Category Archives: Essen 2014

Dale Yu: Nice Dice Thrice – Ciub, Cubo, Cubist – Part 2

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Dale Yu

This week’s reviews look at the conjugation of dice games from Essen 2014.  There are a good number of dice games this year – and I’m slowly but surely making my way through that stack.  I will start the reviews … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu: Nice Dice Thrice – Ciub, Cubo, Cubist – Part 1

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Dale Yu

This week’s reviews look at the conjugation of dice games from Essen 2014.  There are a good number of dice games this year – and I’m slowly but surely making my way through that stack.  I will start the reviews … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu: First Impressions of 2 card games from Crash Games: Yardmaster and Yardmaster Express

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Dale Yu

  Crash Games was back at Essen this year with a number of full board games and two new small card games.  Patrick was gracious enough to give me copies of the card games to try – and I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu: Review of The Staufer Dynasty

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Dale Yu

  The Staufer Dynasty Designer: Andreas Steding Publisher: Z-Man/Hans im Glueck Players: 2-5 Ages: 13+ Time: 20 min/player Times played: 2 with review copy provided by Z-Man, 1 at Gathering of Friends with Hans im Gluck final prototype Generally, when … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu: Review of Chimera

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Dale Yu

  Chimera Designer: Ralph H. Anderson Publisher: Z-Man Games Players: 3 Ages: 13+ Time: 45 minutes Times played: at least 5 – with review copy provided by Z-man and with copies at Gathering of Friends Chimera is a fairly complicated … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu: Review of 7 Wonders: Babel

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Dale Yu

  7 Wonders: Babel Designer: Antoine Bauza Publisher: REPOS (distributed by Asmodee) Ages: 10+ Players: 2-7 Time: ~40 minutes Times played: 5 (twice with review copy, three times in playtesting with Mr. Bauza or REPOS) 7 Wonders: Babel is the … Continue reading →

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