Category Archives: Essen 2025

Dale Yu: Review of Abroad

    Abroad Designers: Rodrigo Rego, Danilo Valente  Publisher: Portal Games, 1 More Time Games Players: 1-5 Age: 12+ Time: 90 mins Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/4yObqLP Played with review copy provided by publisher You’ve always wanted to travel the world, … Continue reading

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Dale Yu: Review of Last Lantern

    Last Lantern Designers: Jeremy Ducret, Gricha Cerman, Anthony Perone  Publisher: Wonderful World Board Games Players: 2-4 Age: 8+ Time: 30 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/4nP8h9F  Last Lantern is a 2 to … Continue reading

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Dale Yu: Review of Sanctuary

    Sanctuary Designer: Matthias Wigge Publisher: Capstone / Feuerland Players: 1-5 Age: 12+ Time: 40-100 mins Played twice with pre-production copy provided by publisher Played six times more with a real copy (provided by publisher) In Sanctuary, you will … Continue reading

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Dale Yu: Review of Makoto

    Makoto Designer: Simon Weinberg  Publisher: Mayfair Games / Huch! Players: 2-6 Age: 8+ Time: 20 minutes Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/43Iz4el Played with review copy provided by publisher/designer Makoto, which means “sincerity” in Japanese, is a climbing card game … Continue reading

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Dale Yu: Review of Kingdom Crossing

    Kingdom Crossing Designers: Marco Canetta and Stefania Niccolini Publisher: Pandasaurus / Sorry We Are French Players: 1-4 Age: 14+ Time: 45-90 minutes Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3RzmP0W Played with review copy provided by publisher In a faraway land in … Continue reading

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Dale Yu: Review of dnup

dnup Designer: Kei Kajino  Publisher: asmodee Players: 2-5 Age: 8+ Time: 15-20 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher Your goal in DNUP is to empty your hand of cards. Each player starts with eight or ten cards in … Continue reading

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