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To win, are you more of the type to play your memory or to put the twists in? Either way, we’ve got what it takes to fill your Santa Claus list!
In the aptly named fort This is my forte!, you are going to build … a fort. The strongest in the game. Like a memory, lay out the 45 tiles from the box on the table, face down. On your turn, you turn a tile face up. On each is a piece of rampart with a number. You have two choices: put it back in its place, face down, or place it after your wall. But, and this is all the salt of the game, you must respect the ascending order: it is forbidden to put tile 42 before tile 33. You will therefore have to remember the location of the numbers previously released to have the least of holes possible in its fort! The player with the longest wall wins the game. Add the bonuses offered by the inhabitants of the castle (king, princess, gunners, magician) found on certain tiles, and we have a quick game that will amuse your whole family.
This is my forte! MJ Games. $ 20, 20-minute game, for 2 to 4 players.
But what is this circus?
There are very few games that are located in the world of the circus, and Ringmaster will immediately seduce you with the beauty of its large cards in tarot format, in an atmosphere that the filmmaker Tim Burton would not deny. Each player wants to build the most beautiful circus, and win by one of the three available means: bringing together five attractions, three shows or nine circus tracks. Simple mechanics: you draw a card, you play a card from your hand. Bearded woman, juggler or knife thrower will also have different effects on the game, making it possible to force a particular opponent to discard their hand or to steal cards from another. The game is nasty, but a lot of fun. It even becomes surprisingly strategic when you understand the interactions and the distribution of cards in the deck. WE love !
Ringmaster. Iello. $ 17, 20-minute game, for 2 to 4 players.
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