Category Archives: Essen 2017

Dale Yu: Review of Battlefold

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Dale Yu

  Battlefold Designers: Dave Choi and Yohan Goh Publisher: Happy Baobab Players: 2-4 Age: 8+ Time: ~30 minutes Times played: 3, with review copy provided by Happy Baobab So, at Essen 2016, one of the games that I missed out … Continue reading →

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Chris Wray: Quick Thoughts on 10 More Essen Games

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Chris Wray

I’ll begin churning out reviews soon, but I’ve enjoyed playing more than 50 Spiel ’17 titles since the end of October.  I wrote a list a few weeks ago with quick thoughts on 10 Essen games, and this is a … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu: Review of Kitchen Rush

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Dale Yu

  Kitchen Rush Designers: David Turczi with Vangelis Bagiartakis Publisher: Artipia Games Players: 1-4 Ages: 10+ Time: ~30 minutes Times played: 3, with review copy provided by Artipia Games So, this year, my ability to prep for Essen was compromised … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu – Review of Santa Maria

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Dale Yu

    Santa Maria Designers: Eilif Svensson, Kristian Amundsen Østby Publisher: Aporta Games Players: 1-4 Ages: 12+ Time: 45-90 minutes Times played: 3, with review copy provided by Aporta Games In Santa Maria, players each are building their own colony, … Continue reading →

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James Nathan: Finished!

Posted on December 4, 2017 by xitoliv

Finished! Designer: Friedemann Friese Artist: Harald Lieske Publisher: 2F-Spiele, Stronghold Games Players: 1 Ages: 10+ Times played: 5, purchased at Spiel 2017 My grandfather had large feet.  I have large feet.  Here are some adidas bowling shoes that I saw … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu: Second Review of Azul

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Dale Yu

  Second Review of Azul Designer: Michael Kiesling Publisher: Plan B Games Players: 2-4 Age: 8+ Time: 30-40 minutes Times played: 16, with review copy provided by Plan B Games [We originally ran this review prior to Essen way back … Continue reading →

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