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Good Games & Great Friends: The Gathering 2013
Set the Wayback Machine For 2002 My first Gathering of Friends was back in 2002 and even though I’d been in the hobby for a long time, it was an overwhelming experience. Puerto Rico had just been released… and multiple … Continue reading
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Game Expansion Review – Dungeon Lords: Festival Season
Designer: Vlaada Chvatil Publisher: CGE, Z-Man Games Players: 2-4 Time: 120 minutes Times Played: 4x (with the new expansion) MSRP: $39.99 U.S. Reviewer: Mark Jackson (review copy of Festival Season was provided by the publisher) It’s the same every year. … Continue reading
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One Year Later: Three Mini-Reviews
Last spring, I had the privilege of attending Alan Moon’s Gathering of Friends for the first time in 10 years. (Yes, that’s a long interval – the first Gathering I got to attend was in 2002 and the newfangled Puerto … Continue reading
Game Expansion Review – The Rivals For Catan: Age of Darkness & Age of Enlightenment
Designer: Klaus Teuber Publisher: Mayfair Games, Kosmos Players: 2 Ages: 11+ Time: 25-90 minutes Times Played: 23x (Rivals for Catan), 10x (Age of Darkness), 3x (Age of Enlightenment) MSRP: $20 U.S. Reviewer: Mark Jackson (review copy of Age of Enlightenment … Continue reading
Five & Dime 2011: So Long & Thanks For All The Stats
The Five & Dime reports for 2011 are done – all gone, bye bye, woo hoo, see ya. Of course, you may or may not have realized that there was a lot of stuff that wasn’t published here on the … Continue reading
Five & Dime 2011: Decay Rates
This is the fifth year I’ve done the Decay Rates analysis… I think it it yields some intriguing information. I’m not sure my work here is statistically sound (in fact, I’m pretty sure it’s bogus number crunching) but it’s interesting. … Continue reading
Five & Dime 2011: Lo, How The Mighty Have Fallen
These are games that have appeared on the Five & Dime lists before… and have fallen in overall playing percentages. Game % drop from 2010 Pandemic -22.51% Dominion -14.85% Small World -9.63% Race for the Galaxy -9.56% Roll Through the … Continue reading
Five & Dime 2011: Joining the “In” Crowd
These are games that have appeared on the Five & Dime lists before… and have risen in overall playing percentages. Game % gain from 2010 7 Wonders 46.77% The Resistance 13.69% Eminent Domain 9.90% The Lord of the Rings: The … Continue reading
Five & Dime 2011: Fresh Faces
These are games that appeared on the Five & Dime lists for the first time in 2011… in some cases, they may be older games that just hadn’t reached a particular play threshold. Game Score Percentage Quarriors! 395 16.99% King … Continue reading
Five & Dime 2012
Yes, it’s that time of year again when I (Mark Jackson) ask you to submit your Five & Dime lists to me in order that I can continue to compile my completely unscientific lists & compare them to each other. … Continue reading →