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In this game, designed by Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance and published by Le Scorpion Masqué, you will take on the mission of transmitting secret codes to your team of Encryptors without letting the opposing team intercept them. You will also be attempting to intercept the opposing team’s codes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe key to this game is you will need to make sure your communications are clear enough for your team to understand but vague enough to confound your opponents!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo set-up, the two teams must position themselves on opposite sides of a table and put four keyword cards in the slots on their screen board – once they’re behind the red screen the scrambled patterns on the cards will miraculously display a word. All team members can see their team’s words but the opposition must not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne player from each team will be nominated as their team’s Encryptor for the round and secretly takes one of their code cards at random – this will show a three digit number, for example “2,1,4”, and the Encryptor will have to give clues in order, relating to the words behind screen two, screen one and then screen four. The clue can be a single word or a whole phrase. The teammates must then attempt to guess the three digit number and proceed to write it onto their team’s notepad alongside each of the given clues. The opposition team then does the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe teams have the opportunity to guess the opposition’s code number in the following rounds based on the clues they hear. If they successfully do so they get an interception token. 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Or is crispy tempura more your style?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou are dining à la carte at a luxury sushi restaurant, watching the conveyor belt parade your favourite Japanese nibbles before your very eyes. But before you can eat, you must first create your own menu from the mouth-watering options within reach. So grab your chopsticks and snap up your favourite dishes before they whiz by!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSushi Go is a fast-paced pick and pass card game for 2-5 players, where the goal is to grab the best combination of sushi dishes before your opponents do. Combinations score massive points. You tally points for the most maki or a full set of sashimi, whilst 5 dumplings bag you a whopping 15 points. Make sure to leave room for dessert, or risk losing points!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis game can get manic, as turns are played simultaneously in each round. It's just like picking a dish off the conveyer belt at a sushi restaurant before your friend nicks it for themselves!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStarting a round is simple. Each player chooses 1 card in their hand they want to keep and places it face-down in front of them. When all players have done this, everyone reveals their chosen cards. Players then pass their remaining hand face-down to the left, and pick up the hand given to them from their right. The next turn then begins with a smaller hand to choose from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeep going until everyone's hand is empty, and then you can score your meal so far. Using the Card Guide is crucial, as each delectable plate has specific conditions for a high-scoring round. Once you've played 3 rounds, the game is over, and you can see who has the best sushi selection for unsurpassed satisfaction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo you have 20 minutes to spare and a craving for katsu? 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However, some queens can be a little troublesome. The Cat Queen cannot abide the Dog Queen so both cannot be held together. The Rose Queen always brings another one in tow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike any fairy-tale, Sleeping Queens has knight in armour. These may be played to rescue any queen from another player, but the dragon will fight off the knight. This is a hand management card game. Many of the cards are simple number cards. These have no value in awakening the Queens but need to be discarded to allow perhaps more potent king cards to be drawn and played. These numerical cards can only be played if the numbers form part of a sum. For example, a player may discard a two, three and five by stating \"2 + 3 = 5\", and then draw three new cards. The complexity of the mathematical equations can be varied according to the age and ability of those playing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther action cards allow a sleeping potion to be used. This places another player's queen under a spell, and they fall asleep. A magic wand will avert such actions. Even the court jester makes an appearance, giving some lucky player an extra queen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChildren will adore the light-hearted images. There is a comedy and fun about the cards. The tie-dyed king is a 60s throwback with his oversized blouse and peace gesture. The cookie king has a half-eaten biscuit for a hat. This is a fun game with a strong educational and numerical slant. It is popular with parents in teaching additional mathematical skills. 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Each player starts with a hand of cards; simultaneously, they will all pick one card from that hand and reveal it face-up in front of them to keep. Then they'll pass their hand to the player on their left. Now they pick a card from this new hand, reveal, and then pass that hand on once again, and so on until there are no more cards left. Once all cards have been played, then players add up their sets. The game lasts three rounds, with the combined score of each round being considered to determine an overall winner. You'll be aiming to collect sets of different sushi dishes, all of which are worth variable points. Some, like the Sashimi, are worth nothing on their own - but collect three of them and they're worth 10 points. Others, like the Maki rolls, reward you for having the most of them come the end of the round, so while you'll pick a card that's great for you, you'll also have to consider which cards you're potentially gifting to your neighbour, or later on, their neighbour! There are also desserts, like the Green Tea Ice Cream, which are collected throughout, but only scored at the end-game. In Sushi Go there are only eight different types of cards, but in Sushi Go Party there are 22 different cards, meaning you can pick a selection of which ones to play with (the rulebook suggests certain 'menus', or you can just decide your own variety). Often, this will result in an entirely different game each time, as players have to work out the value of dishes over others! There is also a lovely score track to mark everyone's progress, and it is, of course, a conveyor belt. We really applaud the theme of the sushi restaurant; it fits the mechanics of the game so well. It's easy to compare Sushi Go Party to Antoine Bauza's 7 Wonders (another card-drafting, set collection game themed around constructing ancient cities). 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This 2018 Spiel des Jahres Nominee by Wolfgang Warsch is a cooperative card game that is so brilliant in its simplicity - the players are dealt a card, numbered 1-100, from the deck and have to simply lay them onto the table in the correct numerical order. The big kicker is that no one is allowed to speak or indicate the number of the card they have in hand. You must simply stare at each other and then lay your card down when you feel the time is right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce you have completed the first round, in round two you are dealt two cards each, in round three you'll have three cards, and so on. If anyone places a card out of order then the game will stop briefly and the team will lose a life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReprieves come in the form of extra lives and Ninja Stars that allow players to halt a round in progress to let all players discard their lowest value card. 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Rhino Hero comes with its eponymous hero in the form of a grinning rhino meeple - brilliant - and if your roof card has the rhino symbol on it, the next player has to move the rhino onto that roof card's symbol! It's easy to see now how Rhino Hero appeals to everyone. Kids love the challenge, and almost thrive on having to move the rhino. Whereas adults, whether playing in the pub or once the little ones have gone to bed, will pull the most outrageous faces as they desperately attempt to concentrate, while the engrossed, watching crowd cheer their every move. HABA have long been experts in creating exciting, fun, learning games for children. Rhino Hero first and foremost teaches children basic hand management and dexterity skills and patience. But it does more than that, because it's one of the most perfect party games out there for adults, too. If ever there was an ice-breaker in a box, Rhino Hero would be it. 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