Author Archives: huzonfirst

So the Spielfrieks user group has started voting for the Meeples Choice Awards, in which we select our three favorite games of the previous calendar year.  Right now, we’re choosing our 25 nominated games.  Next week, we’ll vote to weed … Continue reading →

Every year, the Spielfrieks user group conducts our Meeples Choice Awards voting, in which we select our three favorite games from the previous calendar year.  The process is beginning, as we’re deciding on the pool of games to vote on … Continue reading →

Well, I guess it’s that time of the year again.  As you all know, there are several jillion awards for Game of the Year, from different organizations or representing different nations.  But there’s no formal award for the designers, the … Continue reading →

The past couple of days, I’ve been talking about the Peak Position of a game, which is the highest rank it has reached at any point in time on the Geek 100.  I contend this is a better measure of … Continue reading →

So in yesterday’s article, I introduced the concept of using a game’s Peak Position (the highest rank it has attained at any point in time in the Geek’s list of its top 100 games) as a better measure of its … Continue reading →

bias, n.  [bahy-uhs] 1. a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgment 2. Statistics – a systemic, as opposed to a random, distortion of a statistic as a result of sampling procedure There is a natural human tendency for individuals in a … Continue reading →

·    Designer:  Friedemann Friese ·    Publisher:  2F-Spiele (Stronghold Games will release an English version in January) ·    Players:  1-4 ·    Ages:  12+ ·    Time:  90 minutes Friedemann Friese possesses one of the most imaginative and … Continue reading →

   Designers:  Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli    Publisher:  eggertspiele    Players:  2-4    Ages:  14+    Time:  60-120 minutes Here at the good old OG, we’ve been reviewing and previewing lots of different kinds of games recently.  Some of our … Continue reading →

Designer: Jeff Allers and Bernd Eisenstein Publisher: Irongames Players: 2-4 Ages: 10+ Time: 90-120 minutes Pandoria, the newest game from Jeff Allers (Piece o’ Cake/NY Slice, Nieuw Amsterdam) and Bernd Eisenstein (Peloppones), is many things, but the first one that … Continue reading →

This is the last article in the three-part series on the designers responsible for the innovations found in so many of today’s games.  New mechanisms are great, but what about the ideas that are so influential that an entirely new … Continue reading →