Crazier Eights is a rare mixture that we found had the perfect balance between depth, style and substance, and fun and challeng Crazier Eight One Thousand and One nights and Shahrzad Card Game Release date: 2018 Publisher: Recoculous Designer: James Wallace Gray Playtime: 10-30minutes Players: 2-4 Age: 13+ https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/258538/crazier-eights-one-thousand-one-nights https://twitter.com/recoculous https://craziereights.com/ https://www.facebook.com/craziereights/ https://www.instagram.com/recoculouscards/