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Tempel des Schreckens (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Yusuke Sato Publisher: Schmidt Spiele Players: 3 – 10 Ages: 8 and Up Time: 15 Minutes Times Played: > 12 I’m a big fan of social deduction games (as I detailed at this Geeklist), and Tempel des Shreckens (“Temple … Continue reading
Posted in Essen 2016, Reviews
Tagged board games, reviews, Schmidt Spiele, Social Deduction Games, Tempel des Schreckens, Yusuke Sato
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One Night Ultimate Alien (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Ted Alspach, Akihisa Okui Publisher: Bezier Games Players: 4 – 10 Ages: 8 and Up Time: 10 Minutes Times Played: > 5 I’m a big fan of social deduction games (as I detailed at this Geeklist) and the “One … Continue reading
Draconis Invasion (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Jeff Lai Publisher: KEJI Inc. Players: 1 – 6 Ages: 14 and Up Time: 30-90 Minutes Times Played: > 5 (On Review Copy from Publisher) I’m a big fan of deck building games, and between Clank, El Dorado, and … Continue reading
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Tagged board games, deckbuilding, Draconis Invasion, Jeff Lai, Keji Inc., reviews
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Wordsy (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Gil Hova Publisher: Formal Ferret Games Players: 1 – 6 Ages: 10 and Up Time: 20 Minutes Times Played: > 7 (with 2-4 Players) I first played Wordsy at Geekway to the West, and it was one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Formal Ferret, Formal Ferret Games, Geekway to the West, Gil Hova, reviews, Word Games, Wordsy
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Geekway to the West 2017 (Convention Report by Chris Wray)
I look forward to Geekway to the West every year. Held in the St. Louis metropolitan area, Geekway is a staple of the gaming scene in the Midwest, especially among us Missourians. This year’s convention sold out in record time, and … Continue reading
Play These Games First: Other Recommendations
What games would we recommend that aspiring (but wholly inexperienced) gamers play first? This is the final article in a three part series, and today we discuss our other recommendations that didn’t make the top 10. We ran through details … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Reviews
Tagged board games, Gateway Games, New Gamers, Play These Games First, reviews
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Play These Games First: An Introduction to Gaming (Games #5 – #1)
What games would we recommend that aspiring (but wholly inexperienced) gamers play first? This is the second article in a three part series, and today we discuss the top five most recommended games. We ran through details of the project … Continue reading
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Tagged board games, Gateway Games, New Gamers, Play These Games First, reviews
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Play These Games First: An Introduction to Gaming (Games #10 – #6)
A few weeks ago, a former coworker with little gaming experience asked me for a list of recommended board games. He loved the classics as a child, and he had tried a couple of modern titles, but he wanted to … Continue reading
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Tagged board games, Gateway Games, New Gamers, Play These Games First, reviews
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LYNGK (Game Review by Chris Wray)
Designer: Kris Burm Publisher: Huch! & Friends; Rio Grande Players: 2 Ages: 13 and Up Time: 30-60 Minutes Times Played: > 5 LYNGK is the seventh (arguably eighth) game in the GIPF Project, an award-winning series of abstract games by … Continue reading
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Tagged Abstract Games, board games, GIPF, GIPF Project, Huch & Friends, Kris Burm, LYNGK, reviews, Rio Grande Games
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Kickstarter Skepticism: Why we’re not eager to play that game you backed…
By: Chris Wray and Jeff Lingwall Game night begins, and everybody stands around waiting for somebody to nominate a game. These days, most large groups have at least one Kickstarter enthusiast, and he or she always seems to speak first. … Continue reading →