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One Night Ultimate Werewolf vs Borderlands: The Handsome Collection vs Freedom - The Underground Railroad

 vs Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia vs Xia: Legends of a Drift System vs Total Commander

Specs

# Players

3-10

Play Time

10 minutes

Weight

1.41 / 5

Age Range

8+

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Genre

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Available on Steam

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Native resolution

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Age

-

# Players

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Play Time

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Age Range

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Platforms

PlayStation 4, Xbox One

Genre

First-Person Shooter

Available on Steam

No

Native resolution

1080p

Age

-

# Players

1 to 4

Play Time

60 - 120 Minutes

Weight

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Age Range

-

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Genre

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Available on Steam

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Native resolution

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Age

13+

# Players

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Play Time

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Weight

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Age Range

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Platforms

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Genre

-

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Native resolution

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Age

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# Players

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Play Time

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Weight

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Age Range

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Platforms

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Genre

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Available on Steam

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Native resolution

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Age

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# Players

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Play Time

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Weight

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Platforms

Android

Genre

-

Available on Steam

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Native resolution

-

Age

-

Pros + Cons

Pro
 Free companion app eliminates the need for a moderator

There is a need for a game moderator to make sure the game works correctly, this role can be taken by a player or even someone not playing Luckily there is a free Android and iOS app available that eliminates the need for someone to do this, which frees up that task and allows everyone to enjoy the game on the same level.
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 Chaotic team based play of deception and deduction

Players must work together as well as deceive each other in order to find out or hide who the Werewolf is. This creates a sense of chaos as each team strives to reach their goal.
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 No player elimination

Unlike the original version of the game, One Night Ultimate Werewolf does not have any player elimination, which is great for not excluding anyone who plays, which makes it more fun everyone involved.
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Pro
 Expansions available

One Night Ultimate Werewolf Daybreak adds more character cards, and One Night Ultimate Vampire can be it's own stand-alone game, or they can be combined to have werewolves VS villagers VS vampires (if you have enough players)
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Pro
 Quick rounds

Each round takes 10 minutes - 5 minutes for the night (where players wake up and perform tasks when prompted by the companion app), and 5 to discuss what did (and didn't) happen at night, and who the players think are werewolves, and who they think are villagers.
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Pro
 Components and art are well done

There is nothing that makes the game feel cheep, the cards and tokens (game pieces) feel solid and the art design is professional and pleasing. Everything about the game says "quality".
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Con
 Game can be less enjoyable for people that find it difficult to lie well

There are people out there that are just not that great at lying convincingly, for these people the game may not be as enjoyable as they will be found out easily.
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Con
 Difficult to play comfortably in larger groups

Due to the players on each team needing to see each others cards larger groups can make this difficult to do in a timely or easy manner.
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Pro
 Really good value for its price

The Handsome Collection contains Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: TPS with all of their DLC included, which gives you more than 100 hours of exciting content. Before this collection was released you'd have to spend more than $100 to get all the DLC for these 2 games.
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Pro
 Great variety of character classes

Both games in the collection have 6 character classes (12 total). Each one has unique abilities that are affected by the skill trees, allowing you to further specialize your character to suit your playstyle. You can choose the support skills to help your teammates, defensive skills if you like being in the middle of the action, or offensive skills to quickly destroy enemies at the cost of increased risk. There's enough variety to keep it fresh across multiple playthroughs of two very similar games.
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Pro
 Exciting loot collection

Every time you kill an enemy or open a chest an item can drop. There are millions of possible combinations, each with their unique appearances and stats, so you never know what you'll get. It can be a really weak but rainbow-colored rifle, or an exceptionally powerful golden shotgun. The potential to find the best loot in the most humble locations makes killing enemies and finding chests incredibly exciting and satisfying.
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Pro
 Awesome co-op experience

Borderlands is a lot more fun when you play it together with your friends. It's not just due to the excitement of going on an adventure together, it's also because the teamwork feels rewarding and meaningful. The various characters and guns have their strengths and weaknesses, so you can cover for each others weaknesses. It creates an experience where you learn to rely on each other and forge a stronger bond as a result.
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Pro
 Implements historical education into the gameplay well

The game can be used as a great educational tool and it features plenty of historical moments, locations, and iconic people. Some games can be a bit preachy when they have historical aspects, luckily Freedom finds the right balance, making for a fun game that has plenty of historical components.
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Con
 Theme may not appeal to everyone

