But a wise friend once told us that a great game is one you enjoy losing.Īs the giant cheese-person on the box may suggest, Cubitos will not be the most serious board game in your library. Even having experience with the first game, we were surprised by the challenge of the sequel. This caper might be challenging to win on your first play, but if you fail on one heist, the next in the game’s nine-heist campaign gets a bit easier. One of nine unique finales awaits players, and getting into the safe is often much easier than getting out with the loot. Each heist is unique, but they play the same way: find the mole, find the safe, crack the safe, and see what happens next.

Getting seen or slipping up forces players to take on heat in the form of tokens, but take on too much and it’s game over for everyone. To win Burgle Bros 2, players need to explore an unfamiliar casino, revealing tiles and their inhabitants while trying artfully to avoid bouncers or to cause too much commotion. And Ryan Goldsberry’s art really conveys the bright lights and the color you’d expect to see on the Las Vegas strip. You’ll be trading in your masks for costumes and your guards for bouncers and pit bosses if you want to pull off your most daring heist yet.

Burgle Bros 2: The Casino Capers successfully ups the ante from its predecessor as it gets the gang back together for a massive Vegas job.

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