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Terracotta Army by Board&Dice Coming Soon

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  Board&Dice revealed the cover art and additional information about their upcoming game Terracotta Army by designers Przemysław Fornal and Adam Kwapiński, and a solo mode by Dávid Turczi. Terracotta Army is an area majority and worker placement game where players work together to build armies of terracotta statues with the player earning the most victory points being declared the winner. "Emperor Qin Shi Huang has passed away. To protect him in the afterlife, a great army in the form of statues of faithful warriors must be assembled to stand guard in the Emperor's tomb. You will be among those tasked with building this magnificent army. In Terracotta Army, you represent talented craftsmen and artists laboring to build the wondrous assembly of statues." During the game, players collect resources, upgrade their workers, and seek favor with the emperor's advisors. The goal is to play a crucial role in the process of creating the terracotta army, and each player'
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Quick Ratings: @IDWPublishing's Transformers Monstrosity and Robots in Disguise, Doomsday.1, Half Past Danger


Here are today's Quick Ratings. Included are IDW's; The Transformers: Monstrosity #8, The Transformers: Robots in Disguise #18, Doomsday.1 #2, and Half Past Danger #2. If you have any questions about my rating or want to discuss anything just leave me a comment.
See the Review Rating Overview page for more information on how I rate each comic


The Transformers: Monstrosity #8 - Chapter 8: Massacre


12 CHAPTER DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE SERIES! EXODUS! The war between AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS heats up, and the population of CYBERTRON has had enough! Can OPTIMUS PRIME hold together those who remain-or is all hope lost?

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Cover & Solicit 4/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 4/5
Story 4/5
Verdict 3.7 - (Buy Transformers Monstrosity #3) SAVE 10%


The Transformers: Robots in Disguise #18 - Dark Cybertron Prelude; Second Exodus


SURVIVOR'S GUILT! After the shattering events of the past two issues, we can't tell you who's alive and who's dead. But we will hint that one CYBERTRONIAN has to reconsider her worldview-while she comes face-to-face with some old enemies. We won't mention any names, but she's in for the fight of her life!

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 Cover & Solicit 4/5
Art, Colors & Inking 4/5
Layout & Flow 4/5
Story 4/5
Verdict 4 - (Buy The Transformers: Robots in Disguise #18) SAVE 10%

Doomsday.1 #2 - Nor Iron Bars A Cage...


Is there any hope Humanity can recover from doomsday? Odds seem low, as our intrepid team discovers the survivors include the worst of the worst.

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Cover & Solicit 3/5
Art, Colors & Inking 3/5
Layout & Flow 5/5
Story 5/5
Verdict 4.1 - (Buy Doomsday.1 #2) SAVE 20%

Half Past Danger #2 - Chapter Two: In Like Flynn


Hangovers don't come much worse than this... Tommy 'Irish' Flynn awakes from his bar-room battering to face a military court chaired by his mysterious assailants. The enigmatic MI6 Agent Huntington-Moss wants Irish to guide them to the Pacific Island site that saw Flynn's Squad annihilated in a Dinosaur attack. But the island is home to other monsters too: The SS are there to claim the creatures for themselves. Convincing Irish to return to the site of his worst nightmares proves to be just the beginning...

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Cover & Solicit 3/5
Art, Colors & Inking 4/5
Layout & Flow 5/5
Story 5/5
Verdict 4.4 - (Buy Half Past Danger #2) SAVE 10%

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