Since the theme is about slavery and escaping through the underground railroad, some people may not want to play as it is a bit on the heavy side. Moreover, it doesn’t really encourage light-hearted socializing between the players.
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Pro
 Nice aesthetics

The looks of Freedom enhance the gameplay experience a lot. The gameboard is a huge, vintage-looking map of the United States with a newspaper look on the left side where cards and tokens are placed. The event cards feature black and white photos of historical characters, events, and places, as well as some history facts.
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Pro
 Stacks well

Freedom has specific rules and setups for each player count, so it’s going to be a balanced, albeit a little different game for any number of players in the 1 to 4 player amplitude.
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Pro
 Good quality components

The pieces should hold up to multiple plays and they can easily be stored in the game’s box. The components don’t feel cheap. The gameboard itself is huge, quite thick, and foldable, the cubes representing slaves are wooden, all the tokens are made of thick cardboard, and the cards are made of nice and durable cardstock.
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Pro
 The basics are simple

The gameplay gets progressively more difficult as the game progresses, but the basic rules are easy. The game takes part over 8 rounds, each divided in 5 different phases – slave catcher phase, planning phase, action phase, slave market phase, and lantern phase. The players must move the slaves, raise money to purchase abolition and movement tokens, all while evading slave catchers that move both randomly (by dice roll in the first phase) and in the direction of the slaves if they happen to walk on the path. To add to this, there are also event cards you can purchase, some of which can help, and others that provide de-buffs. Some cards can be used upon purchase, whereas others provide an effect until removed.
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Pro
 Two difficulties

The “normal mode” of Freedom is already quite hard, but if you’re looking for an extra challenge then you can flip the “slaves lost” card for more difficult requirements – more slaves to free and less room for error.
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Pro
 Abstract components that allow for imagination

The components for the game are somewhat abstract, as there are cubes instead of characters. But this allows for imagination to be used and gives the game a refined look.
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Con
 Big gameboard

The map takes up a lot of space, and you need some extra room for the player sheets, so you must either have a big table or spot on the floor. The map is 37.4x18.9 inches (950x480 mm) in size.
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Con
 Quarterbacking issue

A popular issue in cooperative games – the more experienced player might take the reins and tell everyone what the best moves would be. In Freedom nothing is hidden, everyone controls the same units and knows what each other’s special abilities are, so this is particularly prevalent.
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Con
 Quite long

A full game takes roughly 90 minutes, which can be quite difficult to sit through. It’s even more frustrating if you lose at the end. It’s also much too long if you want to, say, use the game as an educational tool in a classroom.
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Con
 Difficult

Freedom is a complex puzzle that can easily drain the players trying to balance movement, money income, purchases, etc. Every action you take can have a lasting effect on the game, and you might not even notice. There’s a limited number of actions you can do before you simply run out of options, so you’ll be trying to figure out what the best move is, while, in fact, none of the moves are good, you’re often looking for the best of the worst.
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Con
 Not very varied

Every game of Freedom can feel kind of alike – the starting scenario is always the same, so the first few turns will usually play out similarly, except for the luck-based elements, such as event cards and slave catcher dice rolls.
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Pro
 Ethical gameplay elements

Players will be tasked with making ethical choices that will effect gameplay. This element makes for not only games that will play out very differently but for games that can put the players in sometimes uncomfortable situations, making for a very memorable time.
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Pro
 Solidly built with beautiful art and pieces

The art design is very well done and all the pieces feel solid, making for a game worth the price that does not feel cheaped out on in any areas.
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Con
 Children may have trouble with the game concepts

While adults should have no issue, grasping all the mechanics and reasons they exist may be a bit too much for children. The suggested age for play is 13 and should definitely be considered before purchasing for a family game.
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Pro
 Sandbox gameplay

Players are able to choose their own paths, or no path at all and are free to just explore, making this a sandbox experience, something that is somewhat of a new trend in boardgaming.
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Pro
 Large selection of player ships

The amount of ships available for the player makes for many different loadouts which themselves make for may different scenarios that can play out.
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Con
 Once the board is fully explored there is not much to be surprised by

Lengthy games will result in players having explored the whole galaxy, which means most things have been explored. This can turn the game a bit boring at this point due to there be little to surprise a player anymore.
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Pro
 Minatures

Comes with 15 unique spaceship miniatures that are painted.
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Pro
 reliable

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Pro
 stable

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Pro
 performant

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Pro
 plugins

load of plugins make this file manager the swiss-knife for your files
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Con
 none

I can't name a single con for this app
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