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The Half Dozen (or is it more?) Decent Essen Games
Nearly twenty years ago now, Mike Siggins wrote in one of his excellent Essen wrap-ups in Sumo: “What is certain is that on the evidence of Essen, the German hobby is still a hundred times more active than our own, … Continue reading
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Italian Games of the Year announced
And the winner is … Just a little break in the endless rush of Essen preview/review to announce the best Italian award … Two years ago Italian publishers and Lucca Comics & Games staff had a meeting concerning the evolution … Continue reading
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Feld Madness
Stefan Feld can be a polarizing game designer. Many love his games; many love to hate his games. The Opinionated Gamers recently came together to rate all of Feld’s games that we had played over the years on our classic … Continue reading
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2013 Meeples Choice Awards: Final Results
The Spielfrieks user group has completed its voting for the Meeples Choice Awards and the winners are: RUSSIAN RAILROADS BORA BORA CONCORDIA Russian Railroads dominated the voting. The race for the last two spots, however, was very tight and Nations … Continue reading
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Nominees for 2013 Meeples Choice Awards
Well, we’ve completed the first stage of voting for the Meeples Choice Awards on the Spielfrieks User Group (http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/spielfrieks/) and have come up with 27 excellent nominees for the award. Now, everyone picks their three favorites of the group and the … Continue reading
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2013 Meeples Choice Awards Have Begun!
Just a reminder that the voting for the first round of the Meeples Choice Awards have begun on the Spielfrieks User Group (http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/spielfrieks/). Right now, we’ve got a list of 200 games. Everyone gets to vote for their 10 favorites, … Continue reading
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Meeples Choice Awards Getting Started
Just a note that at the Spielfrieks user group, we’re beginning the Meeples Choice Award process. Every year, we select the three games that we think are the best from the previous calendar year and we’ll be doing it again for … Continue reading
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Dale Yu: Spiel des Jahres lists announced
The short list and recommended games for the German Game of the Year award (Spiel des Jahres) were announced earlier today. Spiel des Jahres Camel Up Concept Splendor Kennerspiel des Jahres Concordia Istanbul Rococo Kinderspiel des Jahres Flizz & Miez … Continue reading
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Designer of the Year Awards: 1955-2013
As you know, I posted my annual Designer of the Year award article last week. Because a couple of folks asked for the whole list as a Geeklist, I decided to work one up and I’ve just posted it on … Continue reading
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Larry Levy: 2013 Designer of the Year Award
My goodness, do you realize that this is my tenth Designer of the Year article? That goes back to when I was writing for the Boardgame News website (the one that Rick Thornquist originated) and even a little earlier. I … Continue reading
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