Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you&rsquo;ve been missing out on? Let&rsquo;s find out! First up: We elevate our spirits and press all the buttons at once in Up or Down? Next: We navigate sticky floors and lobby doors in Popcorn And lastly: We shed our cards faster than our fur in L.L.A.M.A. Designed by: Michael...
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Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you’ve been missing out on? Let’s find out! First up: We elevate our spirits and press all the buttons at once in Up or D...

Welcome to Which Game First where we boldly explore the hilariously huge world of board games. Did we unearth any hidden treasures you’ve been missing out on? Let’s find out! 
 
 
 
First up: We elevate our spirits and press all the buttons at once in Up or Down?Next: We navigate sticky floors and lobby doors in PopcornAnd lastly: We shed our cards faster than our fur in L.L.A.M.A. 
 
 
 
Up or Down? 
 
 
 
Designed by: Michael Kiesling, Wolfgang KramerPublished by: ABACUSSPIELE and Capstone Games (2024)Players: 2 &#8211; 6Ages: 8 &amp; upPlaying time: 30 minutes 
 
 
 
In Up or Down?, you build ascending and descending rows of cards, trying to place as many cards of the same color in a row as possible 
 
 
 
To set up, shuffle the deck, deal each player a hand of three cards, reveal six cards and place them in a ring from low to high, then split the deck in half and place these piles in the center of the ring, one face up and the other face down. The deck contains cards numbered 1-126, although you adjust the deck based on the number of players. 
 
 
 
On a turn, place a card from your hand between the surrounding numbers in the ring, e.g., 37 between 34 and 52, then you take one of the cards surrounding your just-placed card and add it to your display, either starting a new row or adding to an existing row. (If your card is lower than the lowest number or higher than the highest, place it between the lowest and highest card, then add one of those cards to your display.) 
 
 
 
You can have up to three rows in your display. When you place a second card in a row, you must decide whether the cards in that row will be placed in ascending order or descending, and you stack the cards accordingly. If you cannot or do not want to place a card in a row — following the ascending or descending order you set up — take all the cards in a row of your choice, flip them face down into a personal discard pile, then start a new row with your current card. 
 
 
 
To end your turn, draw a card from either pile inside the ring. Once all the cards in the game have been played, score your rows. For each row, multiply the number of cards in that row by the number of cards in the most common color in that row. For each card in your discard pile, score 1 point. Whoever has the most points wins. 
 
 
 
Popcorn 
 
 
 
Designed by: Victor SaumontPublished by: IELLO (2025)Players: 2 &#8211; 4Ages: 10 &amp; upPlaying time: 60 minutes 
 
 
 
In Popcorn, each player manages their own movie theater and tries to show the best combination of movies in order to attract guests to their seats. 
 
 
 
The game plays out over nine rounds, and in each round you may acquire a new movie, build or upgrade your theater, and use advertising to attract new guests — then it&#8217;s showtime, with you drawing guests at random from your bag to see who has shown up. Place guests in the right seats to activate special powers; match them with the right movies, and you get a movie bonus as well, thanks to their enthusiasm for your good taste. 
 
 
 
After watching films in your theater, guests might be spirited away to other theaters thanks to ads presented by those theater owners &#8211; but you&#8217;ll probably do the same to them, too. 
 
 
 
The bonuses from a movie get worse the longer it runs, so be sure to bring in fresh films to keep guests on the edge of your seats. After all, happy guests can help your theater win awards in town; more importantly, they can keep the &#8220;popcorn&#8221; piling up in your coffers, and whichever theater owner fills their popcorn box the best wins. 
 
 
 
L.L.A.M.A.

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