Category Archives: Essen 2019

Dale Yu: Review of Aquatica

Posted on July 25, 2024 by Dale Yu

Aquatica Designer: Ivan Tuzovsky Publisher: Cosmodrone Games / Arcane Wonders Players: 1-4 Age: 14+ Time: 60 minutes Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/4ffquID Played with review copy provided by Arcane Wonders Aquatica is a deep, but easy to learn family engine builder … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu – Review of The Queen of Hansa

Posted on August 6, 2021 by Dale Yu

The Queen of Hansa Designer: Yutaka Hatakeyama Publisher: Hobby Japan Players: 2-4 Age: 8+ Time: 45-60 minutes Times played: 3, with review copy provided by Hobby Japan The Queen of Hansa (and actually, all of Hobby Japan) was a game … Continue reading →

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BABYLONIA: AN EXEMPLARY KNIZIAN DESIGN      By Mitchell Thomashow

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Dale Yu

BABYLONIA: AN EXEMPLARY KNIZIAN DESIGN      By Mitchell Thomashow Great game designers, writers, artists, and musicians generally develop multiple key insights, often early in their careers, and then rework, reiterate, combine, and revitalize them as they gain more experience, … Continue reading →

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Toraja (Preview)

Posted on December 1, 2020 by xitoliv

Designers: Hamzah Alfarabi, Vicky BelladinoArtist: Aulia AzziawatyPublisher: Congkak Fun FactoryPlayers: 1-5Ages: 12+Times Played: 4 on my demo copy This will be a different sort of post, as this game isn’t available…yet.  This is one of the titles that was being … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu: Review of 5er Finden

Posted on September 13, 2020 by Dale Yu

  5er Finden Designer: Jurgen P.K. Grunau Publisher: HABA Players: 1-4 Age: 7+ Time: 15-20 minutes Times played: 3, with review copy provided by HABA USA 5er Finden is HABA’s most recent foray into the roll and write genre.  In … Continue reading →

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EXPEDITION TO NEWDALE

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Tery Noseworthy

DESIGNER: Alexander Pfister PUBLISHER: Lacerta/Lookout PLAYERS: 1 – 4 AGES: 12 and up TIME: 90 minutes TIMES PLAYED: 6, with a copy I purchased I rely on the Opinionated Gamers blog a lot. Of course I read all the reviews … Continue reading →

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