Category Archives: Essen 2026

Dale Yu: Review of Citadels Duel

    Citadels Duel Designers: Guillaume Montiage and Manuel Rozoy Publisher: Asmodee / Zman Players: 2 Age: 10+ Time: 30 minutes Amazon affiliate link: https://link.amazon/B0b6pIUw0 Played with review copy provided by publisher Welcome to Citadels Duel, a tense head-to-head contest … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu: Review of Wild World

    Wild World Designers: Eilif Svensson, Åsmund Svensson, Viljar Opdal Svensson   Publisher: Chilifox Players: 1-4 Age: 14+ Time: 45-90 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher Wild World is a dynamic 1–4 player strategy game that blends worker … Continue reading →

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Dale’s Report from Essen – Spiel 2026 – Thurs/Fri AM

  OK, so much for trying to post every day – to be honest, there’s just not enough time in the day here! If you’ve never been, the show is simply a giant firehose of game information – everywhere you … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu: Review of Timespan

  Timespan Designers: Kenneth Minde, Kristian Amundsen Østby  Publisher: Alion Players: 1-5 Age: 12+ Time: 90 mins Played with review copy provided by publisher Timespan is a streamlined, friendly and highly varied civilization game from the designers of Automania and … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu: Review of Minikin City

    Minikin City Designer: Simone Luciani, Matthieu Verdier Publisher: Cranio Creations / Capstone Games Players: 2-5 Age: 10+ Time: 30 minutes Preorder link: https://capstone-games.com/collections/all?sort_by=created-descending&filter.v.price.gte=0&filter.v.price.lte=1200.00&filter.v.price.gte=0&filter.v.price.lte=1200 Played with review copy provided by publisher Minikin City is a strategic game where every … Continue reading →

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Dale Yu: Review of Ashes & Amber

    Ashes & Amber Designer: David Falla de Acebo  Publisher: David’s Games Players: 1-4 Age: 14+ Time: 40 min/player Played with review copy provided by publisher The inevitable will come. Cities will fall. Yet from their ashes, you may … Continue reading →

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