Review on Shifting Stones By Gamewright: A Tile-Based Family Strategy Game For Sharpening Visual And Tactical Decision-Making Skills by Jon Robertson

I"ve only played this solo mode and the rules are a bit different in that you make a mini deck of 16 cards of predetermined values - 8x 1 value, 4x 2 value, 3x 3 value and a 5 value. to win ALL of the cards have to be played. cards 'pay' for each move but in the end all the cards have to be scored which means when the last card is in your hand after shuffling the discard pile for the last time, the tile layout has to be there already from the last play! I got within 1 card which thrilled me. 3 stgrikes are allowed- the 4th strike you're out. since the game plays up to 5 people and the leader has teh darker 'cheat card' that tells the moves and what each tile flips to on the reverse, the other 4 lighter cards are good for keeping tracxk of the strikes used.I really think with more than 2 people this game could drag on and be totally frustrating as you can basically make 3 moves each turn to get the board how you need it - more than that someone can undo what you've done! and it really doesn't do much good to see the board until it's actually your turn and if you're like me and need time to think others are gonna get bored probably.this would be good for travel other than the big box. it's not huge but a bit bigger IMO than it needs to be.the pieces are nice - nice cards, sturdy stones to move (think they're thicker cardboard but stiff and sturdy and pleasant looking.