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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
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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Congratulations to Voodoo Prince, winner of the Trick-taking Guild’s 2017 “Golden Trickster” award!
A couple of months ago, I created the Trick-taking Guild on BoardGame Geek with the goals of (1) having a forum to discuss trick-taking games, (2) giving an annual award to the best trick taking games of that year, and … 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
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
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 →