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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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Brandon Kempf – Surviving the Purge 4
Over the next few months, instead of going with my Three Games articles, I am going to take a look at my collection and try to discuss why certain titles survived the great purge of 2019. During this process I … Continue reading
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Tagged Carcassonne, Carson City, Castles of Burgundy, Codenames, Codenames Duet, Surviving the Purge
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Unheralded Games of the Past Decade: 2012 & 2013
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 the decade. A decade that started with 7 Wonders, … Continue reading
Unheralded Games of the Past Decade: 2010 & 2011
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
Posted in Commentary, Reviews
Tagged Airlines Europe, Core Worlds, Don Q. und die Vermessung von La Mancha, dungeon fighter, Expedition Northwest Passage, Flash Duel Second Edition, Freeze, Fresco, Hanabi, Hawaii, Lords of Vegas, Sun Sea and Sand, The Great Fire of London 1666, Unheralded Games of the Decade, Volo
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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 – Surviving the Purge 3
Over the next few months, instead of going with my Three Games articles, I am going to take a look at my collection and try to discuss why certain titles survived the great purge of 2019. During this process I … Continue reading
Brandon Kempf – Surviving the Purge 1
Over the next few months, instead of going with my Three Games articles, I am going to take a look at my collection and try to discuss why certain titles survived the great purge of 2019. During this process I … Continue reading
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Tagged 7 Wonders, Agricola, Archaeology The New Expedition, Axio, Seven Suitors, Surviving the Purge
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Culling a Collection
Warning, ramblings ahead. I wanted to document what it was like for me over the year of 2019 to massively shrink my collection of games to a far more manageable and playable amount. Some of this will resonate with some … Continue reading
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 →