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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
Ben McJunkin: Review of Archipelago
Archipelago Designer: Christopher Boelinger Publisher: Ludically Players: 1-5 | Ages: 12+ | Time: 30-180 mins This is the story of Archipelago: you begin with little, in an unknown land and with an uncertain future. Slowly your path takes shape. You … Continue reading
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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
Ben McJunkin: Review of CO2
CO2 Designer: Vital Lacerda Publisher: Geochix.it / Stronghold Players: 1-5 | Ages: 12+ | Time: 120 mins. CO2 is Vital Lacerda’s controversial new release from this year’s Spiel fair in Essen. The game is controversial not only because of its … Continue reading
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Tagged board games, CO2, essen 2012, reviews, Stronghold Games, Vital Lacerda
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Ben McJunkin: Review of Il Vecchio
Il Vecchio Designer: Rüdiger Dorn Publisher: H@ll Games / Pegasus Players: 2-4 Ages: 10+ Time: 60-80 min Ruddinger Dorn’s Il Vecchio tells the tale of feuding Florentine families competing for prestige and influence in the waning days of the de … Continue reading
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Review: Lords of Waterdeep
Designer: Peter Lee, Rodney Thompson Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Players: 2-5 Ages: 12+ Play Time: 60 minutes When I first heard that Wizards of the Coast was developing a standard Euro-like game I was both excited and skeptical. Due … Continue reading
iBoardgaming – Fall 2011
Yep, here in the US we have one more day before Winter officially starts, that means I squeak by with my Fall iBoardgaming column. There has been a huge influx of boardgame and strategy-related titles coming out on the app … Continue reading
iBoardgaming – Winter 2012
Welcome to yet another round-up of board and strategy related apps being released on the iOS platform. Big-name releases seem to be coming in almost weekly, and I’ve also managed to catch up on a few older titles with this … Continue reading →