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Designed by: Tom Deschenes Published by: Upper Deck Entertainment Players: 2-6 Playtime: 45-90 Minutes Slightly over two pages of comic make a good first impression for Quest for the Antidote, the short tale detailing the reign of King Mithradates of Greece who spent years making himself immune to deadly poisons after seeing his father die at the hands of an assassin and his poison. Upon coming to a new land to conquer Mithradates realized that he may not be protected against the new toxins they encountered, and thus began experimenting on prisoners. You’ll be playing as one such prisoner, now poisoned and on the run you must seek the antidote along with your fellow inmates. First one to not die horribly of poisoning wins! Sounds pretty cool, eh? Clearly, some thought has gone into creating the backstory for this game, and yet sadly that’s the last we see of it. There is mention of the Royal army chasing after you, but that’s something that is never replicated in the game itself,...

Designed by: Adrian Adamescu, Daryl Andrews Publisher: Floodgate Games Players: 1-4 Playtime: 20-40 Minutes Review copy provided free of charge by Esdevium Games. The variety of themes which game designers can find ways of slotting mechanics into never ceases to amaze me. Sagrada is all about using dice to craft stain-glass windows, and while the theme is fairly superficial it does lead to some rather stunning components and a strong presence on the table. But the most important thing of all is that when you open the box you’re greeted with ninety brightly colored dice and a handy-dandy bag to put them in. Ninety dice! What a time to be alive, eh? Once you’ve perused the concise rules, which are written across just four pages, each player will be given a chunky cardboard frame and two dual-sided window patterns, of which they need to select one and then slide it seductively into their frame. They then get a few favor tokens based on the pattern they chose, an objective card and ...