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A great production, but does the gameplay match it? - Tend Board Game Review

28. Januar 2026 um 18:01

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Hello everyone!

It's time for another review, and today, we are taking a look at Tend!
We hope you'll enjoy our thoughts on this game, and that they might help you find out if this will be a good one for you and your group.

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Timestamps:

Intro: 00:00
Overview: 00:30
Gameplay thoughts: 03:35
Final Thoughts: 13:53

Race to Kepler Prototype Review — Accessible Deckbuilding meets Bidding!

28. Januar 2026 um 16:30

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We review this upcoming sci-fi deck builder that features multiplayer bids for some central cards! In Race to Kepler, you construct and eject from your deck of initially 10 cards, ultimately trying to get to Kepler first to win. There’s plenty of tried and true deckbuilding tabletop mechanics, like trashing cards and combo-ing hard off of money cards. By mixing in these special titan cards with the bidding dynamic, Race to Kepler is trying to smooth over problems like multiplayer solitaire. But are there trade-offs from having a bid? Players also get to play a specific city, each with asymmetric abilities to spend your energy on. There’s not much take-that, and with open drafting, so this game is readily accessible to many!

Play Race to Kepler: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/conduitgames/race-to-kepler?ref=96q6hu

Games featured: Dune Imperium, Lost Ruins of Arnak, Aeon’s End, Tyrants of the Underdark, Dominion (1st and 2nd Edition)

Table of Contents:
Overview - (0:00)
How to Play - (1:38)
Pros - (3:43)
Cons - (14:11)
Recommender Score - (18:24)
Ashton's Personal Score - (21:28)

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