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The Opinionated Gamers (Try To) Predict the Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres – 2018 Edition
For the past few years, our group of gamers has taken their best guess at trying to read the minds of the Spiel des Jahres jury members. The nominations for the Spiel des Jahres and Kennerspiel des Jahres will be … Continue reading
50 Modern Classics: #10-#1
This is our fifth and final entry in our list of 50 modern classics, those games we think hold up as shining examples of game design over the past two decades. We discussed the aims of this list in our … Continue reading
50 Modern Classics: #20-#11
This is our fourth entry in our list of 50 modern classics, those games we think hold up as shining examples of game design over the past two decades. We discussed the aims of this list in our first entry, … Continue reading
50 Modern Classics: #30-#21
This is our third entry in our list of 50 modern classics, those games we think hold up as shining examples of game design over the past two decades. We discussed the aims of this list in our first entry, … Continue reading
50 Modern Classics: #40-#31
This is our second entry in our list of 50 modern classics, those games we think hold up as shining examples of game design over the past two decades. We discussed the aims of this list in our first entry, … Continue reading
50 Modern Classics: #50-#41
Over five years ago, this site published its list of 138 games to play before you die, and last year, we published a list of 10 games we’d recommend new gamers play first. But we’ve never published a list of … Continue reading
The Rise of Queensdale (Spoiler Free Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Inka Brand & Markus Brand Publisher: alea, Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH Players: 2-4 Ages: 12 and Up Time: 45-60 Minutes Times Played: 20 (Entire Campaign) The Rise of Queensdale is a competitive legacy game from famed design duo Inka and … Continue reading
Chris Wray: What I Enjoyed Playing in April 2018
This is the April entry for my series where I post five games I enjoyed playing in past month that I didn’t have time to do full reviews of. As always, I limit it to five titles, of which there’s … Continue reading
Lost Cities: Das Abenteuer To Go (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Reiner Knizia Publisher: Kosmos Players: 2 Ages: 8 and Up Time: 20 Minutes Times Played: > 5 Lost Cities: Das Abenteuer To Go (a.k.a. Lost Cities: To Go) is the latest game in the award-winning Lost Cities/Keltis line of … Continue reading
50 Modern Classics: Statistics, Pre-1995 Classics, and What We Missed
We hope you enjoyed the articles! Below are links to all 5 articles. After that, I wanted to highlight a few statistics and superlatives from the series, mention a quick list off pre-1995 classics, and give all of the OGers … Continue reading →