Games World of Puzzles – October 2019

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MATCHING
TWIN IT!
GAMEWRIGHT, $15
AGE RANGE: 8+
PLAY TIME: 15 MINUTES
PLAYERS: 2–6

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win It! is a fast-paced matching
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a few twists.
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and a 60-second egg timer. Cards are
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somewhat abstract designs. The color
palette is a key part of the experience,
since it creates a distinct look and
makes some cards resemble others at
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Two to six players split the cards into
stacks evenly among them. Players take
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the facedown pattern is revealed on the

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cards can collect them. Matching cards

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the winner’s draw pile. Here’s the inter-

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on top of a draw deck.

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if someone else won the other two cards

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card on someone else’s draw deck. If

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pairs wins.

There are team and co-op variants,

with the latter involving making as many

matches as possible in 60 seconds. This

is a compact, bright, attractive game

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GAMEWRIGHT: $20
AGE RANGE: 10+
PLAY TIME: 20 MINUTES
PLAYERS: 2+

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ho’s less likely to
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Mother Teresa or Daenerys
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filer by a small indie com-
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by Gamewright. It’s a coop-
erative game in which play-
ers work together to identify
a character from a limited
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and more generic descrip-

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are placed on the table next

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choosing either side of the

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One of these cards represents

the mystery character for

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one else working together.

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a second set of cards, also

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the cards and places them be-

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seven degrees of likelihood

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not.” For example, the mystery

character is Iron Man and the

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transportation” and “Likely to

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be placed next to “probably”

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process of elimination. In the

case of Iron Man, some other

choices may be “cowboy” and

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those cards can be removed.

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score track each time a char-

acter is eliminated. When a

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another player becomes the

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more characters, for a total

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The scoring system is slight-

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game offers a lot of oppor-

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way with words? It’s a great

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sation starters. Q

BY THOMAS L. MCDONALD •BOARD GAME REVIEWS•

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