Monthly Archives: February 2012

Ted Cheatham: Review of Ninja (AEG)

Ninja Legend of the Scorpion Clan Publisher:  AEG Designer: Frederic Moyersoen Players:  2-4 By:  Ted  Cheatham  (2 plays) This rather long name for a game title could easily have been simplified to something like: Ninja Chase, Ninjas on the Run, … Continue reading

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Game Review: Memoir ’44 Campaign Book, Volume Two

Any review of an expansion is, by definition, aimed at those who’ve either already played the game or are interested in seeing if they’re willing to invest in a game system that’s popular enough to spawn an expansion or two. … Continue reading

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Opinionated Gamers Roundtable: Is Crowdsourcing good for our hobby?

In a previous roundtable (on New Games), Jeff Allers brought up the current trend of “quantity over quality” that has been seen in the hobby over the past few years.  To quote him: The whole trend actually pushes both publishers … Continue reading

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Dale Yu: Review of Welcome to Walnut Grove (Lookout Games)

[Note… Sorry to be away from the blog for so long, but a few changes in my real-life job have significantly reduced the time I have for writing (and even for playing games).  Things should be getting back to normal … Continue reading

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The Art of Design: interviews to game designers #16 – Uwe Rosenberg

Hi gamers – here I am with another interview after a long, long stop. This interview with Uwe took me a lot of time since I needed the great help of my “colleague” Patrick Korner to translate Uwe’s answers from … Continue reading

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Jonathan Franklin: A Fistful of Penguins – The Waiting is the Hardest Part

[Editor’s Note – Jonathan also wrote a more traditional designer’s diary for his new game, A Fistful of Penguins, that was also published today on the News Feed at Boardgamegeek.com – DY] A Fistful of Penguins has started arriving in … Continue reading

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