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Best New (To Me!) Games of 2019
For the last decade or so, I’ve intermittently published my Best New (to me!) Games list each year… and, when I missed a year or two, added the missing lists to the most recent post. Best New (to me!) Games … Continue reading
Unheralded Games of the Past Decade: 2014 & 2015
It’s that time of year again, when we take a look back and do lots of Top game lists, but this year’s end is a bit special, it’s the end of a decade. A decade that started with 7 Wonders, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014, 2015, Abluxxen, Armymals, Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn, Baseball Highlights 2045, Blocky Mountains, Dungeon Dice, Gloobz, Minerva, Outfoxed, Ponzi Scheme, Secrets of the Lost Tomb, Shadows of Malice, Stellar Conflict, The King is Dead, The Staufer Dynasty, Think Str8!, Too Many Cinderellas, Unheralded Games of the Decade
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10 Great Worker Placement Games (Article by Chris Wray)
Worker placement games have a prominent place in the gaming hobby, but the mechanic is only about 15 years old. Caylus, designed by William Attia of France and released at Spiel 2005, is commonly referred to as the first “worker … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 Great Series, Agricola, Did I Mention We Really Love Uwe Rosenberg, Uwe Rosenberg
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Our Favorite Games of 2019
Another year has passed, so it is time for our annual list of “best of” games from the previous year. Each writer was given space to put in their personal list. If you missed it, a few days ago we … Continue reading
10 Great Games of the 2010s (Article by Chris Wray)
The 2010s were a monumental time period in tabletop gaming. The industry and hobby grew exponentially, with tens of thousands of new games hitting the market and hundreds of thousands of new players entering the fold. It was a decade … Continue reading
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Tagged 7 Wonders, Azul, Codenames, Dominant Species, Ganz schön clever, Great Western Trail, Hanabi, Heaven & Ale, Innovation, Lorenzo il Magnifico, Orleans, Pandemic Legacy, Russian Railroads, Terraforming Mars, The Castles of Burgundy, The Colonists, The Mind, The Voyages of Marco Polo, Tzolk'in
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Brandon Kempf – Three Games: 2019 Game of the Year
I have a lot of games. A lot of games that are on my shelves, or on my table being played, that I have told myself that I want to review at some point. For one reason or another, this … Continue reading
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Tagged Azul: Summer Pavilion, Die Crew: Reist gemeinsam zum 9. Planeten, Game of the Year, Hadara, Hats, Ragusa, Three Games
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10 Great Ticket to Ride Maps (Article by Chris Wray)
Alan R. Moon’s Ticket to Ride is one of the favorite games among writers of this site. It was #1 on our list of 50 Modern Classics, and it was #1 on our list of games to play first when … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 Great Series, Alan R. Moon, board games, days of wonder, Expansions, Spiel des Jahres, Ticket to Ride
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10 Great Games by Reiner Knizia (Article by Chris Wray)
Reiner Knizia is one of the most prolific and accomplished game designers of the modern era. Many of his designs have achieved commercial success and critical acclaim, and he has several titles that are doubtlessly modern classics. He’s also a … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 Great Series, Dream Factory, Ingenious, lord of the rings, Lost Cities, Modern Art, Ra, Reiner Knizia, Samurai, Through the Desert, Traumfabrik
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10 Great Roll ‘n Writes (Article by Chris Wray)
The “roll ‘n write” genre is having a moment. Though the mechanic has existed for quite some time — I’d (perhaps controversially) describe Yahtzee as a roll ‘n write — the number of new title available has exploded in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 Great Roll 'n Writes, Benoit Turpin, Christof Tisch, CMON, Deep Water Games, Doppelt so Clever, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Gamewright, Ganz schön clever, Hjalmar Hach, Horrible Games, Let's Make a Bus Route, Lorenzo Silva, Matt Leacock, Mosaix, NSV, Okazu Brand, Pandasaurus, Qwinto, Qwixx, Railroad Ink, Roll 'n Writes, Roll Through the Ages, Rolling Japan, Saashi, Saashi & Saashi, Schmidt Spiele, Stronghold Games, That's Pretty Clever, Twice as Clever, Welcome To..., Wolfgang Warsch
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Unheralded Games of the Past Decade: 2016 & 2017
It’s that time of year again, when we take a look back and do lots of Top game lists, but this year’s end is a bit special, it’s the end of a decade. A decade that started with 7 Wonders, … Continue reading →