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Review: Guildhall
Designer: Hope S. Hwang Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group Ages: 10+ Players: 2-4 Time: 45 mins Reviewed by Matt Carlson Review copy provided by AEG In Guildhall, players strive to collect complete sets of guild cards (matching guild cards in each … Continue reading
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Review: Love Letter
Designer: Seiji Kanai Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group (in the US) Ages: 10+ Players: 2-4 Time: 20 mins Reviewed by Matt Carlson Review copy provided by AEG Sixteen cards, a few red cubes, and 2-4 players; a game doesn’t get much … Continue reading
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Review: Chicken Caesar
Designer: Brian Fischer, John Sizemore Publisher: Nevermore Games Ages: 12+ Players: 3-6 Time: 90 mins Reviewed by Matt Carlson Review copy provided by Nevermore Games I’m not a political game junkie, but I was attracted to the rather lighthearted … Continue reading
Review: Space Cadets
Designer: Brian Engelstein, Geoff Engelstein, Sydney Engelstein Publisher: Stronghold Games Ages: 8+ Players: 3-6 Time: 90 mins Reviewed by Matt Carlson Review copy provided by Stronghold Games As someone who plays a lot of boardgames with casual gamers, I’m a … Continue reading
Matt Carlson: Fall Season Impressions
As a non global-hopping stay-at-home family gamer sort of guy, I’m not privy to much of the Essen release crop until it filters into the common retail channels here in the US. However, I have managed to check out a … Continue reading
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iBoardgaming – Waxing Strategic
As another travel-associated holiday weekend nears for those of us in the US, I thought it a good time to bring up some non-boardgame titles on the iPhone and iPad. I’ve been toying with most of these for several months … Continue reading
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Review: Dungeon!
Designer(s): David R. Megarry, Chris Dupuis, Jeff Grubb, Steve Winter, Michael Gray, Gary Gygax Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Ages: 8+ Players: 1-8 Time: about 30 mins Reviewed by Matt Carlson (Review copy provided) As a child, I had an … Continue reading
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Review: Sentinels of the Multiverse & Expansions
Designers: Christopher Badell, Paul Bender Publisher: Greater Than Games, LLC Ages: 13+ Time: 30-60 mins Players: 3-5 (although one player could play more than one hero) Reviewed by: Matt J. Carlson (review copy provided) Despite the obvious attractiveness of the … Continue reading
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Matt Carlson: Gen Con 2012– An explosion of photos
Lucky enough to have Gen Con appear almost in my backyard (if I had a backyard I could traverse in an hour), I make it a point to cruise the Gen Con dealer hall every year to see all the … Continue reading
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iBoardgaming – Fall 2012
Essen has come and gone, but for the rest of us who aren’t world-travelling gamers it will still be a few weeks or months (sometimes years) before we get around to playing this new “crop” of games. Now that Dale … Continue reading →