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Dale Yu: First Impressions of Nippon
Nippon Designers: Paulo Soledade and Nuno Bizarro Sentieiro Publisher: What’s Your Game? Players: 2-4 Ages: 13+ Time: 90-120 mins Times Played: 2, with review copy provided by What’s Your Game? In Nippon, players take on the role of industrial … Continue reading
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Dale Yu: Review of Steam Time
Steam Time Designer: Rudiger Dorn Publisher: KOSMOS Players: 2-4 Ages: 12+ Time: 90-120 min Times played: 3, with review copy provided by KOSMOS In a bit of a departure from the usual mainstream German family game, the new KOSMOS … Continue reading
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Dale Yu: First Impressions of CVlizations
CVlizations Designer: Jan Zalewski Publisher: Granna Players: 2-5 Ages: 10+ Time: 45 minutes Times played: 3, with review copy provided by Granna CVlizations is a followup game to CV, a underground hit from SPIEL 2013. Granna is a Polish … Continue reading
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Dale Yu: First Impressions of Ashes
Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn Designer: Isaac Vega Publisher: Plaid Hat Games Players: 2-4 Ages: 14+ Time: ~30 minutes Ashes is a dueling game where players construct a deck of 30 cards to do battle against their opponent. … Continue reading
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Ticket to Ride: Pennsylvania – Game Review
Review by Erik Arneson Designer: Alan R. Moon Publisher: Days of Wonder Players: 2-5 (special rules for 2 players) Ages: 8+ Time: 30-60 minutes Times played: 3 Ticket to Ride: Pennsylvania gets smaller billing on the box cover (albeit with … Continue reading
Ticket to Ride: United Kingdom – Game Review
Review by Chris Wray Designer: Alan Moon Publisher: Days of Wonder Players: 2-4 Ages: 8+ Time: 30-60 minutes Times played: >5 Alan Moon’s Ticket to Ride is among my all-time favorite games, so I was looking forward to the release of Map Pack #5. … Continue reading
