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One of the interesting things about writing a regular, annual gaming article is how much things can change from year to year.  But I think it’s safe to say that I never imagined the world-wide circumstances we all would be … Continue reading →

Fairplay Magazine has announced the results of their annual a la carte award for the best card game of the year.  The winner is Belratti, designed by Michael Loth.  Here are the top 10 finishers: Belratti (Michael Loth) L.A.M.A. (Reiner … Continue reading →

Two of the major Game of the Year awards announced their results recently. The Deutscher Spiele Preis (DSP) award was announced last month.  This is widely viewed as the German-based award that honors heavier games, at least when compared to … Continue reading →

Designers: Simone Luciani, Tommaso Battista Artist: Antonio De Luca Publisher: Cranio Creations Players: 1-4 Time: 75-150 minutes Times Played: 3, all with four players This is a review of one of the most controversial games of the year.  The game … Continue reading →

So it’s July of 2019.  Why am I coming out with an article listing my favorite 2018 titles at this late date? Well, first of all, it takes a while to try enough games from a calendar year to make … Continue reading →

The results of The Dice Tower Gaming Awards for 2018 have just been announced.  The Game of the Year is Root!  This gives it a clean sweep of the two major American-based gaming awards (earlier this year, the Golden Geeks … Continue reading →

The voting for the Meeples Choice Awards has ended and the following three games were chosen by the Spielfrieks user group: THE QUACKS OF QUEDLINBURG TEOTIHUACAN BRASS: BIRMINGHAM Root, which figured to be one of the favorites prior to the … Continue reading →

The Spielfrieks user group has finished their first week of voting for the Meeples Choice Awards.  26 games have received nominations.  During the coming week, the voters will select their favorites from that group and the top three vote getters … Continue reading →

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 →