Kazinga
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Kazinga

Over the New Years holiday, after a failed attempt at Tripoley, we switched to a game called Kazinga. Funny enough, like Tripoley, it also uses chips, though not for betting. Thats about the extent of the similarities though. The game it primarily about dice rolling, though there are some additional bonus cards each player has to use as well. At the start of each game, each player is distributed a number of different colored chips and 3 bonus cards. The object, in the general sense, is to collect, or to get rid of all chips of a single color. There…
Solo Play – Escape from the Space Station
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Solo Play – Escape from the Space Station

I picked this solo game up on a lark because it was on clearance at a Kohl's and the clearance was 75% off or something, so it cost me a couple of dollars.  I really didn't know what to expect from it but it sounded interesting with it's enticement of puzzles to solve, and my slowly growing interest in playing more Solo Games.  Then I sat on it for a few years not actually playing it. The box contains: One Scenario "read first" note 3 trifold papers with information about the station 2 cards of punch out tile pieces 10…
Solo Play – Food Chain Island
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Solo Play – Food Chain Island

Something I have hoped to do for a while is play some solo games and do some write-ups on them.  I have to start somewhere, and today, I am going to take a look at a wallet sized solo card game called Food Chain Island by Button Shy Games.  I recently backed a Kickstarter for another solo game by this same group, and one of the pledge options was to get copies of some of their other, previous titles, so I figured, why not. The game itself consists of 18 cards, a rule book, and a card wallet to hold…