Pick-Up & Deliver

  • Review: Container

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    An economic game that tests players’ strategy to build and operate a simple supply chain. The objective of each player is to earn the most money by producing, selling, and transporting containers. It may sound simple enough, but there is a twist: you can never buy or transport your own containers! Instead, you must entice other players to buy your containers and take them to Container Island. At the end of the game, each player adds up the cash earned during the game plus the cash value of the containers in their scoring area on Container Island. Your secret value card determines how much the containers in your area are worth. The winner is the player with the most total money!

    This is how Container is presented to us, a design by Franz-Benno Delonge (Manila, TransAmerica) and Thomas Ewert. Kevin Nesbitt collaborated on its expansion. It was first published in 2007 by Valley Games, Inc. in an English version. In 2018, Mercury Games published the 10th Anniversary Edition which included the expansion. And in 2026, Allplay published a new edition. The illustrations for the first edition were done by Mike Doyle, those for the 10th Anniversary Edition by Michael Christopher, Paola Tuazon, and Andrew White, and those for the Allplay version by Adam Allsuch Boardman.

  • Review: Ahoy

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    You are smugglers and soldiers on the high seas. Each round, you will roll and place dice to perform actions unique to your faction. Control Regions and deliver Cargo to gain Fame and win the game!

    This is the premise of Ahoy, designed by Greg Loring-Albright (Leviathan, Bloc by Bloc: Uprising). It was first published in 2022 by Leder Games in an English edition following a successful crowdfunding campaign. The artwork was handled by Kyle Ferrin (Root, Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile, Vast: The Crystal Caverns).

  • Review: Nucleum

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    When Elsa von Frühlingfeld used recently isolated uranium to heat a pitcher of water and then used the resulting steam to power an engine in a process she called “atomization,” a new era of energy dawned. Her device, called “Nucleum,” made Saxony the center of European science and engineering. Now, a generation later, inventors, engineers, and industrialists flock to the Saxon court to become the leader of this new industrial revolution.

    This is how we are presented with Nucleum, a design by Simone Luciani (Grand Austria Hotel, Tzolk’in: The Mayan Calendar) and Dávid Turczi (Imperium, Tawantinsuyu: The Inca Empire). First published in 2023 in an English version by Board&Dice. The artwork is handled by Andreas Resch (Istanbul, Il Vecchio, Great Western Trail) and Piotr Sokołowski (Loot, Merchants).

  • Review: Keyflower

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    Keyflower takes place over the four seasons of a year. Players will compete to expand and improve their respective villages, facing different challenges, with every game being unique due to the mix of village tiles that varies from match to match. Players must stay alert to make the most of their available resources, transport and upgrade capabilities, skills, and workers.

    Keyflower comes to us designed by Sebastian Bleasdale (Black Fleet or On the Underground) and Richard Breese (Reef Encounter or Inhabit the Earth). The game was published in 2012 by HUCH! & friends/R&D Games. The artwork is handled by Juliet Breese (Keythedral or Aladdin’s Dragons), Jo Breese, and Gemma Tegelaers (Mai-Star or Massilia).