Category Archives: Essen 2020

Dale Yu: Review of Vampire the Masquerade: Vendetta

Posted on March 18, 2021 by Dale Yu

Vampire The Masquerade: Vendetta Designers: Charlie Cleveland, Bruno Faidutti Players: 3-6 Age: 14+ Time: 30 minutes Review copy provided by Horrible Guild According to Wikipedia – Vampire: The Masquerade is a tabletop role-playing game (tabletop RPG) created by Mark Rein-Hagen … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu: Review of Escape Tales: Children of Wyrmwoods

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Dale Yu

Designers: Jakub Caban, Matt Dembek, Bartosz Idzikowski Publisher: Board&Dice Players: 1-4 Ages: 12+ Time: 450 minutes on box (my game lasted 5hr 15min) Times played: 1, with review copy provided by Board&Dice *** The buik of this review is spoiler … Continue reading →

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Faiyum (Game Review by Chris Wray)

Posted on February 20, 2021 by Chris Wray

Designer:  Friedemann Friese Publisher:  2F-Spiele Artist:  Harald Lieske Players:  1 – 5 Ages:  12 and Up Time:  120 Minutes Plays: 3 (On Review Copy) Faiyum, the latest game from Friedemann Friese and 2F-Spiele, is set in ancient Egypt, with players … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu: Review of Qwixx Bonus

Posted on February 18, 2021 by Dale Yu

 Qwixx Bonus Designer: not listed but assumed to be S. Benndorf Publisher: NSV Players: 1-4 Time: 20 mins Times played – 5, with copy provided by NSV Around here, we’re pretty big fans of Qwixx, roll-and-writes, and Steffen Benndorf.   … Continue reading →

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Maglev Metro (Game Review by Chris Wray)

Posted on February 7, 2021 by Chris Wray

Designer:  Ted Alspach Publisher:  Bezier Games Artists:  Alanna Kelsey, Ollin Timm Players:  1 – 4 Ages:  14 and Up Time:  90 Minutes Times Played: > 5 (On Review Copy from Publisher) In Maglev Metro each player acts as a modern … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu: Review of Sagrada: Life

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Dale Yu

Sagrada: Life Designers: Adrain Adamescu, Daryl Andrews Publisher: Floodgate Games Players: 1-4 Age: 10+ Time: 30-40 minutes Played with copy provided by Floodgate Gamers Sagrada: Life is the next expansion for the 2017 hit Sagrada.  In the base game, players … Continue reading →

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